New Development: Yes/No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-5878 
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: Yes
What Interface Changed: added getPointingDirection()
         Test Programs: tMSMetaData
  Put in Release Notes: Yes/No
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: as above

	



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       New Development: Yes/No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-6568 
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: Yes
What Interface Changed: Added Matrix::identity(), DirectionCoordinate::isNCP(), overloading of FITSCoordinateUtil::cTypeFromDirection()
         Test Programs: tArray, tDirectionCoordinate
  Put in Release Notes: Yes/No
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: as above

	



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       New Development: Yes/No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-6533 
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: No
What Interface Changed: Please list interface changes
         Test Programs: List test programs
  Put in Release Notes: Yes/No
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: bug fix, 

	



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       New Development: No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-6693
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: No
What Interface Changed: 
         Test Programs: casacore unit tests
  Put in Release Notes: Yes
             Module(s): images
           Description: FITSImgParser will now, when there is more than one HDU,
			mention in the contents list not only the extension 
                        name but also its ID which can then be used, e.g., in 
			importfits parameter whichhdu.
	



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       New Development: No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-6693
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: Yes
What Interface Changed: ImageFITSConverter.h
         Test Programs: casacore unit tests, fits-import-export, imagetest
  Put in Release Notes: Yes
             Module(s): images
           Description: Changed ImageFITSConverter::FITSToImage to
			also take negative values for parameter "whichHDU".
			If <0, FITSToImage will now search for the first
			legible HDU containing an image and load that.
			Default (at the C++ level) remains 0.
			(In the importfits task it will be -1, though.)



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       New Development: Yes/No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-5359 
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: Yes
What Interface Changed: Implemented MSMetaData::getTimeRange()
         Test Programs: tMSMetaData
  Put in Release Notes: Yes/No
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: new method to get time range of entire MS, taking into account beginning and ending half INTERVALs

	



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       New Development: No
            JIRA Issue: No
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: No
What Interface Changed: Please list interface changes
         Test Programs: List test programs
  Put in Release Notes: Yes
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: Describe your changes here...

Added the setMaxArray() method.
Added some comments.	



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       New Development: No
            JIRA Issue: No
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: No
What Interface Changed: Please list interface changes
         Test Programs: List test programs
  Put in Release Notes: Yes
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: Describe your changes here...

Some more comments + typo fixes.	



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       New Development: Yes/No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-6793 
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: Yes
What Interface Changed: added MFrequency::typeFromString()
         Test Programs: tMFrequency
  Put in Release Notes: Yes/No
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: As above to accommodate stringing together of calls, and exception throwing which is best practice rather than having to check the validity of a return value

	



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       New Development: No
            JIRA Issue: No
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: No
What Interface Changed: Please list interface changes
         Test Programs: List test programs
  Put in Release Notes: Yes
             Module(s): Module Names change impacts.
           Description: Describe your changes here...

Typo fixes and comments updates.	



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       New Development: No
            JIRA Issue: CAS-6693
        Ready for Test: Yes
     Interface Changes: Yes
What Interface Changed: ImageFITSConverter.h
         Test Programs:  fits-import-export
  Put in Release Notes: No
             Module(s): images
           Description: Small improvement in the error messages in
			ImageFITSConverter::FITSToImage()



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