Drizzlepac v3.5.1 release candidate 0

High-level Summary

• DRAFT
• Preliminary implementation for WFPC2 for SVM processing.

What's Changed

• Insure correct filetype gets defined for filter and total products by @stsci-hack in #1433
• Update to fully support numpy v1.23 by @stsci-hack in #1434
• Remove Python 3.7 tests from Jenkins builds by @stsci-hack in #1436
• Make sure WFPC2 parameter files get installed by @stsci-hack in #1438
• Add GitHub actions by @stsci-hack in #1437
• use canonical filename of RTD configuration and enable nitpicky by @zacharyburnett in #1440
• Prevent astroquery code from throwing an Exception for SVM requests by @stsci-hack in #1441
• Fix command line interface for runastrodriz by @stsci-hack in #1444
• Use verify_guiding correctly for pipeline and SVM processing by @stsci-hack in #1443
• Implement update of WFPC2 header for best references in runastrodriz by @stsci-hack in #1446
• Add runastrodriz manifests by @stsci-hack in #1447
• SVM: Fix logic for catalogs and cosmic ray checking by @mdlpstsci in #1450
• small change to test PEP517 build of C extension by @zacharyburnett in #1452
• Add error handling/improved messages to CatalogSearch functions by @mdlpstsci in #1451
• Add the missing CHANGELOG comment for PR#1450 by @mdlpstsci in #1454
• Protect against there being no sources left to measure by @mdlpstsci in #1466
• Cleanup SCI header (FLT/C, DRZ/C) keywords remaining from an 'a aposteriori' active WCS solution by @mdlpstsci in #1465
• Protect against inability to find a FWHM due to a fitting problem by @mdlpstsci in #1467
• Update wfpc2 shadow mask by @stsci-hack in #1469
• Updated the release date of v3.5.0. by @mdlpstsci in #1468
• Turn on CR classify in align for WFPC2 by @stsci-hack in #1470
• Implement photometric equalization for WFPC2 pipeline by @stsci-hack in #1471
• update stregion to include Python 3.11 build patch by @zacharyburnett in #1472
• Replace WFPC2 detector names pc and wf with only wfpc by @stsci-hack in #1473
• Rename WFPC2 pipeline DRZ products by @stsci-hack in #1474
• Update default WFPC2 HAP parameters by @stsci-hack in #1475
• refactor for Tox 4 by @zacharyburnett in #1477
• Ignore headerlets for primary WCS solutions by @stsci-hack in #1476
• Updates to the SVM quality analysis to accommodate WFPC2 by @mdlpstsci in #1478
• Fix Numpy 1.24 str deprecation by @stsci-hack in #1483
• Enable user specified CRDS URL for WFPC2 processing by @stsci-hack in #1481
• Fix WFPC2 config file typos by @stsci-hack in #1479
• Avoid trying to delete non-existent readonly cache flag from environment by @stsci-hack in #1484
• Update required to compute_2d_background() in astrometric_utils.py by @mdlpstsci in #1480
• Documented how to read programmatically the catalog files by @mdlpstsci in #1482

New Contributors

• @zacharyburnett made their first contribution in #1440

Full Changelog: 3.5.0...3.5.1rc0

Drizzlepac v3.5.0

This release includes includes updates for these features in addition to various bug fixes:

• Only use valid headerlets from astrometry database
• Forced update to 0.8.0 tweakwcs due to non-backwards compatible API changes
• Corrected bug to fix the suffix of the output drizzled product names
• Addressed numpy deprecation warnings
• Fixed the ability to use a command line option, -n, for runastrodriz

What's Changed

• Verify astrometry headerlets and remove bad ones by @stsci-hack in #1424
• Update code to use tweakwcs 0.8.0 by @mcara in #1430
• Insure catalogs can be successfully created for all sparse fields by @stsci-hack in #1431
• Update logic for defining output product filenames with correct DRZ or DRC suffix ( #1433 )
• Fix lingering problem with numpy v.1.23 support ( #1434 )
• Fix command line interface for runastrodriz (#1444) by @stsci-hack in #1445

Full Changelog: 3.4.3...3.5.0

Drizzlepac v3.5.0 Release Candidate 3

This release candidate includes the updates to have runastrodriz (optionally) create manifest files and for hapsequencer to include those in the manifest files it creates during SVM processing.

Drizzlepac v3.5.0 Release Candidate 2

Update the v3.5.0 release candidate to fix a problem with the runastrodriz command-line interface (#1445).

Drizzlepac v3.5.0 Release Candidate 1

Update to define release candidate v3.5.0rc1 with changes from:

• Update logic for defining output product filenames with correct DRZ or DRC suffix ( #1433 )
• Fix lingering problem with numpy v.1.23 support ( #1434 )

Drizzlepac v3.5.0 release candidate 0

This release includes includes updates for these features in addition to various bug fixes:

• Only use valid headerlets from astrometry database
• Forced update to 0.8.0 tweakwcs due to non-backwards compatible API changes

What's Changed

• Verify astrometry headerlets and remove bad ones by @stsci-hack in #1424
• Update code to use tweakwcs 0.8.0 by @mcara in #1430
• Insure catalogs can be successfully created for all sparse fields by @stsci-hack in #1431

Full Changelog: 3.4.3...3.5.0rc0

Drizzlepac v3.4.3

This release includes includes updates for these features in addition to various bug fixes:

• Initial support for aligning and creating SVM and MVM products for WFPC2 data
  based on unoptimized processing parameters
• Python 3.10 support
• Photutils 1.4.0 (and newer) support
• Updated documentation on SVM catalogs

What's Changed

• Fixed skycell size in pixels as quoted in the documentation. by @mdlpstsci in #1387
• Ensure Ramp filter data is not used for MVM processing by @mdlpstsci in #1393
• Added requested values and clarification text regarding photometry to the catalogs by @mdlpstsci in #1390
• Modified the docstring which defines the HAPLEVEL and its associated meaning by @mdlpstsci in #1395
• Modified the "exposure level" products to have a HAPLEVEL = 1 by @mdlpstsci in #1398
• Get full S_REGION outline by @stsci-hack in #1401
• Update readthedocs for SVM catalog generation by @dulude in #1400
• Delete all reference catalogs during SVM processing by @stsci-hack in #1409
• Update runastrodriz to work with WFPC2 singletons by @stsci-hack in #1412
• Revert sky matching upon any error by @stsci-hack in #1411
• Update SVM to support WFPC2 subarray exposures by @stsci-hack in #1418
• Add Python 3.10 tests by @stsci-hack in #1420
• Add WFPC2 support for MVM processing by @stsci-hack in #1422
• Support additional RADESYS options for input files by @stsci-hack in #1423
• Ensure the gain variables are defined for all detectors by @mdlpstsci in #1425
• Essentially remove restriction on PhotUtils package version by @mdlpstsci in #1426

Full Changelog: 3.4.2...3.4.3

Drizzlepac v3.4.3rc0

Release candidate for v3.4.3.

Drizzlepac v3.4.2

This release includes fixes for:

• MVM processing of SkyCells with non-overlapping exposures [#1360, #1359]
• ACS header keyword population based on header rules [#1332]
• Update crder units [#1362]
• Require Astropy v5.0.4 [#1335, #1347]
• Require fitsblender v0.4.2 to fix problems with headers [#1354]
• Avoid archiving duplicate WCS solutions in SVM processing [#1333]
• Clarify comment portion of FITS card for MEANWHT and MEDWHT. [#1349]
• Improve algorithm for identifying and filtering large segments [#1357]
• Carry over IDCSCALE keyword when updating WCS to match Grism WCS [#1355]
• Bug in deblending of big segments [#1365]
• Update the rules file to create properly updated headers for WFC3 data [#1366]
• Fix the size of the HAPEXPNAME column in the HDRTAB of the MVM output DRZ/DRZ file [#1371]

Drizzlepac v3.4.2 Release Candidate 2

This RC backs out all the code from #1351 which verified the guiding of exposures.