v2.6.0 Release

This is the v2.6.0 release of PyCBC.

Numpy 2.0 is now supported.

A Docker container for this release is available from the pycbc/pycbc-el8 repository on Docker Hub and can be downloaded using the command:

docker pull pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.6.0

On a machine with CVMFS installed, a pre-built virtual environment is available for Red Hat 8 compatible operating systems by running the command:

source /cvmfs/software.igwn.org//pycbc/x86_64_rhel_8/virtualenv/pycbc-v2.6.0/bin/activate

A singularity container is available at /cvmfs/singularity.opensciencegrid.org/pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.6.0 which can be started with the command:

singularity shell --home  ${HOME}:/srv --pwd /srv --bind /cvmfs --contain --ipc --pid /cvmfs/singularity.opensciencegrid.org/pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.6.0

What's Changed

• Set back to v2.5.dev2 development by @GarethCabournDavies in #4844
• Fix small typo in pycbc_live_supervise_collated_trigger_fits by @GarethCabournDavies in #4846
• Various improvements to minifollowup tables by @GarethCabournDavies in #4839
• Add Cython .cpp files to .gitignore by @titodalcanton in #4842
• pycbc_plot_bank_corner improvements for live by @GarethCabournDavies in #4849
• remove readfp (Python 3.12 removes it), use read_file instead by @WuShichao in #4852
• Add check before setting multiprocessing context to prevent the RuntimeError by @xuyumeng in #4620
• Make sure BBHx knows how to link locally-installed LAPACK by @titodalcanton in #4855
• Live singles fits plot names by @GarethCabournDavies in #4856
• Idq live by @maxtrevor in #4850
• Update to pegasus 5.0.8 by @spxiwh in #4854
• Edit make banksim to allow external injection file by @divyajyoti09 in #4808
• Try forcing installing list pypmc branch by @ahnitz in #4863
• allow numpy 2.0 to run by @ahnitz in #4829
• add acceleration option to JointPrimaryMarginalizedModel likelihood by @WuShichao in #4688
• Adding delta_lambda_tilde and conversions by @aleynaakyuz in #4847
• changed_apply_fd_time_shift_to_apply_fseries_time_shift_in_FDomainDetFrameTwoPolNoRespGenerator by @labani-01 in #4825
• Input file handling in pycbc_pygrb_page_tables by @pannarale in #4871
• Add a module and class for handling sky grids for pycbc_multi_inspiral by @titodalcanton in #4741
• Revert temporary dependence on PyPMC fork by @titodalcanton in #4874
• Update GitHub actions to use modern versions by @spxiwh in #4867
• psd read changes by @aleynaakyuz in #4870
• Add dq fitting to Live supervised fitting script by @maxtrevor in #4866
• Fix numpy scalar edge case bug by @GarethCabournDavies in #4879
• Use HFile for outputs by @maxtrevor in #4880
• Bugfix for live fits by @maxtrevor in #4881
• Update offline source probability for change to mchirp area by @tdent in #4882
• setup_pygrb_minifollowups cleaner by @pannarale in #4872
• Enable handling of all pycbc_pygrb_efficiency in workflow by @pannarale in #4873
• Function to setup pygrb_grb_info_table jobs by @pannarale in #4875
• Improved pygrb missed/quiet injection tables job handler by @pannarale in #4877
• Further grb utils cleanup by @pannarale in #4886
• Fix nansum check in pygrb_efficiency by @pannarale in #4889
• Fix pygrb skygrid plot by @pannarale in #4888
• Fixing bug in input files check by @pannarale in #4885
• Don't force global multiprocessing start method by @ahnitz in #4890
• Set random seeds for fake noise in make_skymap example by @titodalcanton in #4883
• Do not force pygrb_efficiency to produce all output: let the user decide by @pannarale in #4892
• Starting expansion of PyGRB post-processing workflow generator by @pannarale in #4891
• add in altitude support and simplify adding detector function by @ahnitz in #4884
• Update setup.py by @ahnitz in #4897

New Contributors

• @xuyumeng made their first contribution in #4620
• @aleynaakyuz made their first contribution in #4847
• @labani-01 made their first contribution in #4825

Full Changelog: v2.5.1...v2.6.0