Mostly computational updates, the big one is the addition of Windows binaries. Links to PRs below. Some highlights

• Windows binaries are built on the Github runner with Windows Server 2022, Visual Studio 2019. This is the first Windows release in some time, so please share feedback via issues or discussions.
• Use ITK's ZLIB library, which means users will no longer need to install system zlib to build ANTs.
• MINC support is turned on by default, so that ANTs will be able to use MINC I/O without needing to build with special options. That means binaries attached to this release will support MINC.

What's Changed

• BUG: Bump ITK to fix random seeding for SyN by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1478
• ENH: Use ITK ZLIB, test release builds, Windows binaries (#1) by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1484
• COMP: Update actions to resolve deprecation warnings by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1485
• COMP: Update docker login action by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1486
• SVN → Git by @DimitriPapadopoulos in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1506
• ENH: Read Windows pointers by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1513
• BUG: Was counting newline in windows pointer string test by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1515
• ENH: Parse windows pointers for write operations [skip ci] by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1516
• Do not prepend v to version by @DimitriPapadopoulos in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1504
• Clarify antsBrainExtraction.sh usage by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1520
• Enable MINC support by default by @gdevenyi in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1526
• ENH: Clarify usage, skip intensity image if it is "none" or "na" by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1530
• DOC: Recommend Mattes MI as the default metric by @cookpa in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1531
• BUG: Enable sparse sampling of metrics in SyN registration by @ntustison in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/commit/14e7312928179387e74a941f4b48223ffb9f4052

New Contributors

• @DimitriPapadopoulos made their first contribution in https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/pull/1506

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/compare/v2.4.3...v2.4.4