.. _release_notes: Release Notes ============= -------------- (date of release, with format YYYY-MM-DD) **Of interest to the User**: - MR #XYZ: one-liner description **Of interest to the Developer:** - PR #155: rename to refred from RefRed and introduce src/ directory - PR #154: convert to pixi from conda - MR #152: Modernize installation process from setup.py to pyproject.toml 5.2.1 ----- YYYY-MM-DD **Of interest to the User**: - MR #XYZ: one-liner description **Of interest to the Developer:** - PR #150 Update mantid to 6.12.0 5.2.0 ----- 2025-03-18 **Of interest to the User**: - MR #141: Add instrument geometry settings to reduction workflow - MR #138: remove right-click option "Display Metadata..." from the reduction table - MR #135: update popup message for v4 deprecation - MR #134: add column in the reduction table for constant Q binning during reduction **Of interest to the Developer:** - MR #126: structure documentation and publish in readthedocs 5.1.0 ----- 2024-07-16 **Of interest to the User**: - MR #118: add detector dead-time correction to the scaling factor calculation - MR #117: add detector dead-time correction to the reduction workflow - MR #111: dialog to set the peak and background boundaries - MR #108: Introduce a second background for better peak resolution **Of interest to the Developer:** - MR #109: substitute the raw numpy array big_table_data with a customized Class having meaningful method names - MR #105: avoid accessing GUI elements from another thread than the main thread 5.0.0 ----- 2023-04-23 RefRed v5 now uses a new reduction package . Apart from being an event-based implementation of the same reduction process, the main difference with previous version is the addition of a gravity correction and the use of an effective sample-to-detector distance that takes into account the average emission time of neutrons in the moderator. Other changes to version 5 include: - The normalization option (which is a global option in the current UI) was ignored. It's now also saved properly. - The boolean options in the config file were ignored because they were not loaded properly. - The table headers on the main page were missing. - The Settings panel is no longer useful and has been hidden until we refactor the configuration. - A typo made the background subtraction option default to true. - Scaling to a Q region under Q_c now works for any Q range. It used to apply only to the first run.