Pydicom v2.4.0

Various bug fixes and enhancements. See details below, or the release notes for a less detailed changelog.

Note: the tests folder is no longer included in the packaged builds installed using pip, etc.

What's Changed

• Do not use pytest.warns(None) by @mrbean-bremen in #1623
• Add alphabetic property to PersonName VR by @bernardopericacho in #1634
• Use a next-gen Docker convenience CircleCI image by @bernardopericacho in #1635
• Use sensible chunk size for test data download by @mrbean-bremen in #1636
• Fix length validation of DS values by @mrbean-bremen in #1633
• Prevent crash due to invalid private creator by @mrbean-bremen in #1639
• Add validation for numerical VR values by @mrbean-bremen in #1640
• json_key method for BaseTag by @sanjaymjoshi in #1648
• Fix source comment typo by @luzpaz in #1663
• Avoid multi-megabyte error message by @chris-remedy in #1683
• Codify Ensures distinct names by @darcymason in #1674
• Catch error in creating a dataelement in to_json_dict by @mrbean-bremen in #1694
• Fix reading of 1 byte Big Endian data with OW by @mrbean-bremen in #1687
• Add CI builds for Python 3.11 by @mrbean-bremen in #1659
• Handle invalid DICOMDIR dataset by @mrbean-bremen in #1707
• Skip jpeg-ls tests for Python 3.11 by @mrbean-bremen in #1708
• Add more information about pydicom purpose by @mrbean-bremen in #1709
• Add lint-action workflow by @mrbean-bremen in #1711
• IS float by @darcymason in #1720
• Pytest deprecations by @darcymason in #1730
• Correct waveform calculation. Closes #1667 by @MartinFLH in #1715
• Nested seq speed by @darcymason in #1734
• cut LUTData to expected size by @rgsoda in #1747
• Fix decoding of multibyte text with backslash by @ykszk in #1724
• Removed inactive gitter badge by @ZviBaratz in #1756
• [DOC] Minor fixes and suggestions by @ZviBaratz in #1761
• [DOC] File-set tutorial styling suggestions by @ZviBaratz in #1764
• Ensure AT DataElements are encoded properly by code_dataelem by @suever in #1768
• GitHub Actions: Upgrade to Python v3.11 production release by @cclauss in #1777
• GitHub Action to lint Python code with ruff by @cclauss in #1771
• small bugfix in example pydicomtree.py by @Grarie in #1787
• Exclude CharPyLS for Python 3.11 by @mrbean-bremen in #1791
• Switch build to pyproject.toml by @darcymason in #1792
• Use CharPyLS fork with newer cython version by @mrbean-bremen in #1794
• Use wheel packages to install pyjpegls by @mrbean-bremen in #1797
• Update DICOM and UID dicts to Dicom2023b by @darcymason in #1803

New Contributors

• @bernardopericacho made their first contribution in #1634
• @sanjaymjoshi made their first contribution in #1648
• @luzpaz made their first contribution in #1663
• @chris-remedy made their first contribution in #1683
• @MartinFLH made their first contribution in #1715
• @rgsoda made their first contribution in #1747
• @ykszk made their first contribution in #1724
• @ZviBaratz made their first contribution in #1756
• @suever made their first contribution in #1768
• @cclauss made their first contribution in #1777
• @Grarie made their first contribution in #1787

Full Changelog: v2.3.0...v2.4.0