[Insight-developers] ITKv4 Release Candidate 4 (v4.0rc04) tagged.

[Matt McCormick]

The ITKv4 release candidate 4 has been tagged, and is available for
testing.  To obtain the source code,

 git clone http://itk.org/ITK.git
 cd ITK
 git checkout -q --detach v4.0rc04

For more details, please see

 http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Git


*Important note:*  Please do not expect backward compatibility with
these release candidates.  The API may still undergo changes as
improvements are made.

Release candidates will be tagged approximately every week, provided
that the software quality dashboard is in decent shape

 http://public.kitware.com/dashboard.php?name=itk


Testing and feedback are encouraged.  Impressions or patches will help
improve the result as refinement and bug-fixes are made for the final
release.

Please include the tag name used when providing feedback.


A list of changes since RC 3 follows:

Alexandre Gouaillard (4):
      BUG: this was preventing the java wrapping from happening.
      BUG: using None as a variable name prevents python wrapping.
      DOC: Migration guide page.
      BUG: Increase Java Heap maximum size to 2048. Review module can
now be wrapped

Arnaud Gelas (8):
      PERF: terms are not evaluated if its coefficient is null
      ENH: adding test to visualize evolving layers
      COMP: missing include to define itkConceptMacro
      ENH: Member variables of the stopping criterion must be reinitialized.
      ENH: Refactor the visualization of level set's isovalue contour
      ENH: Add number of elements stopping criterion for fast marching
      COMP: missing includes
      COMP: missing include

Baohua Wu (1):
      ENH: added QuasiNewtonObjectOptimizer and its tests

Bill Lorensen (3):
      COMP: Missing header when ITKV3_COMPATIBILITY is ON
      COMP: Inappropriate use of ITKCommon_EXPORT
      COMP: Inappropriate use of ITKCommon_EXPORT

Brad King (2):
      COMP: Fix MI metric test in TestExternal build
      ENH: Initialize ExternalData_OBJECT_STORES from environment

Cory Quammen (1):
      ENH: Simplified template parameters

David Doria (2):
      ENH: Made exception message more verbose.
      DOC: Clarify the input range that is used.

Gaëtan Lehmann (1):
      ENH: use ITK modules dependencies in wrapping

Hans Johnson (7):
      ENH: Fixed SoftwareGuide documentation
      STYLE: Remove old backwards compatibility
      STYLE: Simplify and clean MattesMI.
      ENH: Made the KernelFunction base class templated
      COMP: Typo caused wrapping to fail
      COMP: Improper use of typename out of template.
      STYLE: Minor memory saving enhancement.

Matthew McCormick (11):
      BUG: Fix ThreadLogger Flush logic.
      STYLE: itkThreadLogger.cxx use ITK Style.
      ENH: Add ShrinkByRadius to ImageRegion.
      ENH: Move the threading partitioner classes into ITKCommon.
      ENH: Rename ObjectToData to ThreadedDomainPartitioner.
      ENH: Create new DomainThreader class.
      ENH: Output the JointPDF in the MI registration test.
      COMP: RegistrationParameterScalesFromShift signed/unsigned comparison.
      COMP: ConstSliceIterator index argument type.
      STYLE: Cleanup ThreadedDomainPartitioner.
      ENH: Remove deprecated misspelled methods.

Michael Stauffer (3):
      DOC: Necessary ImageToImageObjectMetric documentation updates.
      BUG: Fix CentralDifferenceImageFunction non-integer behavior.
      DOC: Fix doxygen documentation. itkCentralDifferenceImageFunction

Nick Tustison (5):
      BUG:  Fix failing test.
      ENH:  BSpline simple registration compatibility.
      ENH:  Moving N4 out of Review.
      ENH: Fix test failures for certain machines.
      COMP:  Fix warning.

Xiaoxiao Liu (2):
      BUG: Complete remaining levelsets image adaptor updates.
      BUG: Fix valgrind error for VideoSourceTest.

Zack Galbreath (1):
      BUG: fix missing symbols to mangle in itk_tiff_mangle.h