VStar 2.24.0 release

Hi all

VStar 2.24.0 release is available here: https://github.com/AAVSO/VStar/releases/tag/2.24.0

While the driver was AAVSO's change to authentication, there are other improvements and bug fixes.

The change log has the details.

The authentication changes only impact member-only plugins (AAVSONet, APASS) and discrepant observation reporting.

See also Bert's VStar guide for authentication.

Other than several bug fixes Max and I worked on, there were also a few additions/improvements:

• The load from AID dialog now allows times to be entered as calendar dates & times as an alternative to JDs. That's been on my list for a long time but Max took this on.
• Support was added for observation source plugins to allow multiple observation files to be loaded as if they were a single file load. So far only the Kepler/TESS, QLP, and Lightkurve plugins take advantage of this, but more will in future. I added this initially in response to an email request relating to TESS file loads.
• A Help or ? button in the Plug-in Manager and some other dialogs allows plug-ins to provide a link to documentation. Max implemented this. 

Thanks to Max (Maksym Pyatnytskyy) for his contributions as always, and to Bert and Aru for their help and patience re: Auth0 in particular.

Please report problems here: https://www.aavso.org/bug-reports

David