Release of ObsPy 0.9.0rc1

Dear ObsPy Users,

we are proud to announce the release of ObsPy 0.9.0rc1. This is a feature complete release candidate but it might still contain some bugs. Please help us find and fix them.

This release contains 1320 commits from 19 contributors. Thanks a bunch to everyone!

The new key features are full support for the FDSN web services (waveform, event, and station data) and the FDSN StationXML format including the calculation of instrument responses directly from StationXML files. Other notable changes are the support for the Nanometrics Y file format, the CSS (Center for Seismic Studies) waveform data format, the NEIC PDE bulletin event catalog files, a new client to access data from the NEIC CWB QueryServer, and numerous smaller enhancements and bug fixes.

The full changelog and download links can be found here:

https://github.com/obspy/obspy/releases/tag/0.9.0rc1

Once the initial testing phase is over we will release version 0.9.0 and offer new builds for Debian, Windows, OSX, and put it on pypi.

All the Best,

the ObsPy Development Team

Dear ObsPy Users,

after 1423 commits from 20 contributors ObsPy 0.9.0 is finished and has been released.

The new key features are full support for the FDSN web services (waveform, event, and station data) and the FDSN StationXML format including the calculation of instrument responses directly from StationXML files. Other notable changes are the support for the Nanometrics Y file format, the CSS (Center for Seismic Studies) waveform data format, the NEIC PDE bulletin event catalog files, a new client to access data from the NEIC CWB QueryServer, and numerous smaller enhancements and bug fixes.

A short guide on migrating an existing code to ObsPy 0.9.0 can be found here:
https://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki/Migration-to-ObsPy-0.9.0

Full changelog: https://github.com/obspy/obspy/releases/tag/0.9.0

This is especially important for the users of the obspy.iris submodule as part of the webservices have been deprecated in favor of the FDSN webservices.

The new release is up on PyPi (including Windows binaries) and the Debian/Ubuntu packages have also been updated. The OSX Application will be updated in the course of the week - if you installed ObsPy via other means you can already upgrade.

Installation guides for various platforms can be found in the wiki: https://github.com/obspy/obspy/wiki#installation

All the best and let us know if you experience any problems,

the ObsPy Development Team