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20.2.0 (September 28, 2020)

With this third minor release series of 2020,
the first *fMRIPrep LTS* (*long-term support*) is finally here!

This release contains a number of bug-fixes and enhancements mostly
related to easing the maintenance, anticipating patch-release breaking
changes to ensure a longstanding LTS, and addressing some run-to-run
repeatability problems of the CompCor implementation.

Thank you for using *fMRIPrep*!
If you encounter any issues with this release, please let us know
by posting an issue on our GitHub page!

A full list of changes can be found below.

* FIX: Pin *NiWorkflows* 1.3.1 and *sMRIPrep* 0.7.0rc2, including bugfix for INU-correction failures (nipreps/niworkflows#567)
* FIX: Get missing ``probseg`` file from MNI152NLin2009cAsym (#2271)
* FIX: Restore ``--ignore t2w/flair`` options (#2260)
* FIX: Revise the reproducibility of *CompCor* masks (#2130)
* FIX: Simplify transform aggregation in resampling, pass identity transforms for multi-echo cases (#2239)
* FIX: Skip the T1w check if ``--anat-derivatives`` is provided. (#2201)
* FIX: Storing ``--bids-filters`` within config file (#2177)
* FIX: Revise multi-echo reference generation, permitting using SBRefs too (#1803)
* FIX: *FreeSurfer* license manipulation & canary
* ENH: Output CompCor masks if ``--debug compcor`` is passed (#2248)
* ENH: Conform to BIDS Derivatives as of BIDS 1.4.0 (#2223)
* ENH: Reuse config (#2240)
* ENH: Save BOLD-anatomical transforms to derivatives folder (#2233)
* ENH: Leverage BIDSLayout's ``database_path`` (#2203)
* ENH: Add ``--no-tty`` option to ``fmriprep-docker.py`` (#2204)
* ENH: Report number of echoes in BOLD summary. (#2184)
* ENH: Ensure *NiPype* telemetry is just pinged once (#2168)
* DOC: Add FAQ entry for using pre-indexed layouts (#2256)
* DOC: Update reference in "Refinement of Brain Mask" description (#2215)
* DOC: List *TemplateFlow* templates that need to be prefetched (#2196)
* DOC: Update references to https://github.com/nipreps (#2191)
* DOC: Pin *NiPype* with new Sphinx extension syntax (#2092)
* MAINT: Upgrade ANTs to 2.3.3 in ``Dockerfile`` (9512086)
* MAINT: Track #2269 and #2269, bug-fixes on the 20.1.x series
* MAINT: Remove derivatives from layout index ignores (#2258)
* MAINT: Track #2252 from 20.1.x series (#2253)
* MAINT: Silence *PyBIDS* warning by setting extension mode (#2250)
* MAINT: Drop CircleCI docs build (#2247)
* MAINT: Pin latest *NiPreps* (#2244)
* MAINT: Update ``setup.cfg`` (flake8 and pytest) (#2183)
* MAINT: Delete release-drafter (#2169)
* MAINT: Track bug-fix release on the 20.1.x series (#2165)
* MAINT: Remove auto-comment bot (#2166)
* MAINT: Improve the questions on the bug-report template (#2158)