Allpix Squared

We are happy to announce the first release of 2021, the patch release Allpix² , version 1.6.1 which contains 30 commits over the feature version 1.6. It fixes a few corner cases concerning the very late arrival of particles from Geant4 and the handling of Monte Carlo particle information. This patch release contains patches from one new contributor - welcome to the team!

The release is available as Docker image, CVMFS installation, binary tarball and source code from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

We are happy to announce a new stable feature release Allpix² version 1.6 with a total of 736 commits added to the repository by NINE contributors since version 1.5. The release tarball can be downloaded from the repository:

https://gitlab.cern.ch/allpix-squared/allpix-squared/tags/v1.6.0

The new version is also available as docker image in the project’s docker registry, as read-to-use version on CVMFS and as binary release from the website.

Allpix² was enhanced by several new features and modules and has seen a large number of improvements. In the following, an overview over the most important changes and new features is provided:

We are happy to announce the release of Allpix² , version 1.5.2 which contains 42 commits over the previous patch version. It focuses mostly on catching some rare corner cases with invalid input data like pixel pitches of zero. This patch release contains patches from two new contributors - thank you very much and welcome to the team!

The release is available as Docker image, CVMFS installation, binary tarball and source code from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

We are happy to announce the release of the first patch of the 1.5 series of Allpix² , version 1.5.1. It contains 28 commits, mostly with minor improvements such as typos. The release is available as Docker image, CVMFS installation, binary tarball and source code from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

We are happy to announce a new stable feature release Allpix² version 1.5 with a total of 504 commits added to the repository by ten contributors since version 1.4. The release tarball can be downloaded from the repository:

https://gitlab.cern.ch/allpix-squared/allpix-squared/tags/v1.5.0

The new version is also available as docker image in the project’s docker registry, as read-to-use version on CVMFS and as binary release from the website.

Changes in the Core Development Team

Our main developer Simon Spannagel recently moved from CERN to DESY, Germany, remaining within the field of silicon detector research. We are thus very happy that he took his responsibilities with him and remains main developer of Allpix² . In addition, we welcome Paul Schütze (DESY) in the main developer team, who has been an early-stage adopter and long-term active developer.

New Features, Changes, Improvements

This release has seen some major improvements in different areas, an overview of the most important changes and new features is provided in the following:

Here is another patch release for the 1.4 series of Allpix² , version 1.4.4. It contains 58 commits and fixes a few issues found over the course of the past months, including commits from new contributors. The release is available as Docker image, CVMFS installation, binary tarball and source code from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

We have just released another patch release for the 1.4 series of Allpix² , version 1.4.3. It contains 44 commits and fixes a few issues found over the course of the past months. The release is available as Docker image, CVMFS installation, binary tarball and source code from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

We have just released another patch release for the 1.4 series of Allpix² , version 1.4.2. It contains 28 commits and smooths out some rough edges in the software and its Docker images. The release is available as Docker image, CVMFS installation, binary tarball and source code from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

Back from the summer months with a fresh patch release for the 1.4 series of Allpix² , version 1.4.1. With “just” 20 commits it isn’t huge but contains an important fix for the ROOTObjectWriter, see below. The release is available from the repository.

The following issues have been resolved and improvements have been made:

We are happy to announce a new stable feature release Allpix² version 1.4 with a total of 570 commits added to the repository by twelve contributors since version 1.3. The release tarball can be downloaded from the repository:

https://gitlab.cern.ch/allpix-squared/allpix-squared/tags/v1.4

The new version is also available as docker image in the project’s docker registry, as read-to-use version on CVMFS and as binary release from the website.

This release has seen some major improvements in different areas, an overview of the most important changes and new features is provided in the following: