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@henrykironde henrykironde released this 12 Feb 15:27
v1.8.2
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This is the 1.8 release of the EcoData Retriever.

v1.8.2

  • Improved cleaning of column names
  • Fixed thread bug causing Gentry dataset to hang when installed via GUI
  • Removed support for 32-bit only Macs in binaries
  • Removed unused code

v1.8.0

  • Added scripts for 21 new datasets: leaf herbivory, biomass allocation,
    community dynamics of shortgrass steppe plants, mammal and bird foraging
    attributes, tree demography in Indian, small mammal community dynamics in
    Chile, community dynamics of Sonoran Desert perennials, biovolumes of
    freshwater phytoplankton, plant dynamics in Montana, Antarctic Site Inventory
    breeding bird survey, community abundance data compiled from the literature,
    spatio-temporal population data for butterflies, fish parasite host ecological
    characteristics, eBird, Global Wood Density Database, multiscale community
    data on vascular plants in a North Carolina, vertebrate home range sizes,
    PRISM climate data, Amniote life history database, woody plan Biomass And
    Allometry Database, Vertnet data on amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals,
    reptiles
  • Added reset command to allow resetting database configuration settings,
    scripts, and cached raw data
  • Added Dockerfile for building docker containers of each version of the
    software for reproducibility
  • Added support for wxPython 3.0
  • Added support for tar and gz archives
  • Added support for archive files whose contents don't fit in memory
  • Added checks for and use of system proxies
  • Added ability to download archives from web services
  • Added tests for regressions in download engine
  • Added citation command to provide information on citing datasets
  • Improved column name cleanup
  • Improved whitespace consistency
  • Improved handling of Excel files
  • Improved function documentation
  • Improved unit testing and added coverage analysis
  • Improved the sample script by adding a url field
  • Improved script loading behavior by only loading a script the first time it is
    discovered
  • Improved operating system identification
  • Improved download engine by allowing ability to maintain archive and
    subdirectory structure (particular relevant for spatial data)
  • Improved cross-platform directory and line ending handling
  • Improved testing across platforms
  • Improved checking for updated scripts so that scripts are only downloaded if
    the current version isn't available
  • Improved metadata in setup.py
  • Fixed type issues in Portal dataset
  • Fixed GUI always downloading scripts instead of checking if it needed to
  • Fixed bug that sometimes resulted in .retriever directories not belonging to
    the user who did the installation
  • Fixed issues with downloading files to specific paths
  • Fixed BBS50 script to match newer structure of the data
  • Fixed bug where csv files were not being closed after installation
  • Fixed errors when closing the GUI
  • Fixed issue where enclosing quotes in csv files were not being respected
    during cross-tab restructuring
  • Fixed bug causing v1.6 to break when newer scripts were added to version.txt
  • Fixed Bioclim script to include hdr files
  • Fixed missing icon images on Windows
  • Removed unused code
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