Release 21.0.0 (202?-??-??)

Source	Identifier
Git tag	21.0.0
EUPS distrib	v21_0_0

This release is based on the w_202?_?? weekly build.

The notes below highlight significant technical changes to the Science Pipelines codebase in this release. For a complete list of changes made, see Tickets Addressed in Release 21.0.0.

The Characterization Metric Report (DMTR-???) describes the scientific performance of this release in terms of scientific performance metrics, while Changes to Data Products in Release 21.0.0 covers key issues likely to impact scientists consuming Rubin data products.

If you have questions or comments about this release, visit our community forum for advice.

• Major New Features
• Significant Interface Changes
• release-v21-0-0-pending-deprecations
• release-v21-0-0-deprecations

See also:

• Installation instructions
• Known issues
• Doxygen Documentation

Major New Features

Significant Interface Changes

• Removal of the Synpipe package

Removal of the Synpipe package

The Synpipe package is no longer included as part of the Science Pipelines. Tasks for inserting simulated sources are now available as part of pipe_tasks; see community.lsst.org for details. [RFC-661, DM-23344]

Pending Deprecations

These packages/functions will be deprecated in the next major release.

Deprecations

These packages/functions are deprecated and will not be available in the next major release.