merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 528 (Tile performance improvements for VMS and NDPI)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 644 (Add support for writing ModuloAlong* annotations)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 745 (Improve bfCheckJavaPath performance testing)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 748 (Add support for Bio-Rad .scn files)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 749 (cmake: Use git root as project root)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 753 (Bug fixes for graphics formats)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 756 (Fix SPW fake file detection)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 765 (Eclipse: ignore gmaven)