1 | Changelog
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2 | =========
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3 |
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4 | Release 4.1.0 [2012-17-05]
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5 |
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6 | * reworked build system to work as 'normal' python package
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7 | * fixed bug in average_time introduced in 4.0
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8 | * experimental merging of IFs
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9 | * speed ups
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10 | * move to ipython>=0.11
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11 | * fixed regression of reference scan detection for Hobart data
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12 | * work under OS X 10.7
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13 |
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14 | Release 4.0.0 [2011-10-05]
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15 |
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16 | * Ticket #251 fixed scantable.scale broken behaviour when selection was set
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17 | * Ticket #250 fixed average_time's change in behaviour
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18 | * Ticket #249 fixed backwards compatibility with existing scantable
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19 | * speed up of scantable.summary which has changed the
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20 | output of the summary information
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21 | * various changes to MS export
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22 |
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23 | Release 3.1.0 [2011-08-10]
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24 |
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25 | * additional baseline fitting, e.g. sinusoid, cspline
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26 | * speed ups in various areas
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27 | * plotter metadata display
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28 | * interactive statistics
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29 | * improved packaging
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30 | * matplotlib >= 1.0 support
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31 | * better support for MeasurementSet data
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32 | * more statistics e.g. max/min abcissa
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33 | * row-based flagging
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34 | * apply fft to spectra
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35 | * improved mask handling
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36 |
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37 | Release 3.0.0 [2010-05-06]
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38 |
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39 | * BEWARE: added asap2to3 which converts '.asap' files from version 2 to
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40 | version 3
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41 | * Ticket #183 Added scantable.get_weather
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42 | * Ticket #181 Added work-around for casacore bug in saving tables with
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43 | selection
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44 | * Ticket #178 Added opacity_model based on miriad's atmospheric model
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45 | * Ticket #177 Added function skydip to determine opacities.
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46 | * Ticket #172 Fixed non-working scantable.resample
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47 | * Ticket #155 Better output filenames. Ignore non-existsing
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48 | beams/pols/ifs/scans
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49 | * Ticket #157 numpy >= 1.1 support
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50 | * Ticket #158 fixed plotter.set_font
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51 | * Ticket #160 Aspect ratio of plotter is customisable now
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52 | * Ticket #163 fixed for scantable.set_sourcetype
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53 | * Ticket #164 Upgrade note in wiki FAQ
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54 | * Ticket #165 Handle non-parallactified polarimtery data (if supported in
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55 | rpfits)
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56 | * Ticket #167 Added running polynomial filter to scantable.smooth
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57 | * Ticket #168 Data exported via scantable.save now contains correct frequency
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58 | or velocity information
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59 | * Ticket #169 Simplified selection of data
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60 | * Ticket #46 Interactive lag flagging
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61 | * Ticket #170 Provided access to frequency coordinate information via
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62 | scantable.get_coordinate
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63 | * Added OS X 10.5 Disk image installer
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64 | * Added support for OS X 10.6
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65 | * Interactive plotting annotations via optional argument interactive=True
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66 | * Interactive creation of masks on the plotter - plotter.create_mask
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67 | * Tidy up date range in asapplotter.plotazel/plotpointings
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68 | * support for gcc-4.4
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69 |
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70 | Release 2.3.1 [2009-03-25]
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71 |
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72 | * Ticket #154 Flagged data wasn't hnoured in fitting
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73 | * Ticket #153 plotter.plot_lines fixed for matplotlib >= 0.98
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74 | * Ticket #90 Support integer values for frequencies/errors/intensities
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75 |
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76 | Release 2.3.0 [2009-03-13]
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77 |
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78 | * Ticket #150 fix in casacore for frequency frame conversions
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79 | * Ticket #151 added rc parameter and function set_sourcetype to identify
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80 | on/off scans
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81 | * Ticket #78/#112 Resolved the issue with random errors occuring under linux
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82 | for large
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83 | data files, which corrupted the identifaction of off scans
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84 | * Ticket #149 Fixed the bug causing spectral line search to go into an
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85 | infinite loop in some rare circumstances
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86 | * Ticket #110 Added export to CLASS readable FITS files
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87 | scantable.save("myfile.fits", "CLASS")
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88 | * Ticket #142 Fix of the frequency alignment for long observations
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89 | * Ticket #133 allow supression of history in the scantable via rc parameters
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90 | * Ticket #109 source direction for Hobart data
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91 | * Ticket #115 added running median to scantable.(smooth(kernel='rmedian')
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92 | * Ticket #148 opacity correction wasn't applied to TSYS
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93 | * Ticket #135 quotient detection failure for specific source names
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94 | * Ticket #140 NaN values not handled - added scantable.flag_nans to ensure
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95 | that the NaN are flagged
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96 | * added python iterator access to scantable rows
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97 | * made functions available to directly manipulate spectra
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98 | scantable.get/set_spectrum
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99 | * upgrade to support ipython >= 0.8.1
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100 | * support gcc-4.3
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101 | * use scons >= 1.1.0
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102 | * update to latest livedata I/O functions
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103 | * add WCS info to the exported text files
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104 |
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105 |
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106 | Release 2.2.0 [2007-05-02]
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107 |
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108 | * fix for losing flags in average_time
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109 | * changed asap_update_data to contact ATNF ftp server directly
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110 | * Documentation updates
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111 | * changed to use casacore instead of aips++
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112 | * auto_quotient uses on/off pair detection by default, 'time' the old mode can also
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113 | be accessed
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114 | * Ticket #107 added function to shift reference pixel
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115 | * Ticket #106 added function to retrieve integration times
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116 | * Ticket #105 added Parkes K-band gain curve
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117 | * Ticket #102 fixed wrong polarisation type in case of 'circular'
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118 | * Ticket #104/94 fixed segmentation fault for time average if all channels are flagged
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119 | * Ticket #98 AIPSPATH is honoured if set
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120 | * Ticket #101 fixed set_restfreqs not working for IFs not starting at 0
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121 | * Ticket #97 fixed error in opacity calculation
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122 |
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123 | Minor Release 2.1.1 [2006-11-09]
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124 |
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125 | * fix for Ticket #88 - numpy masks
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126 | * better TAB completion for ipython (handles quotes, don't list private members)
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127 | * Fix for Ticket #81 = scanatble.stats output as list
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128 | * ticket #64 - speed up of auto_poly_baseline
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129 | * fix for ticket #89 - export of IF sub-selections
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130 | * fix for Ticket #83 - export to ms2 crashed asap
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131 | * added file suffix support for name.rpf.1 etc.
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132 |
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133 | Release Version 2.1.0 [2006-09-11]
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134 |
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135 | * Processing of Multibeam MX data
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136 | * Line Catalogs for both plotting and setting rest frequencies
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137 | * median averaging
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138 | * support of circular polarisations
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139 | * binaries for fedora (core 3/5), debian, ubuntu, OSX (ppc,intel)
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140 | * text/arrow/line annonations for plotter
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141 | * export of fit parameters to text file
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142 | * disk based scantables for large data sets
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143 | * re-introduced custom quotients
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144 | * fixed major fitter bug
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145 | * fft flagging
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146 | * full support for MOPS data
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147 |
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148 | Release Version 2.0 [2006-04-28]
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149 |
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150 | * Major rework of internal data representation. Now supports IFs with
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151 | different number of spectral channels. This has minimal effect on the
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152 | user interface.
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153 | * Creation of a "selector" object used for data selection. Allow slicing of
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154 | data in beam, IF, polarisation as well as selection via header values
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155 | (e.g. Tsys). set_cursor is now invalid use set_selection instead.
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156 | * Scantables can be merged
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157 | * scantable.lines() has been removed. Set rest frequencies by value
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158 | (This will change in 2.1)
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159 | * Multiple data files (e.g. rpf) can be read into a single scantable
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160 | * Polarmetric infrastructure improved to support most observing styles
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161 | (linear feeds only)
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162 | * ability to convert to/store as Stokes
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163 | * Plotter can now only plot from a single scantable (use merge if necessary)
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164 | * ASCII (text) spectral output changed to be more usable
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165 | * Can change the source position coordinate frame
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166 | * Bug fixes
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167 | * auto_quotient is doing "closest in time reference"
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168 | * option auto-align in velocity when using average_time
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169 | * flagging on a per channel base
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170 |
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171 |
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172 | (Release 1.2.2)
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173 |
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174 | * channel based flagging
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175 | * Added get_elevation, azimuth and parangle
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176 | * Added swap_lineas & invert_phase
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177 | * added allaxes arg to poly_baseline
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178 | * Request: added pager throuput for history and summary
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179 | * Request: Log meesage on auto_quotient()
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180 | * Bug Fix: plotter -set_mode("s","i").
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181 | * Bug fix: plotter -autoscale abcissa limits from all spectra for stacking.
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182 |
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183 | Release Version 1.2.1 [2005-12-06]
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184 |
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185 | * scantable.recalc_azel - recalcualte azimuth and elevation based on
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186 | * pointing Bug fix: plotter - set_layout got overwritten byt plot; row
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187 | cursor not honoured in _plot_time
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188 |
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189 |
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190 | Release Version 1.2 [2005-11-30]
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191 |
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192 | Code changes
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193 | ------------
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194 | * frequency switching: scantable.freq_switch()
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195 | * get a list of sourcenames: scantable.get_sourcename()
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196 | * build quotients from matched _S/_R pairs or 1*_R/n*_S automatically
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197 | * plotting control: plotter.set_colors(), plotter.set_linestyles(),
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198 | plotter.set_linewidth() all also via .asaprc parameters
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199 | * non-interactive (non-GUI) plotting
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200 | * ASAP Online (Mopra) Monitor web interface (mini pipeline)
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201 | * user control of multi-panel: plotter.set_layout()
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202 | * histogram plotting: part of linestyles
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203 | * plugins: via ~/.asap/userfuncs.py
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204 | * plotter panel control: rcParams['plotter.ganged']
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205 | * usability: reworked the whole asap startup scripts, now all user adjustable
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206 | through ~/.asap/
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207 |
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208 | Todos/pending
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209 | --------------
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210 | * documentation update: should be finished by 2005-11-25
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211 | * cookbook
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212 | * release 1.2: 2005-11-30
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213 |
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214 | Major non-targets, resulting from requirements/targets
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215 | -----------------------------------------------------
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216 | * asap logging, which can be turned on and off through .asaprc/rcParams
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217 | (from asapmon)
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218 | * Data container v2 design study and document ( moved from cycle II )
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219 |
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220 | Not Addressed
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221 | -------------
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222 |
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223 | (deferred to cycle II, as described in support document)
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224 |
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225 | * Flexible data selection
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226 | * "Merging of spectra" (concatenating scantables)
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227 |
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228 | * public defect tracking system
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