Release 7.0.0

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pip install SpiNNUtilities "1!7.0.0"

Significant Changes

1. The range of supported Python versions has changed; we now support (and test with) Python 3.8 – 3.11.
2. We have changed the software license from GPL v3 to Apache v2.
3. We've added a global configuration and state management scheme, used extensively by packages that depend on this.

What's Changed

• Update conf.py by @Christian-B in #147
• Cfg stack by @Christian-B in #150
• single template by @Christian-B in #153
• Cleanup config loading and validation by @Christian-B in #154
• removed unreliable method before it is used. by @Christian-B in #156
• If default config missing better to raise an exception by @Christian-B in #158
• Stop passing config values through the simulator by @Christian-B in #157
• Unittest setup by @Christian-B in #159
• safety formatter by @Christian-B in #162
• Progress bar tweaks by @Christian-B in #155
• remove convertor from init as it is called using -m by @Christian-B in #160
• test python 3.10 by @Christian-B in #165
• update classifiers replacing 3.6 with 3.10 by @Christian-B in #166
• replace id param with the_id by @Christian-B in #168
• support logging dicts by @Christian-B in #169
• One dict by @Christian-B in #114
• removed DefaultOrderedDict by @Christian-B in #173
• No space check by @Christian-B in #180
• dont care about the file divider by @Christian-B in #179
• Global data new by @Christian-B in #172
• adds is_reset_last method by @Christian-B in #183
• Check simulator passes if mocked. by @Christian-B in #184
• remove bracket from assert by @Christian-B in #185
• Add documentation to our ping wrapper by @dkfellows in #189
• adds is_shutdown to View by @Christian-B in #186
• View holds requires by @Christian-B in #193
• Send log messages to the database by @Christian-B in #174
• removed get_valid_components by @Christian-B in #191
• added safety for exit before log store full initialised by @Christian-B in #196
• Coverage by @Christian-B in #190
• fix report_dir errors by @Christian-B in #198
• Drop support for python 3.6 by @andrewgait in #199
• Restrict numpy version by @andrewgait in #200
• support python 3.11 by @Christian-B in #202
• our own strtobool by @Christian-B in #205
• Apache2 by @Christian-B in #209
• Requirements by @Christian-B in #215
• Auto excludes by @Christian-B in #213
• Citation plus by @Christian-B in #218
• Support Numpy array as selector by @Christian-B in #221
• Doc polish by @dkfellows in #223
• License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License by @Christian-B in #226
• enable long description by @Christian-B in #227
• Enable spell checking of docstrings by @dkfellows in #225
• global_reports folder by @Christian-B in #229
• remove 3.7 testing by @Christian-B in #231
• Cover by @Christian-B in #234

Full Changelog: 6.0.0...7.0.0