Updating the changelog for Bob's release

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release/changelog_since_last_release.rst

+* bob.buildout
+  * v2.1.3 (Sep 22, 2017 10:37)
+     * port to new CI/CD
+  * v2.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017 11:34)
+     * port to new CI/CD
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 13:58)
+     * no significant changes
+  * v2.1.6 (Feb 27, 2018 16:29)
+     * Enables built-in conda packaging
+     * Provides user/development guides
+     * Provides an alternative for gdb (based on lldb) for MacOS
+     * Improve handling of environments for Python 3.6 (issue #24)
+  * none
+* bob.extension
+  * major
+     * Big changes to the documentation of this package: divided guide in
+       package development and package creation; added section for implementing
+       configuration and command-line application for bob extensions.
+     * Initial implementation for a (more) centrally-available python-based
+       configuration system. The implementation is based on the config-file
+       support that existed in bob.bio.base. Since the initial port, it has
+       improved quite a lot to support a number of features. Check the
+       documentation for details and how to use these on your packages.
+     * Initial implementation of a command-line infrastructure for bob
+       packages. The implementation is based on click and extensible to other
+       packages in the Bob framework. Check the documentation for details.
+     * Added support for stacked processors
+     * Fixes for compilation from scratch on newer versions of gcc, namely by
+       having a more comprehensive use of "-isystem"
+     * Improvements to our internal search-path functionality for building
+       other packages
+     * Ported to new CI/CD
+* bob.blitz
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.core
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Fix test values (closes bob.core#8)
+     * Use log modules from bob.extension
+     * improve tests
+* bob.io.base
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.math
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Add blas features
+     * trust numpy in finding blas/lapack. Fixes bob.math#14
+* bob.measure
+  * major
+     * Fixed issue with FAR and FRR values being exactly 1 or 0
+     * Corrected the threshold calculation in far_threshold() and frr_threshold(), which now guarantees to produce at most of given FAR or FRR values.
+     * Never return NaNs for far_threshold() and frr_threshold() functions
+     * Optimized implementation of ROC for a given FAR
+     * Added an option to capture the output in a log file
+     * Updated docs and tests accordingly
+* bob.io.image
+  * minor
+     * Fixed issue with PGM image load when such images have extra bytes, see bob.io.image!36
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.base
+  * major
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Implemented local file upload bob.db.base#20
+     * Added support for JSON annotation format
+     * Unified use of `original_directory` and `original_extension`
+     * Minor improvements
+* bob.io.video
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * adjust test values to openh264
+     * Revamped code for ffmpeg-3.1+ s
+     * Fixes bob.io.video#10
+* bob.io.matlab
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.io.audio
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.sp
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ap
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.base
+  * minor
+     * Improved compatibility for non-C++-11 compilers
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Fix matplotlib requirement
+* bob.ip.color
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.draw
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.gabor
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.learn.activation
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.learn.libsvm
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Makes sure we can load/save files with arbitrary extensions
+* bob.learn.linear
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.learn.mlp
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.learn.boosting
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.iris
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.learn.em
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Add test time dependencies
+     * remove unused ref 5. please see bob.learn.em#27
+* bob.db.wine
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.mnist
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Now download metadata during build
+* bob.db.atnt
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.facedetect
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.optflow.hornschunck
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.optflow.liu
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.flandmark
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* gridtk
+  * v1.5.0 (Nov 20, 2017 09:07)
+     * Implemented the option `--repeat <n>` in jman submit. Now we can submit the same job `n` times in a serial manner -- Merge gridtk!10
+     * Appended the idiap gpu short queue in our queue list
+     * Improved python 3 compatibility (Merge gridtk!7)
+     * Created the `jgen` tool (https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/docs/bob/gridtk/master/generate.html) -- Merge gridtk!8
+     * Removed overwriting job ID when stopping jobs
+  * minor
+     * `jgen` tool: added an option `--unique-aggregate` to make the aggregate output unique 
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Improve tests and docs
+* bob.ip.qualitymeasure
+  * minor
+     * Migrated to conda based CI
+     * Updates in the README
+     * Removed bootstrap-buildout functionality
+     * Added an optional reference image to Galbally IQM extractor
+* bob.ip.skincolorfilter
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.facelandmarks
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.ip.dlib
+  * v1.0.2 (Oct 19, 2017 10:18)
+     * Fixed issue with possible negative coordinates and empty image
+  * patch
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Improved documentation and tests
+* bob.db.arface
+  * v2.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:17)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.asvspoof
+  * v1.0.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:20)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Removed redundant debug_asvspoof2017 script
+* bob.db.asvspoof2017
+  * v1.0.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:20)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Removed redundant debug_asvspoof2017 script
+* bob.db.atvskeystroke
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:21)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.avspoof
+  * v2.2.8 (Sep 22, 2017 14:22)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Removed redundant debug_avspoof.py script
+* bob.db.banca
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:22)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.biosecure
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:22)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.biosecurid.face
+  * v2.1.8 (Sep 22, 2017 14:22)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.casme2
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:23)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.caspeal
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:23)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.cohface
+  * v1.0.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:24)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Add a ref to the package name
+* bob.db.frgc
+  * v2.1.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:24)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.gbu
+  * v2.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:24)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.hci_tagging
+  * v1.0.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:28)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Add a ref to the package name
+* bob.db.ijba
+  * v2.0.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:28)
+  * minor
+     * Added missing dependency to bob.io.image (from bob.db.base)
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Added bob.measure as requirement
+     * Some functionality was moved to bob.bio.face
+* bob.db.kboc16
+  * v2.0.11 (Sep 22, 2017 14:28)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Add a ref to the package name
+* bob.db.lfw
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:28)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.livdet2013
+  * v2.0.6 (Sep 22, 2017 14:29)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * This package does not download metadata (closes bob.db.livdet2013#1)
+     * Add a ref to the package name
+* bob.db.mobio
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:29)
+  * minor
+     * Update README.rst
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.msu_mfsd_mod
+  * v2.2.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:29)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.multipie
+  * v2.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:29)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.nist_sre12
+  * v3.0.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:30)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.putvein
+  * v1.2.1 (Sep 22, 2017 14:30)
+  * minor
+     * Fix packaging warnings
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Stop downloading metadata (closes bob.db.putvein#2)
+* bob.db.replay
+  * v3.0.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:31)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.replaymobile
+  * v1.1.3 (Sep 22, 2017 14:31)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.scface
+  * v2.1.5 (Sep 22, 2017 14:31)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.utfvp
+  * v2.4.1 (Sep 22, 2017 14:32)
+     * Packaging changes - no changes to software.
+  * major
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Overall database refactoring; Improved docs and tests
+     * Add information on the annotations
+* bob.db.verafinger
+  * v1.0.0 (Oct 11, 2017 14:24)
+     * Initial release of new VERA fingervein database interface. Deprecates https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.db.vera.
+  * major
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Add information on the annotations
+     * Unify biometric/presentation-attack interfaces
+     * Implement cropped biometric recognition protocols
+     * Improved documentation and simplified protocol files
+* bob.db.fv3d
+  * v1.0.0 (Oct 11, 2017 15:42)
+     * Distribute metadata from webserver
+  * minor
+     * Fixes to model.id -> model.name as model identifier
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.hkpu
+  * major
+     * Initial release of Hong Kong Polytechnic University Finger Image Database
+     * Added docs and tests
+     * Update HKPU filelist with new annotations
+     * Migrate to conda based CI (closes bob.db.hkpu#1)
+* bob.db.thufvdt
+  * major
+     * Initial release of Tsinghua University Finger Vein and Finger Dorsal Texture Database
+     * Added docs and tests
+     * Added protocols so they match paper descriptions
+     * Added functions to detect and load RoI annotations
+     * Migrate to conda based CI (closes bob.db.thufvdt#1)
+* bob.db.mmcbnu6k
+  * major
+     * Initial release of Chonbuk Nation University Fingervein Database
+     * Add protocols and annotations
+     * Fixes to model.id -> model.name as model identifier
+     * Added docs and tests
+     * Migrate to conda based CI (closes bob.db.mmcbnu6k#1)
+* bob.db.hmtvein
+  * major
+     * Initial release of Homologous Multimodal Traits (Fingervein) Database
+     * Fixes to model.id -> model.name as model identifier
+     * Return any finger name (all are the same) given the first found model
+     * Added annotations, documentation, and tests
+     * Migrate to conda based CI (closes bob.db.hmtvein#1)
+* bob.db.voicepa
+  * v1.0.2 (Sep 22, 2017 14:34)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * fixing issue bob.db.voicepa#1
+* bob.db.xm2vts
+  * v2.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:36)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.youtube
+  * v2.1.4 (Sep 22, 2017 14:37)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.pericrosseye
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.db.cuhk_cufs
+  * minor
+     * Created methods modality_separator and modalities
+     * Included test case for objects.modality
+* bob.bio.base
+  * v3.3.0 (Sep 22, 2017 13:41)
+     * bob.bio.base!20 Docs url fix
+     * bob.bio.base!19 Python36 & docs fixes
+     * bob.bio.base!18 Removed `Algorithm.read_probe`
+  * major
+     * Add as_array to frame containers
+     * Make the original_directory and annotation_directory a property
+     * Fixed tuple indexing bug in youtube db load function and added tests
+     * Updated docs and tests
+     * Fixed bob.bio.base#11
+     * Added video annotator, updated documentation accordingly
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+* bob.bio.gmm
+  * v3.1.0 (Sep 22, 2017 14:05)
+     * bob.bio.gmm!10 Removed Algorithm.read_probe method, since this is already solved via bob.bio.base
+     * bob.bio.gmm!9 Use generators instead of list to concatenate the loaded training data
+     * bob.bio.gmm!12 Doc fixes
+     * bob.bio.gmm!11 Python36 & docs fixes
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Propagated --allow-missing-files to the UBM training
+     * Fixed issue bob.bio.gmm#22
+* bob.bio.face
+  * v3.3.0 (Sep 22, 2017 13:17)
+     * bob.bio.face!78 Removed Algorithm.read_probe method, since this is already solved via bob.bio.base
+     * bob.bio.face!33 improve the score files by adding attack type information
+     * [ci] Droped python 3.4 support and added python 3.6
+     * bob.bio.face!30 Updated baseline script to search for executables
+  * major
+     * Implemented IJBA customized plot
+     * Make the original_directory and annotation_directory a property
+     * Created IJBB high level interface
+     * Added script to display face annotations provided by a database. 
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * improve docs and tests
+* bob.bio.spear
+  * v3.1.1 (Sep 22, 2017 14:48)
+     * bob.bio.spear!36 Docs url fixes
+  * minor
+     * pass kwargs in the base file class
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Improved docs
+* bob.bio.video
+  * v3.3.0 (Sep 22, 2017 13:41)
+     * bob.bio.video!20 Docs url fix
+     * bob.bio.video!19 Python36 & docs fixes
+     * bob.bio.video!18 Removed`Algorithm.read_probe`
+  * minor
+     * Add function as_array() to FrameContainer
+     * Fixed youtube db load function
+     * The original_directory and annotation_directory are now a property
+     * Migrated to conda based CI
+     * Package now added to joint documentation
+     * Missing annotations are now handled in the Preprocessor Wrapper
+     * Updated unit tests addressing missing annotation cases
+     * Preprocessor Wrapper now able to return None, allowing --missing-files functionality
+     * Added failsafevideo wrapper
+     * Added Video annotator
+* bob.bio.vein
+  * v1.0.0 (Oct 20, 2017 13:29)
+     * Initial release
+     * Added bob.db.fv3d
+     * Updated sample viewing script
+     * Added blame script
+     * Re-estructured Preprocessor to simplify experimentation and configuration
+     * Unit tests for 3D fingervein database
+     * Fixes to Maximum Curvature implementation; Improved references & documentation
+     * Speeds-up the evaluation of vein probabilities
+     * Updated functionality: If sample does not have ROI, then returns only image
+     * Updated documentation: on grid resources and explanation on how to run
+     * Added optional pre-cropping stage on preprocessor
+     * Implemented normalized-cross-correlation algorithm
+     * Added MLP trainer for watershed masker
+     * Added watershed mask detector
+     * Functionality allowing to view sample using a database name
+     * Added Miura-match with rotation support
+     * Support for view mode w/o extracted veins
+     * Added watershed preprocessing debug-aid script
+     * Added High Level Database Interface for putvein database
+     * Added the doc and tests and config for the putvein database
+     * HammingDistance class plus test
+     * Update documentation on baseline results for rlt, mc, and wld
+     * Remove Oleg's implementation of rotation-invariant matching
+  * v1.0.1 (Oct 20, 2017 16:04)
+     * Update `MANIFEST.in` to include necessary package files
+  * minor
+     * Ported to new CI
+     * Updated utfvp interface
+     * Fixed the index.rst to match joint docs requirements
+     * Adaptations to allow vulnerability analysis
+* bob.db.voxforge
+  * v2.2.0 (Sep 24, 2017 11:39)
+  * minor
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Improved docs
+     * Removed bob_dbmanage download
+* bob.pad.base
+  * major
+     * Migrate to conda based CI
+     * Added --allow-missing-files option
+     * Improved documentation
+     * Moved from bob.pad.face SVM (bob implementation), one class GMM (scikit-learn) and logistic regression (scikit-learn) algorithms   
+     * Cleaned up and improved code. Added tests.
+     * Replace the old PAD ISO metrics class with a script
+     * Added clients option to FileListDB driver
+     * Avoids feature blow-up when std==0.
+     * Added predictions algorithm and padfile to label. 
+* bob.pad.face
+  * major
+     * Added High Level Database Interface (HLDI) for MIFS database
+     * Annotations are added for MIFS database
+     * Added a VideoSparseCoding preprocessor
+     * Updated the documentation on anomaly detection-based PAD using Aggregated Db
+     * Local face detection option was added to VideoFaceCrop class, using dlib and mtcnn
+     * Unit tests for the classes used in IQM-GMM pad algorithm
+     * Added landmark detection utils
+     * Algorithms/classifiers are adapted to other non-face modalities
+     * New protocol for Aggregated Database: grandtest-train-eval
+     * New protocol for Aggregated Database: grandtest-mobio
+     * Frame Selector is now acceptable in HLDIs of all databases
+     * Removed bootstrap-buildout.py functionality
+     * Added A base PAD file class
+     * New protocol for Aggregated Database: grandtest-train-eval-<num_train_samples>
+     * bob.extension.rc used in HLDIs
+     * Migrated to conda-based CI
+     * ALL algorithms are moved to bob.pad.base package
+     * Fixed algorithms documentation links, pointing to bob.pad.base now.
+     * The documentation of the package now linked to joint documentation properly.
+     * Refactoring: duplicated database configs are removed
+     * Refactoring: removed VideoQualityMeasure, replaced with Wrapper class
+     * Refactoring: removed VideoLBPHistogram, replaced with Wrapper class
+     * Refactoring: removed unused VideoDataLoader
+     * Refactoring: created FaceCropAlign, replaces ImageFaceCrop + VideFaceCrop using Wrapper
+* bob.db.oulunpu
+  * major
+     * Initial release of OULU-NPU Database
+     * Added protocols, documentation, and tests
+     * Add annotation support and reorganize frame reading
+     * Migrated to conda based CI
+* bob.db.uvad
+  * major
+     * Initial release of Unicamp Video-Attack Database
+     * Added protocols, documentation, and tests
+     * Migrated to conda based CI