ISIS 8.3.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available

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How to install or update to 8.3.0

Installation instructions of ISIS can be found in the README on our github page .

If you already have a version of ISIS 4.0.0 or later installed in an anaconda environment, you can update to <X.Y.Z> by activating your existing isis conda environment and running conda update isis .

How to get access to 8.3.0 at the ASC

The new process proposed in the internal RFC is now in full effect. Please review the process of using anaconda environments to activate isis here.

Once a version of conda is active, run the command: conda activate isis8.3.0_RC1 to use this newest version of ISIS.

Changes for 8.3.0

Added

• Added backplane options for SunIllumination and SurfaceObliqueDetectorResolution to phocube #5467

Changed

• Photrim has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: #5581
• Bandtrim has been refactored to be callable; old Makefile tests have been removed and replaced by gtests. Issue: #5571
• Modified kaguyasp2isis to work with new (detached) data #5436
• Added jigsaw error message for csminit'd images without csm parameters#5486
• Changed qwt dependency version to 6.2.0 or below #5498
• Pinned suitesparse dependency version to maximum not including 7.7.0 #5496

Fixed

• Fixed a bug in noproj.cpp which left a persisent lbl file after running noproj. [Noproj STILL doesn't clean up all files! #5577] (Noproj STILL doesn't clean up all files! #5577)
• Fixed a bug in QVIEW's FindTool in which camera was prioritized over projction #5508
• Fixed a bug in PolygonTools in which the program exited before attempting to fix an invalid Polygon #5520
• Fixed a bug in QVIEW's Stretch tool where the default min/max type was not an available option #5289
• Fixed a bug in QVIEW where images would double load if loaded from the commandline #5505
• Fixed qmos segfault under GEOS 3.12 #5539
• Fixed CSMSerialNumber.trn typo #5485
• Fixed CSMSerialNumber.trn to be PVL compliant #5484
• Fixed hrsc2isis to support level 3 hrsc images #5497
• Fixed gllssi2isis to support V1.1 data #5396

Added

• Added versioned default values to lrowacphomap's PHOALGO and PHOPARCUBE parameters and updated lrowacphomap to handle them properly. #5452

Notes

The following operating systems are supported for this release:

• Ubuntu 18.04
• macOS Mohave 11.6

(Other Linux/macOS variants may be able to run this release, but are not officially supported.)

If you find a problem with this release, please create an issue on our GitHub issues page