Einstein Toolkit Documentation - User contributions [en]

Release Details

2022-03-17T14:06:35Z

Yosef:

<table border="1">

Note that we created a new wiki page [[Release_coordination | Release coordination]] to discuss details.

<h2>Details for ET_2022_05</h2>
<h3>New Functionality</h3>
* FLRWsolver ?
* Regge-Wheeler-Zerilli code for self force

<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2022-03-15: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-4-01: Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2021-4-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-4-12: decide on name
* 2021-4-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2022-05-12 Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
** Identify contributors to the release
** Identify the release team
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2022--5-15: Announce date publicly
* 2022-05-19: draft release announcement
* 2022-05-26: testing done
* 2022-05-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2022-05-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2022-05-29: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2021_05</h2>

<i>(from ET_2020_05)</i>

<b>Gallery Example volunteers (Please be sure to test after Feature Freeze (2021-05-14)</b>

* BBH: Steve (would like to migrate to [https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit Kuibit]) for visualizations) [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example Ticket]
* Multipatch scalar wave: Bill [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2174/test-multi-patch-scalar-wave-equation Ticket]
* Single TOV: Peter [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2175/test-single-stable-neutron-star-example Ticket]
* BNS: Atul [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example Ticket]
* Poisson: Miguel [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2173/test-poisson-equation-example Ticket]

<b>Thorns/codes approved for inclusion (added to master prior to 2021-03-01)</b>

* POWER: Has reviewer (Maria)

<b>Updates suggested for inclusion, must be added prior to feature-freeze deadline</b>

* Python3 Simfactory: Survey regarding desirable features open until Feb 25, 2021.
* SelfForce1D updates: RWZ equations are being implemented, not yet sure it'll be ready by feature freeze

<b>Complete list of proposed new thorns/updates</b>

* MaxwellVacuum/MaxwellVacuumID: Reviewer needed
* Python3 Simfactory: Survey regarding desirable features open until Feb 25, 2021.
* POWER: Has reviewer (Maria)
* con2prim updates: Might not happen this release unless we hear more from the authors
* SelfForce1D updates: RWZ equations are being implemented, not yet sure it'll be ready by feature freeze
* Canuda updates (new thorn): Miguel has been using new thorn for years, quite stable. Will ask Helvi about whether it'll be formally proposed.

<h2>Details for ET_2021_11</h2>
<h3>New Functionality</h3>
* kuibit
* RePrimAnd

<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2021-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-10-01: Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2021-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-11-12: decide on name
* 2021-11-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-11-12 Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
** Identify contributors to the release
** Identify the release team
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2021-11-15: Announce date publicly
* 2021-11-19: draft release announcement
* 2021-11-26: testing done
* 2021-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2021-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2021-11-29: release.

<h2>Release Schedule for ET 2021_05</h2>

* 2021-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]
* 2021-05-14: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20200514T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-05-16: Announce date publicly
* 2021-05-22: draft release announcement
* 2021-05-28: testing done
* 2021-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2021-05-28: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2021-05-31: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_11</h2>

* 2020-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2020-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2020-11-12: decide on release name
* 2020-11-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-11-14: Announce date publicly
* 2020-11-20: draft release announcement
* 2020-11-26: testing done
* 2020-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2020-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2020-11-29: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_05</h2>

* 2020-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review) ✓
* 2020-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review ✓
* 2020-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]: will be named "Turing" ✓
* 2020-05-14: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20200514T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-05-16: Announce date publicly ✓
* 2020-05-22: draft release announcement ✓
* 2020-05-28: testing done
* 2020-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2020-05-28: make branches ✓, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org) ✓
* 2020-05-31: release.

<h2>Release names</h2>
<ul>
<li>The list of proposed names for last release was
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson Johnson] †2020 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] †2004 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann Riemann] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] †1974 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician †1799) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi Laura Maria Caterina Bassi] (Astronomer †1778) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics †1933) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer †1941) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (†1749) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist †2011) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, †1831) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya] (Mathematecian, of the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem) </li>
<li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists] </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Prior [https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/past-releases releases]
<li>The list of names already used, see also on the website's [https://www.einsteintoolkit.org/past-releases.html past releases] page
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Lorentz Lorentz]: May 2021</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette DeWitt-Morette]: November 2020</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Turing]: May 2020 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer] (Physicist, Nobel prize 1963, 1972): October 2019
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Proca Proca]: March 2019 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu Wu]: September 2018 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Tesla]: February 2018 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack Hack]: June 2017 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin Payne-Gaposchkin]: Nov 2016</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe Brahe]: May 2016 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville Sommerville]: Nov 2015 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert Hilbert]: May 2015 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel Herschel]: Nov 2014 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler Wheeler]: May 2014 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether Noether]: Nov 2013 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss Gauss]: May 2013 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_%C3%98rsted Ørsted]: Nov 2012 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Lovelace]: May 2012 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell Maxwell]: Oct 2011 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie Curie]: May 2011 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar]: Nov 2010</li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr-Einstein_debates Bohr]: June 2010</li>
</ul>
<li> Considered and rejected names
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Berger Marsha Berger]</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Kerr Roy Kerr]</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>
[http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php Testsuite status page]
</li>
<li>Instructions for running the tests using SimFactory: [http://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Testsuite_Machines Testsuite Machines]</li>
<li>Release announcements: [[Detailed Release Announcement|wiki sandbox]]</li>
<li>See [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#The_release list] in [[Release Process]]</li>
<li>Testing is performed on the latest version of common operating systems, for example Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Scientific Linux, Mac OS etc. People often want to build the ET on their laptop or workstation. Instructions for which packages etc are needed can be found in the respective Simfactory option list. This information could also be provided on the Cactus website.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Release Plan</h2>

Test status is on [[Release coordination]] page.

Release Details

2022-03-03T15:29:33Z

Yosef:

<table border="1">

Note that we created a new wiki page [[Release_coordination | Release coordination]] to discuss details.

<h2>Details for ET_2022_05</h2>
<h3>New Functionality</h3>
* FLRWsolver ?

<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2022-03-15: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-4-01: Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2021-4-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-4-12: decide on name
* 2021-4-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2022-05-12 Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
** Identify contributors to the release
** Identify the release team
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2022--5-15: Announce date publicly
* 2022-05-19: draft release announcement
* 2022-05-26: testing done
* 2022-05-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2022-05-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2022-05-29: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2021_05</h2>

<i>(from ET_2020_05)</i>

<b>Gallery Example volunteers (Please be sure to test after Feature Freeze (2021-05-14)</b>

* BBH: Steve (would like to migrate to [https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit Kuibit]) for visualizations) [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example Ticket]
* Multipatch scalar wave: Bill [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2174/test-multi-patch-scalar-wave-equation Ticket]
* Single TOV: Peter [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2175/test-single-stable-neutron-star-example Ticket]
* BNS: Atul [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example Ticket]
* Poisson: Miguel [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2173/test-poisson-equation-example Ticket]

<b>Thorns/codes approved for inclusion (added to master prior to 2021-03-01)</b>

* POWER: Has reviewer (Maria)

<b>Updates suggested for inclusion, must be added prior to feature-freeze deadline</b>

* Python3 Simfactory: Survey regarding desirable features open until Feb 25, 2021.
* SelfForce1D updates: RWZ equations are being implemented, not yet sure it'll be ready by feature freeze

<b>Complete list of proposed new thorns/updates</b>

* MaxwellVacuum/MaxwellVacuumID: Reviewer needed
* Python3 Simfactory: Survey regarding desirable features open until Feb 25, 2021.
* POWER: Has reviewer (Maria)
* con2prim updates: Might not happen this release unless we hear more from the authors
* SelfForce1D updates: RWZ equations are being implemented, not yet sure it'll be ready by feature freeze
* Canuda updates (new thorn): Miguel has been using new thorn for years, quite stable. Will ask Helvi about whether it'll be formally proposed.

<h2>Details for ET_2021_11</h2>
<h3>New Functionality</h3>
* kuibit
* RePrimAnd

<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2021-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-10-01: Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2021-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-11-12: decide on name
* 2021-11-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-11-12 Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
** Identify contributors to the release
** Identify the release team
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2021-11-15: Announce date publicly
* 2021-11-19: draft release announcement
* 2021-11-26: testing done
* 2021-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2021-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2021-11-29: release.

<h2>Release Schedule for ET 2021_05</h2>

* 2021-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]
* 2021-05-14: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20200514T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-05-16: Announce date publicly
* 2021-05-22: draft release announcement
* 2021-05-28: testing done
* 2021-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2021-05-28: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2021-05-31: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_11</h2>

* 2020-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2020-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2020-11-12: decide on release name
* 2020-11-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-11-14: Announce date publicly
* 2020-11-20: draft release announcement
* 2020-11-26: testing done
* 2020-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2020-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2020-11-29: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_05</h2>

* 2020-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review) ✓
* 2020-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review ✓
* 2020-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]: will be named "Turing" ✓
* 2020-05-14: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20200514T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-05-16: Announce date publicly ✓
* 2020-05-22: draft release announcement ✓
* 2020-05-28: testing done
* 2020-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2020-05-28: make branches ✓, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org) ✓
* 2020-05-31: release.

<h2>Release names</h2>
<ul>
<li>The list of proposed names for last release was
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson Johnson] †2020 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] †2004 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann Riemann] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] †1974 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician †1799) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi Laura Maria Caterina Bassi] (Astronomer †1778) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics †1933) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer †1941) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (†1749) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist †2011) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, †1831) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya] (Mathematecian, of the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem) </li>
<li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists] </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Prior [https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/past-releases releases]
<li>The list of names already used, see also on the website's [https://www.einsteintoolkit.org/past-releases.html past releases] page
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Lorentz Lorentz]: May 2021</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette DeWitt-Morette]: November 2020</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Turing]: May 2020 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer] (Physicist, Nobel prize 1963, 1972): October 2019
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Proca Proca]: March 2019 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu Wu]: September 2018 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Tesla]: February 2018 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack Hack]: June 2017 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin Payne-Gaposchkin]: Nov 2016</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe Brahe]: May 2016 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville Sommerville]: Nov 2015 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert Hilbert]: May 2015 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel Herschel]: Nov 2014 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler Wheeler]: May 2014 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether Noether]: Nov 2013 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss Gauss]: May 2013 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_%C3%98rsted Ørsted]: Nov 2012 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Lovelace]: May 2012 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell Maxwell]: Oct 2011 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie Curie]: May 2011 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar]: Nov 2010</li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr-Einstein_debates Bohr]: June 2010</li>
</ul>
<li> Considered and rejected names
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Berger Marsha Berger]</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Kerr Roy Kerr]</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>
[http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php Testsuite status page]
</li>
<li>Instructions for running the tests using SimFactory: [http://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Testsuite_Machines Testsuite Machines]</li>
<li>Release announcements: [[Detailed Release Announcement|wiki sandbox]]</li>
<li>See [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#The_release list] in [[Release Process]]</li>
<li>Testing is performed on the latest version of common operating systems, for example Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Scientific Linux, Mac OS etc. People often want to build the ET on their laptop or workstation. Instructions for which packages etc are needed can be found in the respective Simfactory option list. This information could also be provided on the Cactus website.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Release Plan</h2>

Test status is on [[Release coordination]] page.

Release Details

2022-03-03T15:29:10Z

Yosef:

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Note that we created a new wiki page [[Release_coordination | Release coordination]] to discuss details.

<h2>Details for ET_2022_05</h2>
<h3>New Functionality</h3>
* FLRWsolver ?

<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2021-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-4-01: Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2021-4-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-4-12: decide on name
* 2021-4-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2022-05-12 Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
** Identify contributors to the release
** Identify the release team
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2022--5-15: Announce date publicly
* 2022-05-19: draft release announcement
* 2022-05-26: testing done
* 2022-05-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2022-05-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2022-05-29: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2021_05</h2>

<i>(from ET_2020_05)</i>

<b>Gallery Example volunteers (Please be sure to test after Feature Freeze (2021-05-14)</b>

* BBH: Steve (would like to migrate to [https://github.com/Sbozzolo/kuibit Kuibit]) for visualizations) [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example Ticket]
* Multipatch scalar wave: Bill [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2174/test-multi-patch-scalar-wave-equation Ticket]
* Single TOV: Peter [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2175/test-single-stable-neutron-star-example Ticket]
* BNS: Atul [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example Ticket]
* Poisson: Miguel [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2173/test-poisson-equation-example Ticket]

<b>Thorns/codes approved for inclusion (added to master prior to 2021-03-01)</b>

* POWER: Has reviewer (Maria)

<b>Updates suggested for inclusion, must be added prior to feature-freeze deadline</b>

* Python3 Simfactory: Survey regarding desirable features open until Feb 25, 2021.
* SelfForce1D updates: RWZ equations are being implemented, not yet sure it'll be ready by feature freeze

<b>Complete list of proposed new thorns/updates</b>

* MaxwellVacuum/MaxwellVacuumID: Reviewer needed
* Python3 Simfactory: Survey regarding desirable features open until Feb 25, 2021.
* POWER: Has reviewer (Maria)
* con2prim updates: Might not happen this release unless we hear more from the authors
* SelfForce1D updates: RWZ equations are being implemented, not yet sure it'll be ready by feature freeze
* Canuda updates (new thorn): Miguel has been using new thorn for years, quite stable. Will ask Helvi about whether it'll be formally proposed.

<h2>Details for ET_2021_11</h2>
<h3>New Functionality</h3>
* kuibit
* RePrimAnd

<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2021-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-10-01: Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2021-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-11-12: decide on name
* 2021-11-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-11-12 Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
** Identify contributors to the release
** Identify the release team
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2021-11-15: Announce date publicly
* 2021-11-19: draft release announcement
* 2021-11-26: testing done
* 2021-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2021-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2021-11-29: release.

<h2>Release Schedule for ET 2021_05</h2>

* 2021-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2021-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2021-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]
* 2021-05-14: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20200514T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-05-16: Announce date publicly
* 2021-05-22: draft release announcement
* 2021-05-28: testing done
* 2021-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2021-05-28: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2021-05-31: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_11</h2>

* 2020-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
* 2020-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
* 2020-11-12: decide on release name
* 2020-11-12: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20201112T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-11-14: Announce date publicly
* 2020-11-20: draft release announcement
* 2020-11-26: testing done
* 2020-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2020-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2020-11-29: release.

<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_05</h2>

* 2020-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review) ✓
* 2020-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review ✓
* 2020-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]: will be named "Turing" ✓
* 2020-05-14: [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20200514T09&p0=3704&msg=Feature+freeze&font=sanserif Feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
** gallery examples
** test simfactory on clusters
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-05-16: Announce date publicly ✓
* 2020-05-22: draft release announcement ✓
* 2020-05-28: testing done
* 2020-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2020-05-28: make branches ✓, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org) ✓
* 2020-05-31: release.

<h2>Release names</h2>
<ul>
<li>The list of proposed names for last release was
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson Johnson] †2020 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] †2004 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann Riemann] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] †1974 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician †1799) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi Laura Maria Caterina Bassi] (Astronomer †1778) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics †1933) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer †1941) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (†1749) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist †2011) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, †1831) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics) </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya] (Mathematecian, of the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem) </li>
<li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists] </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Prior [https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/past-releases releases]
<li>The list of names already used, see also on the website's [https://www.einsteintoolkit.org/past-releases.html past releases] page
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Lorentz Lorentz]: May 2021</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette DeWitt-Morette]: November 2020</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Turing]: May 2020 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer] (Physicist, Nobel prize 1963, 1972): October 2019
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Proca Proca]: March 2019 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu Wu]: September 2018 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Tesla]: February 2018 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack Hack]: June 2017 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin Payne-Gaposchkin]: Nov 2016</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe Brahe]: May 2016 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville Sommerville]: Nov 2015 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert Hilbert]: May 2015 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel Herschel]: Nov 2014 </li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler Wheeler]: May 2014 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether Noether]: Nov 2013 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss Gauss]: May 2013 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_%C3%98rsted Ørsted]: Nov 2012 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Lovelace]: May 2012 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell Maxwell]: Oct 2011 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie Curie]: May 2011 </li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar]: Nov 2010</li>
<li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr-Einstein_debates Bohr]: June 2010</li>
</ul>
<li> Considered and rejected names
<ul>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Berger Marsha Berger]</li>
<li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Kerr Roy Kerr]</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>
[http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php Testsuite status page]
</li>
<li>Instructions for running the tests using SimFactory: [http://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Testsuite_Machines Testsuite Machines]</li>
<li>Release announcements: [[Detailed Release Announcement|wiki sandbox]]</li>
<li>See [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#The_release list] in [[Release Process]]</li>
<li>Testing is performed on the latest version of common operating systems, for example Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Scientific Linux, Mac OS etc. People often want to build the ET on their laptop or workstation. Instructions for which packages etc are needed can be found in the respective Simfactory option list. This information could also be provided on the Cactus website.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Release Plan</h2>

Test status is on [[Release coordination]] page.