Release Notes

With this third minor release series of 2020,
the first fMRIPrep LTS (long-term support) is finally here!

This release contains a number of bug-fixes and enhancements mostly
related to easing the maintenance, anticipating patch-release breaking
changes to ensure a longstanding LTS, and addressing some run-to-run
repeatability problems of the CompCor implementation.

Thank you for using fMRIPrep!
If you encounter any issues with this release, please let us know
by posting an issue on our GitHub page!

CHANGES

• FIX: Revise the reproducibility of CompCor masks (#2130)
• FIX: Simplify transform aggregation in resampling, pass identity transforms for multi-echo cases (#2239)
• FIX: Skip the T1w check if --anat-derivatives is provided. (#2201)
• FIX: Storing --bids-filters within config file (#2177)
• FIX: Revise multi-echo reference generation, permitting using SBRefs too (#1803)
• FIX: FreeSurfer license manipulation & canary
• ENH: Output CompCor masks if --debug compcor is passed (#2248)
• ENH: Conform to BIDS Derivatives as of BIDS 1.4.0 (#2223)
• ENH: Reuse config (#2240)
• ENH: Save BOLD-anatomical transforms to derivatives folder (#2233)
• ENH: Leverage BIDSLayout's database_path (#2203)
• ENH: Add --no-tty option to fmriprep-docker.py (#2204)
• ENH: Report number of echoes in BOLD summary. (#2184)
• ENH: Ensure NiPype telemetry is just pinged once (#2168)
• DOC: Update reference in "Refinement of Brain Mask" description (#2215)
• DOC: List TemplateFlow templates that need to be prefetched (#2196)
• DOC: Update references to https://github.com/nipreps (#2191)
• DOC: Pin NiPype with new Sphinx extension syntax (#2092)
• MAINT: Track #2252 from 20.1.x series (#2253)
• MAINT: Silence PyBIDS warning by setting extension mode (#2250)
• MAINT: Drop CircleCI docs build (#2247)
• MAINT: Pin latest NiPreps (#2244)
• MAINT: Update setup.cfg (flake8 and pytest) (#2183)
• MAINT: Delete release-drafter (#2169)
• MAINT: Track bug-fix release on the 20.1.x series (#2165)
• MAINT: Remove auto-comment bot (#2166)
• MAINT: Improve the questions on the bug-report template (#2158)