Which version is "stable"?

hello there QSIpreppers

i’m establishing a protocol in the beginning of a study’s analysis so i have the luxury of fiddling around before i settle on something that works well. i had some issues with QSIprep 0.23.0 so i backtracked to 0.22.0 which worked for a single session of a subject. now that i’ve added a “–longitudinal” option (2 sessions) it’s breaking with a very similar error to this.

seeing @mattcieslak reply there, looking at “ShimSetting”: in ses-1/dwi/sub-SF005_ses-1_dir-AP_dwi.json
shows that the shim was identical between AP/PA runs for session 1.
and looking at “ShimSetting”: in ses-2/dwi/sub-SF005_ses-2_dir-AP_dwi.json
shows that the shim had changed between AP/PA runs for session 2.

so my question is in 2 parts:

  1. for future knowledge, if i want to see if my errors go away by trying new versions of QSIprep, how would i know where the “stable” version lies in the ranking at the top of the QSIprep version numbering? i can’t find anything but upload dates for “unstable” in the docker website and the “What’s new” page hasn’t been updated recently, either.

  2. if anyone can tell right away that updating my QSIprep still won’t fix my “different FOV” issue then i’ll open a different and focused ticket/question for that specifically. otherwise i’ll start trying different versions and can report back with what i’ve observed.

thanks!

-Sam

Hi @stbmtx

The stable release should be the highest numbered release (besides release candidates which will have a “rc” label) on dockerhub.

The upcoming release is going to have lots of changes, some relating to longitudinal processing like you have. I’d personally recommend waiting for that. But 0.24.0 was also released recently and you can try that.

Best,
Steven