9.0.0-a2

IECore

• Made RefCounted bindings release the GIL during C++ destruction.
• Changed RefCounted base class binding to use GILReleasePtr too.
• Replaced IECore::IntrusivePtr with boost::intrusive_ptr.
• Removed staticPointerCast, constPointerCast and dynamicPointerCast.
• Fixed crash in MeshMergeOp.
• Fixed mutex acquisition in LRUCache::updateListPosition().
• PointSmoothSkinningOp handles faceVarying normals and added refIndices parameter
• Changed DespatchedTypedData DataPtr & argument to Data *
• Fixed LRUCache hangs.
• Simplified RefCounted bindings.
• Fixed LRUCache crashes where clear() was called concurrently with get().

IECorePython

• Added IECorePython::CastToIntrusivePtr.

IECoreMaya

• MayaScene bindings now catch boost python exceptions

IECoreGL

• Removed deprecated IECoreGL::Selector::loadIDShader() method.
• Added IECoreGL::Selector::postProjectionMatrix() method.

IECoreRI

• Added support for camera edits to IECoreRI::Renderer.
• Added support for motion blurred cameras to IECoreRI::Renderer.
• Added support for multiple cameras to IECoreRI::Renderer.
• Removed "transform" parameter from IECoreRI::Renderer::camera().
• Removed support for hider parameters in IECoreRI::Renderer::camera(). …
• IECoreRI now built for all python versions
• added M44dData attribute support to IECoreRI::Renderer

IECoreAlembic

• Added support for the Ogawa backend into IECoreAlembic.

8.5.1

IECore

• PointSmoothSkinningOp handles faceVarying normals and added refIndics parameter
• FromMayaMeshConverter checks if we need to convert st and extraST before doing it.

IECoreRI

• IECoreRI::Renderer supports M44d attributes

9.0.0-a1

IECore

• Added from-python conversion of RunTimeTypedClass to IECore::TypeId
• Removed implicit surface functionality
• Removed BGEO and BIN readers/writers.
• Removed IFFHairReader.
• Fixed EXRImageReader canRead to accept scanline images.
• Improved speed of InternedString( int64_t ).
• Significantly optimised LRUCache performance.

IECoreMaya

• Fixed MayaScene for reading scene:visible and custom attributes at the root

Version 8.5.0

IECore

• Added python binding for RefCounted::refCount()
• Fixed default ObjectPool for larger sizes

IECoreRI

• Changed SHWDeepImageReader to convert depth to standard Z (distance from eye plane), instead of spherical distance from the near clip.
• Changed SHWDeepImageWriter to convert back to spherical distance from the near clip, assuming the incoming DeepPixels represent distance from eye plane.

IECoreHoudini

• Fixed bug in SceneCache ROP when re-rooting flattened geo with errors

Version 8.4.7

IECore

• IECore.ls supports ambiguous padding when the sequence is not a regular frame range.
• IECore::frameListFromList correctly handles reverse order lists.

Version 8.4.6

IECore

• Removed unnecessary overhead from Object::copy().

IECoreHoudini

• Fixing crash in SceneCache ROP todo with "scene:visible" attribute.

Version 8.4.5

IECore

• Fixing seg fault when attempting to read a non-existant attribute several times.
• Minor fixes for issues highlighted by Coverity.

IECoreRI

• Added support for string array options in SXRenderer.

IECoreMaya

• MayaScene now outputs the "scene:visible" attribute based on Maya visibility.
• SceneShapeInterface::componentNames() and selectionName() now work even if the Maya viewport hasn't refreshed.

IECoreNuke

• Added support in DeepImageReader for ZBack channels.

Version 8.4.4

IECore

• Fixed StringData repr() to support newlines and quotes.

Version 8.4.3

IECore

• Improved precision of Imath Vec and Color repr() and str().
• Using mutex on all access to the internal directory nodes in StreamIndexedIO.
• SceneCache attribute read is now thread-safe.

IECoreMaya

• Working around a bug in Maya for meshes with 6 or more UV sets.
• Fixed precision issue in failing test case.

IECoreHoudini

• Improved Exception handling in Houdini SceneCache nodes.
• Improved UI for Expand/Collapse buttons.
• Fixed bug in CortexConverter SOP todo with multiple CortexObject primitives with the same name.

IECoreNuke

• Fixed a bug in the SceneCacheReader that was preventing animated scene caches from displaying properly.

Version 8.4.2

IECoreNuke

• Redesigning SceneCacheReader and fixing it for several known bugs (bug in 8.4.1, flickering, selection reset after file change, no TCL expressions)