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What's New in Karabo 2.6.0
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The **most relevant improvements**, fixes and changes are:

Detailed Merge-Log
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Bound/cpp core
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- Bound: Fix for handling exceptions in (bound) Python callbacks
- Bound: Fix bound DeviceClient history retrieval !3643
- Bound: Added bound_devices tests !3673
- C++/Bound: Make updateSchema keep parameters when set !3321
- C++/Bound: Fixed the issue that caused the BeckhoffSim instatiation error. !3658
- C++: Activate exception when assignmentOptional interferes with readOnlyThis gets Karabo/Framework!3556 back! !3561
- C++: Add Hash::fullyEquals method. !3608
- C++: Avoid compiler warning when compiling ImageData_Test...and make test more specific !3647
- C++: Remove unsupported WebAuthentication !3652
- C++: Support toString(std::unorderd_set) and also test toString(std::set) !3663
- C++: Please compiler warning in C++ DeviceClient !3676
- C++: Write out what we can after hdf5 io exception and only re-throw at the end. !3650
- C++: Fixes for karabo::util::StateSignifier to make it compatible with its Python counterpart. !3534
- C++: pluginDirectory option misbehaves !3231

Core Devices
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- Prepare data logger device for many devices - step 1. This enables the DataLogger to be configured to log many devices. !3598
- Data logger make use of asyncConnect for multiple connection !3615
- Data logger for many devices - step 3. Now the DataLogger keeps track about connection status !3621
- Data logger for many devices step 4. This adds slotAddDeviceToBeLogged to DataLogger, so now we can dynamically add (and remove) devices to be logged. !3622
- Data logger: Clean mutex use in new DataLogger !3646
- Data logger: Data logger manager creates one logger per server- Complete re-write of init behaviour in DataLoggerManager !3664
- Data logger: Switch off p2p broker shortcut of data loggers by default !3668
- Datalog Reader: Change `DataLogReader::slotGetConfigurationFromPast` to return the last known good configuration at a given timepoint. !3674
- Project DB: ProjectManager takes credentials from env. !3667
- Project DB: update the script for local use !3686
- Project DB: ProjectDB is not initialized on a local DB !3689
- Project DB: avoid log SPAM !3691
- Project DB: Inject LOCAL domain on new DB !3692

Dependencies and deployment
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- DEPS: Switch qwt dependencies !3651
- DEPS: Remove Darwin from build system !3654
- DEPS: webserver missing templates !3642
- CI: Project DB as a Docker image !3653
- CI: karabo.interactive tests work in develop mode !3655
- CI: adding ubuntu 18 as a platform !3027
- CI: using ubuntu16 image to build windows !3661
- CI: running unit tests in dependency MRs !3665
- Test: remove the launcher.py exception !3656
- Test: enable eventloop closure in tests !3657
- Test: More info on failure of alarm and data logger integration tests !3648
- Test: ufunc testing !3389
- Test: adding tests to karabo.middlelayer_devices !3690
- Test: Fix Device_Test, one of the C++ integration tests. !3684

Middlelayer core
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- MDL PropertyTest: add default macro !3623
- MDL: Force logger handler to be available !3617
- MDL: Show traceback from background functions !3616
- MDL: `start_device` not silent in case of failure !3660
- MDL: PrettyPrinting follow up !3672
- Native: Workaround missing ufuncs !3687

Graphical user interface
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- GUI: Fix VectorFill autorange !3682
- GUI: Don't use the same value multiple times when toggling vector roll !3613
- GUI: Fix crosshair position on add !3607
- GUI: Remove max height of transform dialog !3609
- GUI: Dont plot the scatter lastvalue multiple times when toggling !3612
- GUI: Validate empty names in project items !3611
- GUI: Change dialog max sizes for plots !3614
- GUI: Use tooltip information for last image received !3619
- GUI: Fix log scale for plots !3604
- GUI: Extend copyright to 2019 in about dialog !3626
- GUI: Fix image node dimensions and detector graph slider !3627
- GUI: Change title of capability dialog !3625
- GUI: Sort alphabetically in capability dialog and always request !3630
- GUI: Implement new tick slider with value box and tick steps !3624
- GUI: Add multiple proxies to error bool widget !3629
- GUI: Improve crosshair profiling !3632
- GUI: Reimplement QImage rendering !3618
- GUI: Fix levels dialog !3610
- GUI: Fix legend bug !3634
- GUI: Refactor image levels dialog to support setting levels outside of image range !3635
- GUI: Update aux plots/ROI when image is transformed !3637
- GUI: ImageData setROIOffset should not test size !3638
- GUI: Forward compatibility for (future) failing history requests in GUI !3678
- GUI: Change msg dialog header for trashing and untrashing !3694
- GUI: Add message box check to trash/untrash via context menu !3695
- GUI: Fix image smoothing on aux plots !3699
- GUI: Provide easy to use filenames on pyqtgraph export !3698
- GUI: Fix project duplicate dialog !3666
- GUI: Adjust aux plots y-range to data range !3701
- GUI: Ask before trashing or untrashing project !3631
- GUI: Add middle button panning to new plots !3636