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@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
# napari 0.5.6
-*Fri, Jan 17, 2025*
-
-🚧 *These notes are under construction while in pre-release* 🚧
+*Tue, Jan 21, 2025*
We’re happy to announce the release of napari 0.5.6!
@@ -25,7 +23,9 @@ To use this speedup, you'll need to:
- install napari core developer Grzegorz Bokota's collection of performant
algorithms,
[PartSegCore-compiled-backend](https://pypi.org/project/PartSegCore-compiled-backend/).
- (you can install it automatically by pip installing `"napari[optional]"`.)
+ You can install it automatically by pip installing `"napari[optional,pyqt]"`
+ (or a GUI backend of your choice among pyqt, pyqt6, pyside, pyside6) or
+ `"napari[all]"`.
- *and*, in the napari advanced settings, tick the "Use C++ code to speed up
creation and updates of Shapes layers" box.
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ mouse or a tablet+stylus, it is now much easier to freehand rather than
clicking on individual points. Try it out!
([#7099](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7099))
+```{raw} html
+<figure>
+ <video width="100%" controls autoplay loop muted playsinline>
+ <source src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/978584f7-f707-4085-840f-a2f8fee12e21" type="video/mp4" />
+ <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/20892add-2382-490b-8ad8-6efc023395a7"
+ title="Your browser does not support the video tag"
+ alt="video of new path-drawing tool used to delineate a blood vessel"
+ >
+ </video>
+</figure>
+```
+
### Other improvements
Often, the important information in a layer name is at the *end* of the name
@@ -59,7 +71,6 @@ grateful! 🙏
Read on for the full list of changes since 0.5.5.
-- Add poly line drawing ([#7099](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7099))
## New Features
@@ -95,6 +106,7 @@ Read on for the full list of changes since 0.5.5.
- Bugfix: Check if Layer._loaded before returning status ([#7515](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7515))
- Breakout gray and gray_r from mpl_colormaps and ensure they work with `ensure_colormap` ([#7517](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7517))
- Update camera depth when layer extents change ([#7529](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7529))
+- Fix missed cache invalidation in transform shape ([#7537](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7537))
## Documentation
@@ -112,6 +124,7 @@ Read on for the full list of changes since 0.5.5.
- Fix build-on-windows link in README.md ([docs#546](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/546))
- add documentation for new path tool ([docs#547](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/547))
- Add 0.5.6 release notes ([docs#548](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/548))
+- 0.5.6 relnotes updates ([docs#552](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/552))
## Other Pull Requests
@@ -142,6 +155,9 @@ Read on for the full list of changes since 0.5.5.
- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#7522](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7522))
- Revert PR #3243 ; commit 68157f3 ; (drop compatibility, just use QLabeled* sliders) ([#7525](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7525))
- Fix formatting after ruff update in #7522 ([#7530](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7530))
+- Minor grammar fix in preference text ([#7539](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7539))
+- [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate ([#7542](https://github.com/napari/napari/pull/7542))
+- Replace twitter with mastodon and bluesky in documentation ([docs#553](https://github.com/napari/docs/pull/553))
## 13 authors added to this release (alphabetical)
@@ -153,9 +169,9 @@ Read on for the full list of changes since 0.5.5.
- [Daniel Althviz Moré](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=dalthviz) - @dalthviz
- [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=DragaDoncila) - @DragaDoncila
- [Etienne Doumazane](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=edoumazane) - @edoumazane +
-- [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) - @Czaki
+- [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki)) - @Czaki
- [Jordão Bragantini](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=JoOkuma) - @JoOkuma
-- [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jni) - @jni
+- [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jni) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jni)) - @jni
- [Melissa Weber Mendonça](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=melissawm) - @melissawm
- [Peter Sobolewski](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=psobolewskiPhD) - @psobolewskiPhD
- [Sesan](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Olusesan) - @Olusesan +
@@ -171,8 +187,8 @@ Read on for the full list of changes since 0.5.5.
- [Draga Doncila Pop](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=DragaDoncila) - @DragaDoncila
- [Etienne Doumazane](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=edoumazane) - @edoumazane +
- [Genevieve Buckley](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=GenevieveBuckley) - @GenevieveBuckley
-- [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) - @Czaki
-- [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jni) - @jni
+- [Grzegorz Bokota](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=Czaki) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=Czaki)) - @Czaki
+- [Juan Nunez-Iglesias](https://github.com/napari/napari/commits?author=jni) ([docs](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=jni)) - @jni
- [kyle i. s. harrington](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=kephale) - @kephale
- [Lorenzo Gaifas](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=brisvag) - @brisvag
- [Melissa Weber Mendonça](https://github.com/napari/docs/commits?author=melissawm) - @melissawm