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Release 1.5 [Solstice Release] (21st June 2017)
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* Samtools fastq now has a -i option to create a fastq file from an index
  tag, and a -T option (similar to -t) to add user specified aux tags to
  the fastq header line.

* Samtools fastq can now create compressed fastq files, by giving the
  output filenames an extention of .gq, .bgz, or .bgzf

* Samtools sort has a -t TAG option, that allows records to be sorted by
  the value of the specified aux tag, then by position or name.  Merge
  gets a similar option, allowing files sorted this way to be merged.
  (#675; thanks to Patrick Marks of 10xgenomics).