Release 7.0.0

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pip install sPyNNaker "1!7.0.0"

Main Changes

1. The range of supported Python versions has changed; we now support (and test with) Python 3.8 – 3.11.
2. We have changed the software license from GPL v3 to Apache v2.
3. sPyNNaker8 is strongly deprecated; it was a transitional Python package while we migrated to PyNN 0.8, and now we only support later versions of PyNN. Use the code in the spynnaker.pyNN package instead.
4. We now provide support for neuromodulatory inputs (dopamine) in some models. Because of the numerical complexity involved, please contact us if you want to use this with any other neuromodulation inputs.
5. We now support some convolution connectors to some neuron models in order to efficiently support input from digital retinas.

What's Changed

• Making the configs truly global by @Christian-B in #1061
• Config checker by @Christian-B in #1065
• Add test for output of record("packets-per-timestep") by @andrewgait in #1066
• Cfg stack by @Christian-B in #1067
• single template by @Christian-B in #1068
• removed dead cfg option by @Christian-B in #1069
• Use the new provenance reporting API where possible by @dkfellows in #906
• read_router_compressor_with_bitfield_iobuf no longer used. by @Christian-B in #1070
• Add flake8 back for spynnaker_integration_tests, spynnaker8 directories by @andrewgait in #1063
• Trickery to make Sphinx4 work by @Christian-B in #1072
• Move the reports to FEC by @Christian-B in #1077
• Reset fix by @Christian-B in #1083
• Error when too many redraws are requested in a clipped distribution by @andrewgait in #1084
• Simplify Simulator stack by @Christian-B in #1075
• Structural plasticity recording by @andrewgait in #1042
• use svg for big files in SpYNNakerNeuronGraphNetworkSpecificationReport by @Christian-B in #1087
• Test objects by @Christian-B in #1086
• Stop passing config values through the simulator by @Christian-B in #1073
• remove tests of already removed functionality by @Christian-B in #1088
• Fix issue with master pop in some cases by @rowleya in #1071
• Unittest setup by @Christian-B in #1090
• report directories as global_variables by @Christian-B in #1089
• Split synapse neuron models by @rowleya in #1082
• Remove functions that aren't implemented so don't return anything by @andrewgait in #1097
• No memory by @Christian-B in #1096
• Speedup Big FromListConnector by @Christian-B in #1095
• Strip out Max delay by @Christian-B in #1094
• Fix array_connector max calculations by @andrewgait in #1104
• Stop ResourceTracker from looking at the Whole Machine by @Christian-B in #1098
• Live test pass threshold by @rowleya in #1108
• fixed the check for early spikes by @Christian-B in #1113
• remove extract_iobuf_during_run flag by @Christian-B in #1114
• Documentation fix by @dkfellows in #1115
• allow for mutliple send_sync by @Christian-B in #1116
• Trying to fix a crash... by @dkfellows in #1117
• Make return value from projection.get(.., 'list') usable in FromListConnector by @andrewgait in #1110
• Provenance straight to and from the database. by @Christian-B in #1119
• Fix dependency issue by @rowleya in #1124
• append the empty segment to the block by @Christian-B in #1127
• Neuromodulation agdr by @rowleya in #1120
• all populations have the same number of segments by @Christian-B in #1128
• No executor by @Christian-B in #1112
• remove the setUp which hides the BaseTestCase setup by @Christian-B in #1111
• disable user CommandSender by @Christian-B in #1129
• Neuromodulation by @mmikaitis in #366
• Stop using @Inject by @Christian-B in #1121
• No executor algorithms now functions and No xml by @Christian-B in #1132
• Key translation by @rowleya in #1138
• scipy from FEC (which caps) by @Christian-B in #1142
• Get machine2 by @Christian-B in #1143
• Fix Live Voltage Test by @rowleya in #1139
• test and support python 3.10 3.6 for curiosity only by @Christian-B in #1144
• Add a weight recorder test using runtime callbacks by @andrewgait in #1141
• Multirun packets-per-timestep fix by @andrewgait in #1147
• write version to database ASAP by @Christian-B in #1149
• range compress by @Christian-B in #1148
• Dont save config values in ASB by @Christian-B in #1145
• Use the Data Spec database more by @Christian-B in #1150
• Fix recording for rewiring and packets to work after reset by @andrewgait in #1153
• Unsynchronize Poisson sources by @rowleya in #1157
• no need for OrderedDict by @Christian-B in #1158
• better error msg for user by @Christian-B in #1062
• changed options rarely if ever used to cfg only by @Christian-B in #1159
• removal of spynnaker8 by @Christian-B in #1169
• import pyNN.spiNNaker by @Christian-B in #1160
• Remove remaining code from spynnaker8 by @Christian-B in #1163
• Remove unused code by @Christian-B in #1173
• remove spynnaker8 references by @Christian-B in #1174
• Whole board test by @Christian-B in #1151
• Use outgoing_edge_partitions to find edge by @Christian-B in #1177
• spinnaker_get_data by @Christian-B in #1179
• Current sources by @andrewgait in #1076
• Put projection._clear_cache back by @Christian-B in #1171
• Fix pynn spinnaker by @rowleya in #1183
• app vertex max_atoms_per_core by @Christian-B in #1184
• Fix Poisson test by @rowleya in #1190
• Current source fix by @andrewgait in #1189
• Allow STDP on self-projections by @andrewgait in #1191
• Change the PyNN URL to new home by @rowleya in #1198
• Reduce overhead by @rowleya in #1195
• Global data new by @Christian-B in #1156
• Create graph by @Christian-B in #1202
• Delays by @Christian-B in #1194
• Assert bracket fix by @Christian-B in #1204
• hide Placements by @Christian-B in #1206
• remove unused resources by @Christian-B in #1205
• Delete a duplicate test by @dkfellows in #1210
• Use SpiNNMan more by @dkfellows in #1176
• Extdev fpgas by @rowleya in #1218
• remove globals_variables by @Christian-B in #1208
• View holds requires by @Christian-B in #1217
• Splitter name by @Christian-B in #1216
• n_atoms is defined in ApplicationVertex by @Christian-B in #1212
• replace set_delay with round delay on init by @Christian-B in #1193
• Fix routing by @rowleya in #1222
• Fixed location by @Christian-B in #1219
• Warning if SpikeSourceArray sends more that 100 spikes at one time. by @Christian-B in #1220
• need len for some versions of numpy by @Christian-B in #1225
• Iterate projections by @rowleya in #1226
• Single key_and_mask by @Christian-B in #1223
• Replace Multiple interwoven timers with more use of FecTimer by @Christian-B in #1227
• actions/setup-python@v4 actions/checkout@v3 by @Christian-B in #1230
• Mvertex label by @Christian-B in #1231
• tests fix report_dir errors by @Christian-B in #1232
• Fix SDRAM calculation on neurons-synapses splitter, add test by @andrewgait in #1241
• Reduce overhead data spec by @rowleya in #1196
• Spif output by @rowleya in #1253
• Reduce overhead data spec colours by @rowleya in #1197
• Remove print by @rowleya in #1254
• Drop support for python 3.6 by @andrewgait in #1256
• self.assertEquals deprecated by @Christian-B in #1260
• skip on missing fpga link by @Christian-B in #1262
• Specify to use accum by @andrewgait in #1264
• Python3.11 by @Christian-B in #1263
• Tidy up code with warnings in gcc v12.2 by @andrewgait in #1268
• Apply delay check correctly and increment skipped in mad impl by @andrewgait in #1266
• rate_and_count_per_slice by @Christian-B in #1275
• Neo database by @Christian-B in #1269
• fix Clear bug by @Christian-B in #1280
• Treat IDMix like a PopulationView where possible. by @Christian-B in #1277
• Pylint2.16.5 by @Christian-B in #1285
• Ability to csv file and some Neo interaction changes by @Christian-B in #1283
• Use more accurate calculation of core_mask by @andrewgait in #1284
• Fix STDP triplet rule and add test by @andrewgait in #1287
• Apache2 by @Christian-B in #1288
• First dates by @Christian-B in #1289
• Ds per reset by @Christian-B in #1243
• Update CSA block test by @andrewgait in #1291
• Auto excludes by @Christian-B in #1295
• Spalloc server jdbc by @rowleya in #1292
• Fix pushbot by @rowleya in #1296
• Fixes pool dense connector in many ways by @rowleya in #1258
• Fix pool dense odd by @rowleya in #1297
• ref: sPyNNaker: A Software Package ... by @Christian-B in #1301
• Local only delays by @rowleya in #1300
• fix getdata clear on previous segment Clear by @Christian-B in #1305
• Https by @Christian-B in #1303
• update link to latest by @Christian-B in #1306
• Push bot viewer by @rowleya in #1312
• Neaten the output by providing the actual ports to be used by @rowleya in #1314
• Make the code in setup_pynn better by @dkfellows in #1316
• more direct way to test_whole_board dir by @Christian-B in #1319
• remove very old out of date diagrams by @Christian-B in #1321
• more direct way to directory by @Christian-B in #1320
• Osi approved apache software license by @Christian-B in #1324
• from spinnman.model.enums import ExecutableType by @Christian-B in #1326
• Factor out the version of linked docs by @dkfellows in #1325
• Do no tpublish Python docs to github.io by @Christian-B in #1331
• Convert Chip.sdram to an int by @Christian-B in #1318
• Clean up of splitter code by @dkfellows in #1332
• Cache atoms shape by @Christian-B in #1311
• Allow lists to be sent into kernel connector, update test by @andrewgait in #1336
• Fix poisson reset and dsg by @rowleya in #1339
• Fix placement test by @rowleya in #1343
• Switch to PyNN 0.11.0 by @Christian-B in #1347
• remove 3.7 testing by @Christian-B in #1348
• Write synaptic matrices without set_write_pointer by @rowleya in #1344
• write_provenance_data no longer used by @Christian-B in #1349
• Add colour shift in case with self-connection, and add test by @andrewgait in #1353
• Izk cond exp dual by @andrewgait in #1354
• fix one test to check auto pause remove the rest that do the same by @Christian-B in #1355
• Rng warnings by @rowleya in #1356
• Ds rework by @Christian-B in #1352
• Ds cleanup by @Christian-B in #1341
• Move DataType to FEC. Archive DataSpecification by @Christian-B in #1357
• runs-on: ubuntu-latest by @Christian-B in #1365
• retouter reports for virtual vertices by @Christian-B in #1340
• Rename to load by @Christian-B in #1358
• Users by @Christian-B in #1366
• Fix poisson multirun error by @andrewgait in #1367
• updated test as CPUInfo changed by @Christian-B in #1360
• No dataspec docs by @Christian-B in #1371

Full Changelog: 6.0.0...7.0.0