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Nibabel 2.5.0 is out, and with it, we'll be beginning our transition away from Python 2. The 2.5.x series will have extended bug-fix-only support for Python 2.7 (and probably 3.4, in passing) through the end of 2020, while Nibabel 3+ will require Python 3.5+.<br>
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This release also sees a number of API changes that have been threatened in FutureWarnings and DeprecationWarnings for a while, so if you've been ignoring them, expect some minor breakage, and hopefully some other warnings will be getting louder. Nibabel 3
will be seeing the first round of significant removals, so there will be a 1-month minimum release candidate period there.</div>
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The most interesting new feature is to_bytes/from_bytes methods for some single-image formats, which should make passing images around networked applications much less fiddly.<br>
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Moving forward, I'm strongly considering replacing the current versioning scheme with
<a href="https://github.com/warner/python-versioneer" title="https://github.com/warner/python-versioneer">
Versioneer</a>, which will basically normalize the non-release versions to PEP-440 compatible version strings and drop our custom githash code. I recently wrote my overall strategy up as a
<a href="https://gist.github.com/effigies/c9f4194034ee218bab1668bfd7851cfc" title="https://gist.github.com/effigies/c9f4194034ee218bab1668bfd7851cfc">
gist</a>. If you have concerns with this move, please email me or open an issue (or wait on the PR).</div>
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The full changelog follows.</div>
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<span>2.5.0 (Sunday 4 August 2019)<br>
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<div>The 2.5.x series is the last with support for either Python 2 or Python 3.4.<br>
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<div>Extended support for this series 2.5 will last through December 2020.<br>
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<div>Thanks for the test ECAT file and fix provided by Andrew Crabb.<br>
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<div>Enhancements<br>
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<div>* Add SerializableImage class with to/from_bytes methods (pr/644) (CM,<br>
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<div> reviewed by MB)<br>
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<div>* Check CIFTI-2 data shape matches shape described by header (pr/774)<br>
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<div> (Michiel Cottaar, reviewed by CM)<br>
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<div>Bug fixes<br>
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<div>* Handle stricter numpy casting rules in tests (pr/768) (CM)<br>
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<div> reviewed by PM)<br>
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<div>* TRK header fields flipped in files written on big-endian systems<br>
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<div> (pr/782) (CM, reviewed by YOH, MB)<br>
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<div>* Load multiframe ECAT images with Python 3 (CM and Andrew Crabb)<br>
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<div>Maintenance<br>
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<div>* Fix CodeCov paths on Appveyor for more accurate coverage (pr/769) (CM)<br>
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<div>* Move to setuptools and reduce use ``nisext`` functions (pr/764) (CM,<br>
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<div> reviewed by YOH)<br>
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<div>* Better handle test setup/teardown (pr/785) (CM, reviewed by YOH)<br>
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<div>API changes and deprecations<br>
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<div>* Effect threatened warnings and set some deprecation timelines (pr/755) (CM)<br>
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<div> * Trackvis methods now default to v2 formats<br>
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<div> * ``nibabel.trackvis`` scheduled for removal in nibabel 4.0<br>
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<span> * ``nibabel.minc`` and ``nibabel.MincImage`` will be removed in nibabel 3.0</span><br>
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