High-Level Summary
This release includes changes to numpy 2.0, improvements for alignment and catalog backgrounds, and interim updates for photutils.
What's Changed
- HLA-1213: Changes to address proper marking of CRs by @mdlpstsci in #1820
- HLA-1233: Updated config files to use minobj=10 with fitgeom="rscale" by @s-goldman in #1823
- HLA-1291: Updated the call to hamming function in deconvolve_utils.py by @mdlpstsci in #1848
- HLA-1295: Fixed the computations associated with rejection of catalogs due to cosmic rays by @mdlpstsci in #1853
- HLA-1302: Avoid application of cosmic ray threshold for ACS/SBC and WFC3/IR catalogs by @mdlpstsci in #1858
- HLA-935: Update HDRTAB for MVM products by @s-goldman in #1846
- HLA-1271: Config file update with different values for relative and absolute alignment by @s-goldman in #1860
- HLA-1322: Addressing Numpy 2.0 issues in Astrometric_utils.py by @s-goldman in #1875
- Small update to buildmask for Numpy 2.0 by @s-goldman in #1876
- HLA-1323: s_region fix using simplify-polyline by @s-goldman in #1884
- HLA-1193/1296/1331: Upgraded all deprecated Photutils calls to accommodate Photutils 1.13.0 by @mdlpstsci in #1844
- HLA-1284/1287: Properly account for illuminated and non-illuminated pixels by @mdlpstsci in #1894
- HLA-1350/1240: Update background determination algorithm used for producing output source catalogs by @mdlpstsci in #1904
- HLA-998: Proper handling of files which have SCI extensions completely zero in RAW by @s-goldman in #1902
- HLA-1369: No viable data code 0 changed to code 65 by @s-goldman in #1907
- Ignore nans in staticmask call to stsci.imagestats by @s-goldman in #1909
- HLA-1362: Modified the minimum RMS computation used as a discriminant for choos… by @mdlpstsci in #1908