Lsl

* Added an option to updateLSLSSMIF.py to update the LWA1 SSMIF using a local file
* Fixed a build problem on OS X with Python 2.7
* Added support for using PyFFTW in the lsl.misc.dedispersion module
* Added support for using PyFFTW in the lsl.correlator.filterbank module
* Fixed a sign problem in the rewritten lsl.skymap.ProjectedSky class that caused the sky to invert in azimuth
* Added support for FFTW wisdom
* Switched the various C extensions over to used the floating point version of FFTW
* Changed the name of the lsl.stations.LWAStation method for finding the distance and direction to another point on surface of the Earth from 'getPointingAndDirection' to 'getPointingAndDistance'
* Updated the lsl.misc.gaussparams function to imporve the 2-D fits
* Removed the requirement for a BANDPASS table in the lsl.imaging.utils.CorrelatedDataIDI class
* Reworked the lsl.reader.ldp module to provide a more object oriented way to access data files
* Fixed a packing bug in the lsl.sim.drx.frame2frame function
* Fixed a bug in lsl.imaging.utils.CorrelatedDataUV that cause getDataSet to always return all data
* Fixed the baseline ordering in FITS IDI files that use the stand number mapper
* Updated the FITS IDI reader to use the UVFITS scheme for determining baseline sets
* Major overhaul of the lsl.sim.vis module to use a new C-based simulation extension instead of AIPY
* Fixed a bug in lsl.correlator.fx that caused the number of overlapped FFTs to be calculated incorrectly
* Fixed a bug in lsl.correlator.fx.FXMaster/FXStokes that caused the last FFT window to be excluded from the integration
* Removed the lsl.correlator.fx.SpecMasterP function
* Updated the lsl.imaging.utils module to better deal with sparse FITS IDI/UVFITS files
* Added support for the new MCS beam-dipole mode via the SDF keyword OBS_BDM
* Various fixes to the lsl.imaging.deconv module
* Added a plotting helper function to lsl.imaging.utils
* Added a new overlay module for images called lsl.imaging.overlay
* Fixed several bugs in lsl.sim.vis and lsl.imaging.utils related to single-channel data sets
* Added an option to export the images created to imageIDI.py to a FITS image file
* Small bugfix to the lsl.writer.tsfits module with regards to processing DRX frames
* Cleaned up the setup.py script to uses NumPy's internal facilities to identify ATLAS
* Updated the list of dependencies to include pytz
* Added the 'iauConvention' keyword to the lsl.misc.beamformer.circularize() function
* Added a few new convenience functions to the lsl.reader.drspec module
* Added 'lwavl' as an alias to 'lwa1' in the lsl.common.stations module
* Added methods to return the response curves of the FEE and Cable to the lsl.common.stations module
* Fixed a bug in lsl.imaging.utils.CorrelatedData() that caused IOErrors to be get masked

* Added in LWA Development Primitives module (lsl.reader.ldp)
* Added a function to lsl.misc.beamformer to convert X and Y linear pols. to circular L and R pols
* Removed the lsl.correlator.visUtils module since it isn't used by any other modules or scripts
* Switched the lsl.correlator modules over to returned all 'LFFT' channels
* Replaced the Fermi first point source catalog with the 2-year catalog
* Dropped libnova in favor of PyEphem for the backend to the lsl.astro module
* Modified skymap.ProjectedSkyMap to not rely on the lsl.astro_array module
* Removed the lsl.astro_array module
* Removed the lsl.libnova module and the associated swig file
* Updated the documentation to reflect the reduced dependencies
* Update lsl.common.stations.LWAStation to be a sub-class to ephem.Observer
* Added a function to lsl.common.stations.Antenna to access information about the impedence mis-match
* Added an option to the various response functions in lsl.common.stations to return values in dB
* Switch the information/SSMIF for the north arm site to lwana instead of lwa2 to avoid confusion with the SV site
* Renamed the lsl.common.stations.LWAStation.getECEFTransform() function to getECITransform() to reflect what is really happening
* Added a function to lsl.imaging.utils to make it easy to re-phase a data dictionary to a new pointing center
* Added new functions to the LWAStation class to deal with direction and distance to other stations/points on the Earth
* Generalized the computeUVW() and computeUVTrack() functions
* Added a disk-based cache to the lsl.misc.geodesy module to help keep network traffic down
* Added support for reading and writing UVFITS files
* Added support for reading CASA measurement sets via pyrap
* Added a function to rephase a visibility data dictionary to a new pointing center
* Improved the visibility simulation speed in lsl.sim.vis
* Added try...except blocks to lsl.common.metabundle to clean up after failed functions
* Added append() functions to Project and Session in lsl.common.sdf to make it easier to add sessions and observations
* Added a setSpectrometerMetatag() function to lsl.common.sdf.Session to make setting the metatag easier
* lsl.common.sdf.Project.render() now calls update() to make sure everything is up-to-date before rendering
* Added 'verbose' keywords to lsl.imaging.utils.buildGriddedImage() and the lsl.imaging.selfCal functions
* Added a ASCII busy indicator for long running tasks
* Added a script to make it easier to update the internal LWA1 SSMIF used by LSL

* Fixed a problem with older NumPy installs not having a close() function
* Fixed a bug in the splitTBN.py and splitDRX.py scripts when a 'count' is not provided
* Fixed the try...except blocks in lsl.statistics.kurtosis.getLimits() to catch the appropriate error
* Improved the end buffering the in lsl.misc.dedispersion.coherent() function
* Updated the LWA1 SSMIF to the 131031 version
* Fixed a typo in the help for correlateTBN.py

* Fixed the time remaining computation in lsl.common.progress.ProgressBarPlus
* Fixed a bug in imageIDI.py that caused the LST not to update on subsequent integrations
* Added in a call to close() after numpy.load() is used
* Updated the setup.py script to help deal with clang/OpenMP on OSX
* Updated the lsl.common.metabundle module to deal with the new _metadata.txt file format
* Added a method to read in MCS MIB files in the GDBM format
* Added new functions to lsl.common.metabundle to retrieve the ASP configuration from a new metadata tarball

* Cleaned up the coherent part of the dedispersion module
* Added a time estimating progress bar to lsl.common.progress
* Fixed the data scaling in the SoftwareDP _processStreamFilter() function
* Fixed the integration time stored in the FITS IDI files generated by correlateTBW.py
* Added validation for the DR spectrometer channels/integration count/mode in an SDF
* Fixed a couple of typos in the DR spectrometer reader that mixed the I-only and Q-only output modes
* Fixed the 'fills' normalization in the DR spectrometer reader for the YX-only, YY-only, XX/YY, and XX/XY/YX/YY modes
* Fixed the axis order in the SDFITS writer

* Fixed a typo. in lsl.imaing.utils.pruneBaselineRange() function
* Added normalization by the transform length to the lsl.reader._gofast module
* Added back in the "import lsl; lsl.test()" fixture
* Updated the plotUVcoverage.py script to work with all 260 stands
* Fixed the data volume computation for lsl.common.sdf.Stepped observations
* Updated the imageIDI.py script to work with either correlated TBW or TBN files
* Reorganized the scripts to better handle metadata and removed the IOC scripts
* Changed the default values of SESSION_LOG_SCH and SESSION_LOG_EXE in lsl.common.sdf to False
* Fixed the lsl.common.sdf.Stepped class so that the step lists of independent
* Added the pointing correction keywords to the binary SSMIF reader
* Fixed a bug in the calculation of cable delays
* Fixed the order of the optional SESSION_* keywords in the SDF renderer
* Updated the SDF parser to better work with SDFs that contain custom beamforming
* Added convenience functions to the lsl.common.mcs module to help pack delays and gains for custom beamforming SDFs
* Updated the included LWA1 SSMIF to the March 10, 2013 version
* Added support for phase offsets to the lsl.sim.vis.scaleData() function
* Improved the lsl.imaging.selfCal module by added in new methods
* Fixed the decimation values for the TBN and DRX CIC filters