napari-virtual-reader v0.0.2

napari-virtual-reader v0.0.2

Status: Local validation passed; GitHub Actions and PyPI publication pending.
Release preparation date: 2026-11-06.

Highlights

• Patch release with README improvements and simpler reader file filters; dependencies are unchanged.
• Added screenshots illustrating the plugin, image display, and metadata inspector.

What Changed

• Added three README screenshots and their source image files.
• Used absolute image URLs so screenshots can render on both GitHub and PyPI.
• Simplified the README's CZI scene-stacking description.
• Replaced version-specific release instructions with permanent links and a generic tag format.
• Replaced bracketed filename patterns in the napari manifest with simple extension filters such as *.czi and *.nii.gz.
• Updated the manifest regression test to require exactly the supported simple extension patterns.
• Bumped the package version from 0.0.1 to 0.0.2.

Validation

• Full test suite, including plugin discovery and manifest filename patterns: 32 passed.
• Ruff checks for source and tests: passed.
• Source distribution and wheel builds for 0.0.2: passed.
• Strict Twine metadata and README validation for both distributions: passed.
• Built wheel version, all 19 simple extension patterns, and exact README description: verified.
• All three README screenshot URLs map to existing source image files.

Publication

• Release tag: v0.0.2.
• Release commit: The commit referenced by the annotated v0.0.2 tag.
• GitHub release: v0.0.2.
• PyPI version: 0.0.2.

These URLs are publication targets, not confirmation of successful publication.

Known Limitations

The package remains experimental Alpha software. Existing limitations are unchanged.
Original source files must remain available and unchanged while layers or VZIP archives reference them.