v2.3.8 Release

This is the v2.3.8 release of PyCBC.

This will be used for internal LVK analyses, use 2.5.0 (or future releases) for non-specific work.

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:v2.3.8

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-v2.3.8/bin/activate

A singularity container is available at /cvmfs/singularity.opensciencegrid.org/pycbc/pycbc-el8:v2.3.8 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:v2.3.8

What's Changed

• V23 RELEASE BRANCH: Efficiency savings in pycbc_injection_minifollowup by @GarethCabournDavies in #4799
• Try to copy #4789 for v23_release_branch by @GarethCabournDavies in #4841
• Fix sngls_minifollowup event selection/ordering [v23_release_branch] by @GarethCabournDavies in #4824
• Changes for v2.3.8 by @spxiwh in #4893

Full Changelog: v2.3.7...v2.3.8