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 625 (docs: Use XeLaTeX for PDF documentation (develop))
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 627 (Use `git describe` for Bio-Formats version (See #9639))
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 628 (Convert all code to use joda-time)
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 629 (Override getValue() in OriginalMetadataAnnotation (rebased onto develop))
merge develop -D org -I include -E exclude: PR 631 (bfGetPlane fix and hardcoded version removal)