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Release 1.4 (2012-04-22)

Additions and enhancements

To the reproducible documents collection:

  • jsg/lowrank: Seismic wave extrapolation using lowrank symbol approximation (Fomel, Ying, and Song)
  • jsg/crs: Non-hyperbolic common reflection surface (Fomel and Kazinnik)
  • trip/iwave: Using IWAVE (Symes)
  • Viking Graben data moved to the public data server
  • sep/fat: Imaging complex structures with first-arrival traveltimes (Bevc)
  • sep/helft: Multi-dimensional Fourier transforms in the helical coordinate system (Rickett and Guitton)

To SCons:

  • Support for XQuartz on Macs - looking in /opt/X11 directories
  • np= parameter in Flow() for mpi programs
  • sfdocs generated for all "pens" in pens/main
  • pre-compilation of modules in book/Recipes
  • upgraded to scons-2.2.0

To documentation:

  • Self-doc is complete now for sfawefd2d and 3d

To APIs:

  • python API (m8r or rsf.api) is now always installed
  • tell and seek added to C++ API
  • added support for FFTW and PSP
  • shape() and reshape() methods in File class (python API) reversed for consistency with numpy

To the Python package:

  • added support for gnuplot figures in rsf.tex
  • added support for sage figures in rsf.tex

To programs:

  • sfsemblance: semblance over the specified axis
  • sflinear: linear 1-D interpolation
  • sfspike now optionally accepts stdin
  • iwave package from Bill Symes and The Rice Inversion Project
  • user/zone: new contributor (Yanadet Sripanich)
  • sfsegyheader creates delrt from o1
  • user/poulsonj: new contributor (Jack Poulson)
  • vpconvert checks the existence of different pens and prefers gdpen to pngpen
  • sffft1, sffft3, sfspectra, sfspectra2: optional support for FFTW
  • oglpen stops movie on pressing 'n' or 'm', menu on left button on Macs
  • creating rsfpwd library in user/fomels to avoid code duplication
  • sfawefd2d and 3d: constant-density flag. Improved speed, memory
  • sfgraph: depth= option for colored symbols
  • sfcat and sfadd no longer have a limit on the number of files
  • user/chengjb: new contributor (Jiubing Cheng)
  • retired su2rsf and segy2rsf to avoid code duplication with suread and segyread
  • user/jsun: new contributor (Junzhe Sun)

Bug fixes

In the reproducible documents collection:

In documentation:

In APIs:

  • Fixed settype bug in Python API
  • Fixed inpout selfdoc extraction for C++ programs

In the Python package:

  • Fixed "scons test" in suproj

In programs:

  • Fixed size limitation in sfclip2
  • Added x0 and y0 in sfstolt
  • Fixed installing the plplot driver with .driver_info extension

In the build system:

  • Fixed failed dependency on gendoc.h when installing pens

Changes in defaults and interfaces

  • In sflwefd: *q1 and *q2 parameters become *qx and *qz, respectively

Release 1.3 (2012-04-22)

Additions and enhancements

To the reproducible documents collection:

  • jsg/reversible: A reversible transform for seismic data processing (Burnett and Ferguson)
  • sep/pyramid: The pyramid transform and its application to signal/noise separation (Sun and Ronen)
  • jsg/ffd: Fourier finite-difference wave propagation (Song and Fomel)
  • jsg/apefint: Seismic data interpolation beyond aliasing using regularized nonstationary autoregression (Liu and Fomel)
  • jsg/timefreq: Time-frequency analysis of seismic data using local attributes (Liu, Fomel, and Chen)
  • data/alaska: Open Data/Open Source: Seismic Unix scripts to process a 2D land line (Schleicher)
  • jsg/ltft: Seismic data analysis using local time-frequency decomposition (Liu and Fomel)

To SCons:

  • Upgraded to scons-2.1.0

To documentation:

  • Python API documented with Epydoc
  • Limited the number of USED IN examples displayed by selfdoc and man pages (25 by default, controled by -u parameter in sfdoc)
  • book/tutorial: A brief introduction to Madagascar (Jeff Godwin)
  • Added selfdoc for sfomp and sfmpi

To APIs:

  • librsfsegy / rsfsegy.h as a separate library

To the Python package:

  • an option for the user to overwrite the installed config.py with ./rsfcfg.py or ~/.rsfcfg.py

To programs:

  • sfgrey4: generate movie of 3-D cube plots.
  • sfungrad: phase unwrapping by least squares.
  • sfhistogram now takes integer input as well
  • sfhist2: 2-D float with integer or float inputs
  • in-core large-file (>2Gb) support in sfwindow and sftransp
  • sfsparsify: put nonzero elements of 2-D array into sparse form
  • sfmoveout: put spikes at an arbitrary moveout.
  • sfcconv: 1-D convolution with complex numbers.
  • sfpyramid: pyramid transform.
  • sfshapeagc: automatic gain control by shaping regularization.
  • modified sfsuwrite for consistency with sfsuread
  • user/chen: new contributor (Zhonghuan Chen)
  • sffoldplot: build a seismic fold map
  • tkvpconvert: GUI for vpconvert
  • user/rweiss: new contributor (Robin Weiss)
  • sfewefd2d_gpu: 2d FDTD wave equation with GPU
  • sfewefd3d_gpu: 3d FDTD wave equation with GPU
  • user/aklokov: new contributor (Alexander Klokov)
  • user/ediazp: new contibutor (Esteban Diaz)

Bug fixes

In the reproducible documents collection:

In documentation:

  • Included previously undocumented parameters (dash,plotcol,plotfat) in stdplot.
  • Fixed selfdoc for Python scripts

In APIs:

In the Python package:

  • Hires Bounding Box detection in Mathematica plots
  • Location of config.py in configure.py
  • Prevent segfault when the input file is closed prematurely.

In programs:

  • Fixed sfpen (via dovplot) bug
  • Fixed sflosignoi bug
  • Fixed sfdots axis-positioning bug
  • Fixed sfmath crash when datapath was specified
  • Fixed handling of infinite values in sfgraph
  • Fixed handling of different output size in sfiwarp
  • Fixed sftransp off-core I/O bug

In the build system:

  • Fixed bug that resulted in BLAS/ATLAS-based programs to not install in Fedora
  • Eliminated hardcoded paths that made it impossible to package m8r
  • Workaround for SCons bug #1488
  • Fixed MacPorts and Fink path detection for compilers other than gcc on Mac
  • Fixed bug preventing spaces in ./configure arguments
  • Fixed cfortran.h dependency in api/f77

Release 1.2 (2011-07-14)

Additions and enhancements

To the reproducible documents collection:

  • swag/anisogath: Angle gathers in wave-equation imaging for transversely isotropic media (Alkhalifah and Fomel)
  • jsg/agath: Theory of 3-D angle gathers in wave-equation seismic imaging (Fomel)
  • cwp/pept2011MicroearthquakeMonitoring: Micro-earthquake monitoring with sparsely-sampled data (Sava)
  • jsg/vc3: Azimuthally anisotropic 3D velocity continuation (Burnett and Fomel)
  • milano/taupvel: Velocity-independent tau-p moveout in a horizontally-layered VTI medium (Casasanta and Fomel)
  • swag/thetaScan: Traveltime approximations for transversely isotropic media with an inhomogeneous background (Alkhalifah)
  • cwp/geo2011WideAzimuthAngleDecomposition: Wide-azimuth angle gathers for wave-equation migration (Sava and Vlad)

To SCons:

  • New directory structure: documentation under $RSFROOT/share/doc/madagascar, other supplemental files under $RSFROOT/share/madagascar

To documentation:

  • Info from VERSION.txt being printed in man pages for all programs
  • Informative message at the end of successful global builds

To APIs:

  • Fetch, Movie, and other enhancements in Python API
  • Input class (can read int and float pars from stdin) in Python backup API
  • Added reading complex-valued data to rsf_read in Matlab API

To the Python package:

  • More intuitive interface for rsf.user.ivlad.run()
  • Expanded options for rsf.user.ivlad.exe()

To programs:

  • sfkdmig2d: 2-D Prestack Kirchhoff depth migration (borrowed from SU)
  • wanttitle= option in thplot
  • color=w periodic color table in grey and grey3
  • sfin accepts data from standard input
  • sfmath accepts sign() function
  • all= option in sfget
  • sfbar: separate program for creating scalebar data
  • sflorenz (generate Lorenz attractor)
  • sfcat/sfmerge accept order= parameter
  • user/xuxin

Bug fixes

In the reproducible documents collection:

In documentation:

  • Fixed missing parameter documentation in stdplot

In APIs:

  • Fixed rsf_write to write complex-valued data
  • Enabled building of dynamic libraries

In the Python package:

In programs:

  • Fixed parameter-setting bug in sfstoltstretch
  • Fixed float-to-int truncation bug in sfdd triggered by Intel C Compiler 10
  • Fixed large-file-support bug in sfshot2cmp
  • Fixed plane#= bug is sfeikonal
  • Fixed error message bug in sfsegyheader

In the build system:

  • Madagascar now compiling with CC=icc LINKFLAGS=-static-intel

Release 1.1 (2011-01-18)

Additions and enhancements

To the reproducible documents collection:

  • rsf/bash: Vladimir Bashkardin's presentation at Houston-2010
  • rsf/programming: Jeff Godwin's presentation at Houston-2010
  • rsf/usp: Yang Liu's presentation at Houston-2010
  • \published{} macro added to all published papers
  • sep/fractal: Modeling 3-D anisotropic fractal media (Chemingui)
  • sep/banana: Traveltime sensitivity kernels: Banana-doughnuts or just plain bananas? (Rickett)
  • swag/eikds: An eikonal based formulation for traveltime perturbation with respect to the source location (Alkhalifah and Fomel)
  • cwp/geo2008IsotropicAngleDomainElasticRTM: Isotropic angle-domain elastic reverse-time migration (Yan and Sava)
  • jsg/stackadcig: Stacking angle-domain common-image gathers for normalization of illumination (Liu et al.)
  • cwp/geo2009VTIModeSeparation: Elastic wave-mode separation for VTI media (Yan and Sava)
  • cwp/geo2009TTIModeSeparation: Elastic wave-mode separation for TTI media (Yan and Sava)
  • jsg/flat: Predictive painting of 3-D seismic volumes (Fomel)
  • jsg/oc3: OC-seislet: seislet transform construction with differential offset continuation (Liu and Fomel)
  • sep/lines: Random lines in a plane (Claerbout)
  • hansung/cgg: Conjugate guided gradient (CGG) method for robust inversion and its application to velocity-stack inversion (Ji)
  • sep/texture: Texture synthesis and prediction error filtering (Brown)
  • Grave directory for papers that are no longer reproducible

To SCons:

  • Upgraded to scons-2.0.1

To documentation:

  • Update to vplot man pages
  • This file (NEWS.txt)

To APIs:

  • New, improved Java API: Cleaner, independent from Mines JTK. Not compatible with the old API

To the Python package:

  • rsf.user.ivlad: chk_file_r, getppout, get1st functions
  • rsf.user.m8rex: WrongPath exception class
  • rsf.user.sf: attr function
  • rsf.version: info about the software version

To programs:

  • tkMadagascar (sfgui and sfbrowser)
  • sflmo (frequency-domain LMO)
  • sfcp - added functionality to act as a filter
  • sftaupmo - added functionality for effective/interval velocities
  • sfktmig (prestack time migration
  • sfrotate - added functionality for negative rotations
  • sfmedian (median on the first axis)
  • sfregr (linear regression)
  • sfsvd (SVD using scipy)
  • sfthreedcube (3D display using mayavi2)
  • sfiphase -added complex option
  • sfsensitivity (traveltime sensitivity kernels)
  • sfcltft (complex local time-frequency transform)
  • sfclpf (complex local prediction filter)
  • sfiwarp2 (inverse 2-D warping)
  • many new programs in user/lcasasan
  • user/jun

Bug fixes

In the reproducible documents collection:

  • Cross-platform (Linux/Mac) solution in book/jsg/flat/*/SConstruct
  • Fixed program links in book/bei/fdm and book/bei/ft1
  • Fixed program links in book/gee/ajt and book/gee/hlx
  • High-resolution figures in book/gee/hlx

In documentation:

  • Update of html/txt/spec documentation and man pages triggered by changes in programs or examples through dependence on use.py
  • Show y and n for boolean parameters in F90 programs, instead of .true./.false.
  • Show y and n for boolean params in some Python programs instead of True/False (fix for some cases in which existing mechanism did not work)

In APIs:

  • Appropriate flags for compilation on OpenSolaris
  • Fixed memory leak in getpar.c
  • Fixed memory leak in llist.c
  • Improved accuracy of triangle smoothing
  • Updated numpy interface in m8r.i

In the Python package:

  • In rsf.user.ivlad (function ndims)
  • In rsf.user.ooio (init of class RSFheader)
  • CUDA configuration moved to configure.py

In programs:

  • sfbandpass
  • sfzcp
  • sfstretch - proper handling of half-offset
  • sfslant and sfvelcon - proper antialiasing

Release 1.0 (2010-07-23)

No release notes for 1.0 or before

About this document

This document is found both as a wiki page at http://www.ahay.org/wiki/Release_Notes , and under source version control (SVN) at http://sourceforge.net/p/rsf/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/NEWS.txt . The SVN version is the definitive one. Before a release, the content of the latest section of the wiki page and that of the corresponding part of NEWS.txt should be reconciled.