after many month and some delays we are happy to finally provide you with the fourth major SeisComP release version 7.
This release will upgrade your database schema to 0.14. The reason for that is that we have introduced the new catalog table which is not yet used but already part of the data model for future enhancements. We are supporting Qt6 for the graphical user interfaces and also the ARM64 architecture. I have fully switched my working desktop computer to an ARM box in order to test and to work with all of our software with that architecture. So far it has been a great experience with loads of cores to compile on We furthermore build all packages nightly the same way as the x86_64 packages on ARM64. This should make at least some of the Mac Mx users happy.
And finally, we provide a quick introduction video for the SeisComP installation. I have had such a video in mind for many years, actually since we switched to scconfig and a much easier and performant configuration than before. It took a long time to make it finally possible. And it is something else, something without writing code lines, something new. It was a lot of fun working with André on that, our new colleague at gempa.
This is a first shot and an experiment which might lead to a small series of videos for various topics. We just need to find our style along the way. If you like it or if you don’t, let us know. We are interested in your feedback and how we can improve in that regard.
And don’t worry, we are not about to move to YouTube or other social media channels and just present fancy and shiny media and forget about software and customer support. That is and will be our highest priority.
Outstanding work. I have been using SeisComP since Erice (the era before we even had Git!), and seeing the evolution to this point is wonderful. This release is easily the best version yet.
We furthermore build all packages nightly the same way as the x86_64 packages on ARM64. This should make at least some of the Mac Mx users happy.