WSClean Version 1.12
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Released 2016-07-09

Summary: No major feature enhancements, but many small improvements and fixes. :doc:`Differential LOFAR beam <../primary_beam_correction>` is probably the biggest new feature, while :doc:`some new deconvolution modes <../rm_synthesis>` can improve RM-synthesis imaging.

New features:

 * Support :doc:`correction of the differential LOFAR beam <../primary_beam_correction>` instead of full beam.
 * Option ``-squared-channel-joining`` for [using the channel-squared values during peak finding](RMSynthesis), instead of channel-summed.
 * Option to turn off dirty image creation (``-no-dirty``).
 * Adding WSCNVIS and WSCENVIS keywords to fits files.
 * During imaging, WSClean now outputs the 'effective visibility count'.
 * Rewrote dft prediction algorithm, it is now possible to use NDPPP for prediction.
 * Adding cleaned flux to output when performing multi-scale clean (requested by A. G. de Bruyn).
 * Better determination of available number of CPUs, to make WSClean cooperate with cluster management tools like SLURM (Using CPU affinity code from J. D. Mol).
 * Support for masks in the IUWT deconvolution method.
 * Adding time to output when requested new parameter with ``-log-time`` (SF #76).

Fixes:

 * Changed behaviour of SPWs to not count unused SPWs in calculation of output channels (Requested by R. van Weeren).
 * Model data corrupted when using ``-predict`` because of bug in contiguous MS writer (SF #78).
 * Issue with ``-predict`` mode -- prediction no longer used the kaiser bessel kernel, because of an unset value.
 * Use WEIGHT column if WEIGHT_SPECTRUM is not available (SF #73).
 * Fully flagged output channels causes joined cleaning to malfunction (reported by K. Emig).
 * Increased precision of fits keywords to have double precision for RA and DEC output, otherwise VLBI observations have slightly inaccurate positions (Reported by R. Dean).
 * Issue with IUWT in combination with ``-deconvolution-channels``, reported by O. Smirnov.
 * Some usual refactoring and fixes for newer compilers.
 * Some preparation to allow IDG as gridder.
 * Imaging multiple polarizations in multi-frequency, multi-spw modes would lead to an error (reported by R. van Weeren).