Pull request #1729: Update GitHub workflows and environment configuration to include unit tests for VLASS-PL2026.
Merge in PIPE/pipeline from unit-test-vlass2026 to main
* commit 'd9b21b61a46e2b5984530ce12c589bfcbf4805cd': PIPE-2940: Improve test data checkout by adding a directory existence check before cloning the repository PIPE-2940: Add Pixi environment definitions for the PL2026 development PIPE-2940: add `nondefaults` to the channel configuration in `environment_vlass2026.yml` PIPE-2940: Update coverage configuration to exclude additional lines and improve test reporting
Update GitHub workflows and environment configuration to include unit tests for VLASS-PL2026.
Pull request #1733: PIPE-2937/PIPE-2929/PIPE-2982
Merge in PIPE/pipeline from PIPE-2937-avoid-writing-large-tmp-large-images-from-the-nf-snr-calculation-function to main
* commit '29110a640d1e0d17d853a7b45d55d91bb63ffa27': PIPE-2937: Bypass the `JobRequest` wrapper layer for direct `casaplotms` execution and enable debug tracebacks for mask checking errors PIPE-2937: Reduce the number of used `iatool` instances and use in-place Boolean operators to further reduce peak memory usage PIPE-2982: Replace vectorized contour plotting of clean mask islands with raster boundary plotting, to avoid excess memory usage for large images PIPE-2937: Fix an issue with image removal before closing the associated `ia` instances PIPE-2929: Fix a regression related to casa-compatble field name conversion, introduced when porting mosaic self-calibration (PIPE-2001) PIPE-2937: Refactor `estimate_SNR` and `estimate_near_field_SNR` to avoid writing large temporary images, improving efficiency and memory usage PIPE-2937: Refactor `create_noise_histogram` to improve efficiency and readability:
