v4.1.0

Changes from Previous Release (v4.0.0):

(1) New Nextflow validation schema

• Added support for nf-schema@2.1.1 to validate Nextflow parameters in config files
• This plug-in does not work by default on Nextflow version 24.10.0. It will need to be installed first, and this will be tested and added to the README in a future minor update.

(2) Added basic support for custom metadata and BioSample packages

• Users can add custom fields to their metadata file and the custom_fields json template to have those fields added as Attributes in the BioSample submission.xml file
• Users can specify a BioSample package in the submission config file

(4) Environment changes and upgrades

• Fixes a conda envionment issue

(3) Bug fixes

• Patch to required fields in metadata validation (to allow valid strings)
• Fixed a broken while loop
• Allow submission to run without fasta file (updated in both submission modules)
• Patch that fixed several bugs in metadata validation and submission

New Contributors

• @Alan-Collins made their first contribution in #240

Full Changelog: v4.0.0...v4.1.0