Apstools

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released 2023-02-16

Maintenance
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* Release process updated on the wiki.

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released 2023-02-16

Maintenance
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* NXWriter: add wait_writer_plan_stub() method for use in a plan.
* Release process documented on the wiki.

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released 2023-02-15

New Features
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* Support to record all motor (or other ophyd-labeled devices) positions at start (or end) of run.
* SpecWriterCallback: write ``O`` and ``P`` lines from motor positions recorded at start of run.

Fixes
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* NXWriter: scans with area detectors did not have image data. Fixed. Clients must wait for writer to finish.
* PVPositionerSoftDone: computation of 'done' signal and 'inposition' deconvoluted.
* Struck3820: changed (typo) ``do_readl_all`` to ``do_read_all``
* Tests involving PVPositionerSoftDone call '.cb_readback()' method to upate 'done' signal.

Maintenance
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* Added github/super-linter workflow, adds mypy, isort, and other tests.
* Apply isort code style.

Known Problems
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* Observing random occurrence of unit test failures involving PVPositionerSoftDone.

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released 2023-01-11

New Features
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* Add ``apstools.utils.plotxy()`` utility function.
* Add tag-based documentation selection via PyData switcher.

Enhancements
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* In listruns(), also search the hints for keys.

Fixes
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* CI failed to build documentation when creating pip installation.
* ScalerMotorFlyer default fly_time_pad increased to 10 s.
* ScalerMotorFlyer now sets scaler to "OneShot" mode.
* ScalerMotorFlyer in-position comparison now based on motor's precision.
* Version number was not reported correctly in certain situations (issue 771).

Maintenance
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* "Custom HDF5 File Name" example updated to latest advice.
* Pin Sphinx to `<6` due to problems with PyData and Sphinx v6.
* Conda channel "nsls2forge" no longer needed.
* Remove ``nsls2forge`` channel from conda environment.

New Contributors
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* jwkim-anl (Jong Woo Kim, ANL) for the ``plotxy()`` idea.

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released 2022-11-30

New Features
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* Add ``ScalerMotorFlyer()`` device.
* Add functions to support reporting of logging messages.
* Add :meth:`restorable_stage_sigs` decorator.
* Add support for Python 3.11.
* Add ``utils.analysis_1D()`` & ``utils.analysis_2D()`` functions for peaks statistics.

Enhancements
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* Add example notebook *Fly Scans with EPICS motor and scaler*.
* Add guide *How to Search in Databroker*.
* Add guide *How to setup logging*.

Maintenance
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* Add convenience import:``from apstools.devices import AD_EpicsFileNameMixin``.
* Enable: ``from apstools.devices import AD_EpicsFileNameMixin``.
* Resolve intermittent, random CI failures.
* Resolve problems reporting unit test coverage statistics.
* Unit tests now support Python version 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, & 3.11.

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released 2022-10-16

Fixes
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* [again] Make sure that YML (and other) files are packaged for pip and conda.