PySCeS release 0.9.8

We are pleased to announce the release of the Python Simulator for Cellular Systems: PySCeS (http://pysces.sourceforge.net) version 0.9.8

What's new in this release:

• The main change from a user perspective is that the default model directory and output directory on Windows have moved to %USERPROFILE%\Pysces and subfolders (e.g. C:\Users\<username>\Pysces). These folders are created by default on a fresh install. The previous default location was C:\Pysces. This change brings the Windows version in line with the Linux and macOS versions, and moreover allows multiple users to maintain their individual PySCeS configurations and model files on the same Windows machine.

  • If you are upgrading from a previous version: For backward compatibility, the original location is searched first, and used if found upon startup, so that existing installations should continue to function as previously.

  • Users wishing to migrate the PySCeS directory to the new location without losing any work should move the folder C:\Pysces to C:\Users\<username>\Pysces, and then edit the model_dir and output_dir keys in the configuration file C:\Users\<username>\Pysces\.pys_usercfg.ini to reflect the new paths.

• Numerous bug fixes relating to Python 3 compatibility.

• Other bug fixes.

PySCeS has its own project on the Anaconda cloud: https://anaconda.org/pysces
Install the latest version from the new site (Python 3.6 - 3.8) using:
conda install -c sbmlteam -c pysces pysces

If you are not using Anaconda, binary wheels are provided on PyPI for Windows, Linux and macOS (Python 3.6 - 3.8), which can be installed using:
pip install pysces

With Python 2 having reached its end of life, binaries for Python 2.7 are no longer provided. However, the PySCeS codebase continues to run under Python 2.7 and can be compiled from source if needed.