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pip install SpiNNFrontEndCommon "1!7.0.0"

Key Changes

The range of supported Python versions has changed; we now support (and test with) Python 3.8 – 3.11.
We have changed the software license from GPL v3 to Apache v2.
We use SQLite databases to store a lot more intermediate and provenance data now, which is significantly less troublesome than the large piles of binary files we used to use. (A consequence of this is that the provenance data is now far more machine-readable than it was previously.)
We have completely reworked the interaction between the SpiNNaker client tool stack and our Spalloc service. This allows us to integrate our internal resource management more completely with the Human Brain Project/EBRAINS central resource management, as well as enabling much greater manageability of the SpiNNaker1M machine and allowing more ways to allocate resources (such as via specific sections of the machine).
Internal simplifications (mostly to help ourselves deliver the software):
1. We have rebuilt the way the internal structure of the processing workflow is done, greatly simplifying how things work. This should only matter to users who wish to plug in their own algorithms into the stack; if this includes you, please contact the team for help.
2. We have rebuilt the way we manage much of the state in the system. This removes the need for complex value injection systems and instead allows us to keep the code simpler and easier to understand.

What's Changed

java_jar_path by @Christian-B in #783
Tags passed as Tags object only by @Christian-B in #787
nuked TDMAAgendaBuilder by @Christian-B in #789
Remove dead inputs by @Christian-B in #791
Making the configs truly global by @Christian-B in #790
test decode the xml files by @Christian-B in #795
find and check all get_config calls by @Christian-B in #797
Router max entries from Machine by @Christian-B in #798
Fix extra monitor memory leak by @rowleya in #799
Cfg stack by @Christian-B in #800
More provenance by @dkfellows in #681
removing very old numpy instructions with broken links by @Christian-B in #780
_database_socket_addresses is a set by @Christian-B in #785
extract_iobuff False by default by @Christian-B in #801
Fix the provenance by @rowleya in #803
renamed _state (not Pynn state) to status by @Christian-B in #811
Move the reports to FEC by @Christian-B in #812
nuked "unrecognized arguments: -q" by @Christian-B in #813
Reset fix can of worms by @Christian-B in #814
Simplify Simulator stack by @Christian-B in #810
Spinn4 lost 4 cores by @Christian-B in #819
Add tolerance of 1 core in Json comparison by @Christian-B in #821
report provenace right away by @Christian-B in #808
PacmanAlgorithmFailedToCompleteException never used so why check for it by @Christian-B in #820
Test objects by @Christian-B in #775
remove turn_off_board_after_discovery by @Christian-B in #823
Graph view by @Christian-B in #822
Too broad an exception is not a good idea by @Christian-B in #824
Stop passing config values through the simulator by @Christian-B in #792
Fix app master pop limits by @andrewgait in #827
report directories as global_variables by @Christian-B in #826
Bye bye outer_table_compression_target_length setting by @Christian-B in #825
Split synapse neuron models by @rowleya in #815
Synapse neuron splitting by @rowleya in #725
No memory by @Christian-B in #829
Max mem regions is now 32 by @andrewgait in #832
Compressors sdram by @rowleya in #843
Add app ID to database by @rowleya in #845
Stop ResourceTracker from looking at the Whole Machine by @Christian-B in #830
should only report finished when you actually finish successfully. by @alan-stokes in #520
fix prov call on error by @Christian-B in #869
Spalloc avoid boards by @Christian-B in #870
remove extract_iobuf_during_run flag by @Christian-B in #875
Chip power monitor sync fix by @andrewgait in #880
Provenance straight to and from the database. by @Christian-B in #881
No executor by @Christian-B in #847
remove abilty to set app_id in cfg by @Christian-B in #863
make sure command sender added with new graph by @Christian-B in #862
Stop using @Inject by @Christian-B in #882
Cfg by @Christian-B in #888
put recover_from_error back in by @Christian-B in #892
App graph is never None but may be empty by @Christian-B in #893
No executor algorithms now functions and No xml by @Christian-B in #894
Key translation by @rowleya in #901
fix call in test by @Christian-B in #904
Get machine2 by @Christian-B in #906
test and support python 3.10 instead of 3.6 by @Christian-B in #908
do the right precalculation by @Christian-B in #907
write version to database ASAP by @Christian-B in #916
Scamp connection cleanup. by @Christian-B in #915
range compress by @Christian-B in #914
Category timing into provenance database by @Christian-B in #912
Add tags where malloc is used by @rowleya in #918
Dont save config values in ASB by @Christian-B in #909
Where is chip by @Christian-B in #911
access missing/ dead processors by @Christian-B in #920
dont error if db never set by @Christian-B in #902
No Monitors list use dict.values() by @Christian-B in #921
fix when to use machine graph by @Christian-B in #919
Use the Data Spec database more by @Christian-B in https://github.com/SpiNNakerManchester/SpiNNFrontEndCom...