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 639 (xsd-fu: Extend C++ support and add extra options)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 640 (cpp: Add initial C++ implementation)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 643 (Data test updates)
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 645 (Leica LIF: also parse channel names from FilterSettingRecords (rebased onto develop))
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 646 (Save current revision number in memo file)