ligo-cbc/pycbc: Post-O2 Release 8

This is the eighth post-O2 release of PyCBC for analysis of data taken during Advanced LIGO's second observing run and Advanced Virgo's first observing run. This release is identical to the 1.9.3, except that it contains https://github.com/ligo-cbc/pycbc/commit/2557bb573c1b46fb926fbfa1345545dd15ef72ea that fixes the bad setup.py file in v1.9.3.

This release has been tested against LALSuite with the hash:

8cbd1b7187ce3ed9a825d6ed11cc432f3cfde9a5

This provides functionality to provide a windowing function to apply to data segments before PSD estimation.

Details of the changes since the 1.9.2 release are at https://github.com/ligo-cbc/pycbc/compare/v1.9.2..v1.9.4

A Docker container for this release is available from the pycbc/pycbc-el7 repository on Docker Hub and can be downloaded using the command:

docker pull pycbc/pycbc-el7:v1.9.4

On a machine with CVMFS installed, a pre-built virtual environment is available for Red Hat 7 compatible operating systems by running the command:

source /cvmfs/oasis.opensciencegrid.org/ligo/sw/pycbc/x86_64_rhel_7/virtualenv/pycbc-v1.9.4/bin/activate

and for Debian 8 compatible operating systems by running the command:

source /cvmfs/oasis.opensciencegrid.org/ligo/sw/pycbc/x86_64_deb_8/virtualenv/pycbc-v1.9.4/bin/activate

A bundled pycbc_inspiral executable for use on the Open Science Grid is available at

/cvmfs/oasis.opensciencegrid.org/ligo/sw/pycbc/x86_64_rhel_6/bundle/v1.9.4/pycbc_inspiral