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 LIST OF CHANGES
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+release 51.6
  - test and code fixes to ensure problem-free tests under Perl 5.22.2
  - tweak to qc_report_dir in bsub command for one library per lane case
+ - fix convert-low-quality flag in bambi decode command; set bid_implementation always to bambi
 
 release 51.5
  - update p4 stage 2 (seq_alignment) to handle all cases (e.g. no target alignment, spike tag)