try to address some issues reported by Fred

src/fabio/GEimage.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 """
 
 __authors__ = ["Antonino Miceli", "Jon Wright", "Jérôme Kieffer", "Joel Bernier"]
-__date__ = "17/06/2026"
+__date__ = "23/06/2026"
 __status__ = "production"
 __copyright__ = "2007-2020 APS; 2010-2020 ESRF"
 __licence__ = "MIT"

src/fabio/test/test_densification.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 __contact__ = "Jerome.Kieffer@esrf.fr"
 __license__ = "MIT"
 __copyright__ = "2020 ESRF"
-__date__ = "27/10/2025"
+__date__ = "23/06/2026"
 
 import unittest
 import numpy
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_rng_uniform(self):
     def test_rng_normal(self):
         shape = (100, 100)
         mu = 5.5
-        sigma = 1.5
+        sigma = 0.5
         one = numpy.ones(shape)
         N = distribution_normal_mtc(one * mu, one * sigma)
         self.assertAlmostEqual(N.mean(), mu, 1)

src/fabio/test/test_flat_binary.py

@@ -56,26 +56,28 @@ def setUp(self):
         for filename in self.filenames:
             with open(filename, "wb") as f:
                 # A 2048 by 2048 blank image
-                f.write("\0x0" * 2048 * 2048 * 2)
+                f.write(b"\x00" * (2048 * 2048 * 2 + 8192))
 
     def test_openimage(self):
         """
         test the opening of "junk" empty images ...
-        JK: I wonder if this test makes sense !
+        JK: I doubt if this test makes sense !
         """
         nfail = 0
         for filename in self.filenames:
             try:
                 im = fabio.open(filename)
-                if im.data.tobytes() != "\0x0" * 2048 * 2048 * 2:
+            except Exception as err:
+                logger.warning("failed for: %s. \n%s: %s",filename, type(err), err)
+                nfail += 1
+            else:
+                if im.data.tobytes() == b"\x00" * (2048 * 2048 * 2 + 8192):
                     nfail += 1
                 else:
                     logger.info("**** Passed: %s" % filename)
-            except Exception:
-                logger.warning("failed for: %s" % filename)
-                nfail += 1
+
         self.assertEqual(
-            nfail, 0, " %s failures out of %s" % (nfail, len(self.filenames))
+            nfail, 0, f"{nfail} failures out of {len(self.filenames)}"
         )
 
     def tearDown(self):

version.py

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
 
 MAJOR = 2026
 MINOR = 6
-MICRO = 0
-RELEV = "final"  # <16
+MICRO = 1
+RELEV = "dev"  # <16
 SERIAL = 0       # <16
 date = __date__