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Sbrandt: /* Timeline for a release and estimated time required */

2026-07-10T20:29:23Z

‎Timeline for a release and estimated time required

2026-07-10T19:43:00Z

‎update websites and online documentation

2026-07-10T15:19:37Z

‎drafting Zenodo entry

2026-07-10T15:16:44Z

Undo revision 8983 by Sbrandt (talk)

2026-07-10T14:58:58Z

‎drafting Zenodo entry

2026-06-08T15:54:42Z

‎regenerate files

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‎regenerate files

2026-06-08T15:46:07Z

‎regenerate files

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‎regenerate files: Update for ET_BHaHAHA

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‎Timeline for a release and estimated time required

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 ### Update or add requested and suggested citations for all ET components in thorn list (''<span style="background:yellow">10 minutes</span>'').
 ### Latest release info and DOI (from Zenodo entry above)
 ### move requested-for for main ET cite (Zenodo)
 ## Update version information in Makefile, the documentation tex files and Baikal documentation.tex file [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#update_version_information script] (''<span style="background:yellow">15 minutes</span>'')

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 set -e -x
-PREVIOUS_ET_ITER=twenty-ninth
+PREVIOUS_ET_ITER=thirtieth
-ET_ITER=thirtieth
+ET_ITER=thirty-first
-PREVIOUS_CACTUS_VERSION=4.17.0
+PREVIOUS_CACTUS_VERSION=4.18.0
-CACTUS_VERSION=4.18.0
+CACTUS_VERSION=4.19.0
-PREVIOUS_ET_WIKIPEDIA="Annie_Jump_Cannon"
+PREVIOUS_ET_WIKIPEDIA="Martin_D._Kruskal"
-ET_WIKIPEDIA="Martin_D._Kruskal"
+ET_WIKIPEDIA="Hypatia"
-PREVIOUS_ET_NAME="Cannon"
+PREVIOUS_ET_NAME="Kruskal"
-ET_NAME="Kruskal"
+ET_NAME="Hypatia"
-PREVIOUS_ET_RELEASE=ET_2024_11
+PREVIOUS_ET_RELEASE=ET_2025_05
-ET_RELEASE=ET_2025_05
+ET_RELEASE=ET_2026_05
 ET_DATE="$(date +"%B %d, %Y")"
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 # keep the mkdir below to so that it fails if the output directories already
 # exist
-mkdir $ET_RELEASE
+mkdir -p $ET_RELEASE
 cp -a $PREVIOUS_ET_RELEASE/* $ET_RELEASE/

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 # create a new version in real Zenodo but *do not* publish (yet)
 # and not down its id
-ZENODO_ID=$(python3 ./zenodo.py --id $ZENODO_ID --newversion | perl -n -e '/(\d*) The Einstein Toolkit/ && print ($1) && exit 0')
+ZENODO_ID=$(python3 ./zenodo.py --id $ZENODO_PREVIOUS_ID --newversion | perl -n -e '/(\d*) The Einstein Toolkit/ && print ($1) && exit 0')
 echo "Zenodo ID is: $ZENODO_ID."

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 export ZENODO_ACCESS=STEVES_ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN
 export SANDBOX_ZENODO_ACCESS=YOUR_ZENODO_SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN
 # note down ID of "Einstein Toolkit" (will change each release)
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 # now we make the new release
 # This will generate Definition.md and zupload.py (metadata)

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 export ZENODO_ACCESS=STEVES_ZENODO_ACCESS_TOKEN
 export SANDBOX_ZENODO_ACCESS=YOUR_ZENODO_SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN
 # note down ID of "Einstein Toolkit" (will change each release)
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 # now we make the new release
 # This will generate Definition.md and zupload.py (metadata)

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 # and then install the requirements
 pip install "nrpy @ git+https://github.com/nrpy/nrpy.git@22c596cbf6603637908beb341d962bbb4527a29f"
-cd [ET_BHaHAHA root directory]/src
+cd repos/einsteinanalysis/ET_BHaHAHA/src
 #and generate with
 python3 -m nrpy.examples.bhahaha && make -C project/BHaHAHA

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 === regenerate files ===
 * regenerate McLachlan, WeylScal4, CTThorns (ctthorns in Cactus/repos), and EinsteinExact from their source with the current version of Kranc by running <code>make -j NJOBS</code> in their respective <code>m</code> directory.
-* check that BaikalVaccum and Baikal (both in Cactus/repos/wvuthorns) can be regenerated following their README instructions. Move into the wvuthorns directory and run <code>make -f Makefile-baikal_thorns</code>. Note: this requires the clang-format python package.
+* check that BaikalVaccum and Baikal (both in Cactus/repos/wvuthorns) can be regenerated following their README instructions. Move into the wvuthorns directory and run <code>make -f Makefile-baikal_thorns</code>.
 * check that ET_BHaHAHA can be generated following its README instructions in its root directory.
 <pre>

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 === regenerate files ===
-* regenerate McLachlan, WeylScal4, CTThorns, and EinsteinExact from their source with the current version of Kranc by running <code>make -j NJOBS</code> in their respective <code>m</code> directory.
+* regenerate McLachlan, WeylScal4, CTThorns (ctthorns in Cactus/repos), and EinsteinExact from their source with the current version of Kranc by running <code>make -j NJOBS</code> in their respective <code>m</code> directory.
-* check that BaikalVaccum and Baikal can be regenerated following their ReadMe instructions. Move into the wvuthorns directory and run <code>make -f Makefile-baikal_thorns</code>. Note: this requires the clang-format python package.
+* check that BaikalVaccum and Baikal (both in Cactus/repos) can be regenerated following their ReadMe instructions. Move into the wvuthorns directory and run <code>make -f Makefile-baikal_thorns</code>. Note: this requires the clang-format python package.
 * Next run the following script, which
 ** generates the Cactus configure script by running <code>autoconf</code> in <code>lib/make</code>

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 ## Remove new features without reviewer or negatively reviewed from list of new features
 ## Frequently remind participants of timeline
-# Start testing on release-critical compute systems ('''2 months''') (''<span style="background:yellow">30 minutes per week per cluster</span>'' to compile, run, check, upload)
+# Start [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Testsuite_Machines testing] on release-critical compute systems ('''2 months''') (''<span style="background:yellow">30 minutes per week per cluster</span>'' to compile, run, check, upload)
 ## initially test to make sure clusters can still build code
 ## test code as they become positively reviewed (code is present in master before final positive review)