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Fixed thread bug causing Gentry dataset to hang when installed via GUI
Removed support for 32-bit only Macs in binaries
Removed unused code
v1.8.0
Added scripts for 21 new datasets: leaf herbivory, biomass allocation,
community dynamics of shortgrass steppe plants, mammal and bird foraging
attributes, tree demography in Indian, small mammal community dynamics in
Chile, community dynamics of Sonoran Desert perennials, biovolumes of
freshwater phytoplankton, plant dynamics in Montana, Antarctic Site Inventory
breeding bird survey, community abundance data compiled from the literature,
spatio-temporal population data for butterflies, fish parasite host ecological
characteristics, eBird, Global Wood Density Database, multiscale community
data on vascular plants in a North Carolina, vertebrate home range sizes,
PRISM climate data, Amniote life history database, woody plan Biomass And
Allometry Database, Vertnet data on amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals,
reptiles
Added reset command to allow resetting database configuration settings,
scripts, and cached raw data
Added Dockerfile for building docker containers of each version of the
software for reproducibility
Added support for wxPython 3.0
Added support for tar and gz archives
Added support for archive files whose contents don't fit in memory
Added checks for and use of system proxies
Added ability to download archives from web services
Added tests for regressions in download engine
Added citation command to provide information on citing datasets
Improved column name cleanup
Improved whitespace consistency
Improved handling of Excel files
Improved function documentation
Improved unit testing and added coverage analysis
Improved the sample script by adding a url field
Improved script loading behavior by only loading a script the first time it is
discovered
Improved operating system identification
Improved download engine by allowing ability to maintain archive and
subdirectory structure (particular relevant for spatial data)
Improved cross-platform directory and line ending handling
Improved testing across platforms
Improved checking for updated scripts so that scripts are only downloaded if
the current version isn't available
Improved metadata in setup.py
Fixed type issues in Portal dataset
Fixed GUI always downloading scripts instead of checking if it needed to
Fixed bug that sometimes resulted in .retriever directories not belonging to
the user who did the installation
Fixed issues with downloading files to specific paths
Fixed BBS50 script to match newer structure of the data
Fixed bug where csv files were not being closed after installation
Fixed errors when closing the GUI
Fixed issue where enclosing quotes in csv files were not being respected
during cross-tab restructuring
Fixed bug causing v1.6 to break when newer scripts were added to version.txt
