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== Details for ET_2025_05 ==
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=== Release team ===
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* Maxwell Rizzo, release manager
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* Roland Haas, release co-manager
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* Steven R. Brandt, release manager emeritus
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* The codename for the ET_2025_05 will be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_David_Kruskal Martin D. Kruskal]
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* Clusters and testers:
 
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    <th>Cluster</th>
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    <th>Tester</th>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Deep Bayou</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Delta</td>
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    <td> Roland Haas </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Sunrise</td>
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    <td> Peter Diener </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Anvil</td>
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    <td> Maxwell Rizzo </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Expanse</td>
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    <td> Roland Haas </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Frontera</td>
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    <td> Johnny Tsao </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>SuperMUC</td>
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    <td> N/A </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>SuperMIKE</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>QueenBee</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>QueenBeeC</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>QueenBeeD</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
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* Gallery examples:
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  <tr>
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    <th>Gallery Example</th>
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    <th>Volunteer</th>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example BNS]</td>
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    <td> Leo Werneck </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example BBH]</td>
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    <td> Zach Etienne </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2175/test-single-stable-neutron-star-example TOV]</td>
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    <td> Johnny Tsao </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2174/test-multi-patch-scalar-wave-equation Scalar Wave]</td>
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    <td> Lucas Sanches </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2173/test-poisson-equation-example Poisson Equation]</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2870/test-black-hole-hair-in-axi-dilaton Black-hole hair in axi-dilaton gravity]</td>
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    <td> Deborah Ferguson </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
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=== Proposed Inclusions ===
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* Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
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** Z4c (Erik/Roland, Steve/Peter)
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** BHaHAHA (Zach, Peter)
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** CCE_Export [Spectre] (Deborah, Lucas)
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** FLRWSolver (Hayley, Zach)
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*Gallery Examples:
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**New axi-dilaton gallery example (already reviewed)
  
<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
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=== Schedule ===
<ul>
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* 2025-01-23 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
<li>The release branch name will be ET_2010_06</li>
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* 2025-02-13 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
<li>[http://einsteintoolkit.org/release-info/parse_testsuite_results.php Testsuite Status page]
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** ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
    (add the testsuite *.log files created by scripts below to the repository at [https://svn.einsteintoolkit.org/www/release-info/] to
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** create tickets for each proposed item [https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org tickets repo]
      have them automatically included)</li>
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** decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
<li>Scripts to [http://einsteintoolkit.org/release-info/compile_tests compile] and [http://einsteintoolkit.org/release-info/run_tests run]
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* 2025-03-20 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
    testsuites on different machines</li>
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* 2025-04-17 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
</ul>
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* 2025-04-17 (-6wk): [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#regenerate_files regenerate] Kranc and NRPy+ codes
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* 2025-04-17 (-6wk): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php start testing]
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** gallery examples
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** test simfactory on clusters
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** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
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* 2025-04-24 (-5wk): decide on name
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* 2025-05-01 (-4wk): [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20241101T17&p0=5158&msg=ET+2024-11+freeze&font=cursive&csz=1 feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
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* 2025-05-01 (-4wk): create first draft of the release notes as an md file
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** Identify contributors to the release
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** Identify the release team
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** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
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* 2025-05-01 (-4wk): announce date publicly
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* 2025-05-15 (-2wk): draft release announcement
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* 2025-05-22 (-1wk): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php testing done]
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* 2025-05-22 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
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* 2025-05-22 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
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* 2025-05-29: release date
  
<h2>Release Plan</h2>
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==Details for ET_2024_11==
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<h3>Release team</h3>
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* Roland Haas, release manager
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* Maxwell Rizzo, release co-manager
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* Steven R. Brandt, release manager emeritus
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* The codename for the ET_2024_11 will be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon]
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* Clusters and testers:
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<table border="1">
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  <tr>
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    <th>Cluster</th>
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    <th>Tester</th>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Deep Bayou</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Delta</td>
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    <td> Roland Haas </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Sunrise</td>
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    <td> Peter Diener </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Anvil</td>
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    <td> Maxwell Rizzo </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Expanse</td>
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    <td> Roland Haas </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>Frontera</td>
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    <td> Johnny Tsao </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>SuperMUC</td>
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    <td> N/A </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>SuperMIKE</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>QueenBee</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>QueenBeeC</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>QueenBeeD</td>
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    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
  
<tr><th colspan="2">Task</th><th>Due date</th><th>Responsible</th><th>Status</th></tr>
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* Gallery examples:
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<table border="1">
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  <tr>
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    <th>Gallery Example</th>
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    <th>Volunteer</th>  
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example BNS]</td>
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    <td> Maxwell </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example BBH]</td>
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    <td> Peter </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2175/test-single-stable-neutron-star-example TOV]</td>
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    <td> David </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2174/test-multi-patch-scalar-wave-equation Scalar Wave]</td>
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    <td> Domenica </td>
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  </tr>
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  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2173/test-poisson-equation-example Poisson Equation]</td>
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    <td> Lucas </td>
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  </tr>
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</table>
  
<tr><td rowspan="9">(Re)run Testsuites</td><td>numrel  </td><td>as necessary</td><td>Frank</td><td>√</td></tr>
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<h3>Proposed Inclusions</h3>
<tr>                                      <td>philip  </td><td>as necessary</td><td>Frank</td><td>√</td></tr>
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* Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
<tr>                                      <td>queenbee</td><td>as necessary</td><td>Frank</td><td>waiting for qb to become available again</td></tr>
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** TOVola (David, Maxwell)
<tr>                                      <td>ranger  </td><td>as necessary</td><td>Tanja</td><td>√</td></tr>
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** <strike>Z4c (Erik, Steve)</strike> missing test cases
<tr>                                      <td>kraken  </td><td>as necessary</td><td>Ian  </td><td>√</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                      <td>pelican </td><td>as necessary</td><td>Frank</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                      <td>damiana </td><td>as necessary</td><td>Ian  </td><td>√</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                      <td>bluedrop</td><td>as necessary</td><td>Peter</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                      <td>redshift</td><td>as necessary</td><td>Erik</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
  
<tr><td rowspan="4">Fix Testsuites</td><td>DistortedBHIVP/E2xeon_test_dbh fails on LONI</td><td>Jun 15</td><td>Frank</td><td>√</td></tr>
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<h3>Schedule</h3>
<tr>                                  <td>Exact/Schwarzschild_EF fails on LONI        </td><td>Jun 15</td><td>Frank</td><td>√</td></tr>
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* 2024-08-02 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
<tr>                                  <td>QuasiLocalMeasures/all fail                </td><td>Jun 15</td><td>Eloisa</td><td>√</td></tr>
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* 2024-08-23 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
<tr>                                  <td>WeylScal4/teukolsky fails                  </td><td>Jun 15</td><td>Peter</td><td>pending</td></tr>
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** ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
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** create tickets for each proposed item [https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org tickets repo]
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** decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
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* 2024-09-27 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
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* 2024-10-18 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
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* 2024-10-18 (-6wk): [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#regenerate_files regenerate] Kranc and NRPy+ codes
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* 2024-10-18 (-6wk): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php start testing]
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** gallery examples
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** test simfactory on clusters
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** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
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* 2024-10-25 (-5wk): decide on name
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* 2024-11-01 (-4wk): [https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20241101T17&p0=5158&msg=ET+2024-11+freeze&font=cursive&csz=1 feature freeze]: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
 +
* 2024-11-01 (-4wk): 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.
 +
* 2024-11-01 (-4wk): announce date publicly
 +
* 2024-11-15 (-2wk): draft release announcement
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* 2024-11-22 (-1wk): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php testing done]
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* 2024-11-22 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
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* 2024-11-22 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
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* 2024-11-29: release date
  
<tr><td rowspan="1">Add Testsuites</td><td>McLachlan</td><td>Jun 15</td><td>Ian</td><td></td></tr>
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<h2>Release names</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>The list of proposed names for last release was
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  <ul>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (1749) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re Ampère] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist 2011) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] 2004 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] 1974 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics 1933) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi Laura Maria Caterina Bassi] (Astronomer 1778) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician 1799) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, 1831) </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan Dorothy Vaughan (Computer Scientist, 2008)] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer) Mary W. Jackson (Engineer, Mathematician, 2005)] </li>
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  <li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists] </li>
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  </ul>
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</li>
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<li>Prior [https://einsteintoolkit.org/past-releases releases]
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<li>The list of names already used, see also on the website's [https://www.einsteintoolkit.org/past-releases.html past releases] page
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  <ul>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_David_Kruskal Kruskal]: May 2025 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer 1941): November 2024 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Landau Lev Landau]: June 2024 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner]: December 2023 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schwarzschild Schwarzchild]: May 2023 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya]: November 2022 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann Riemann]: May 2022 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson Johnson]: November 2021 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Lorentz Lorentz]: May 2021</li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette DeWitt-Morette]: November 2020</li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Turing]: May 2020 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer] (Physicist, Nobel prize 1963, 1972): October 2019
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Proca Proca]: March 2019 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu Wu]: September 2018 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla Tesla]: February 2018 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita_Hack Hack]: June 2017 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin Payne-Gaposchkin]: Nov 2016</li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe Brahe]: May 2016 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Somerville Sommerville]: Nov 2015 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert Hilbert]: May 2015 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel Herschel]: Nov 2014 </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler Wheeler]: May 2014 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether Noether]: Nov 2013 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss Gauss]: May 2013 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_%C3%98rsted Ørsted]: Nov 2012 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Lovelace]: May 2012 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell Maxwell]: Oct 2011 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie Curie]: May 2011 </li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar]: Nov 2010</li>
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  <li> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr-Einstein_debates Bohr]: June 2010</li>
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  </ul>
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<li> Considered and rejected names
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  <ul>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsha_Berger Marsha Berger]</li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Kerr Roy Kerr]</li>
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  </ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
  
<tr><td colspan="2">Check &amp; Improve Documentation (www, wiki)</td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Bruno, Tanja</td><td>pending</td></tr>
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<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
<tr><td colspan="2">Write announcement texts                    </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Gabrielle</td><td>pending</td></tr>
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<ul>
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<li><!--[https://build.barrywardell.net/view/EinsteinToolkitMulti/job/EinsteinToolkitReport-sandbox/ Jenkins hosted Testsuite status page]-->
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  [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php Testsuite status page]
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</li>
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<li>Instructions for running the tests using SimFactory: [http://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Testsuite_Machines Testsuite Machines]</li>
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<li>Release announcements: [[Detailed Release Announcement|wiki sandbox]]</li>
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<li>See [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#The_release list] in [[Release Process]]</li>
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<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>
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</ul>
  
<tr><td rowspan="7">Create release branch</td><td>svn.einsteintoolkit.org</td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Frank</td><td>pending</td></tr>
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<h2>Release Plan</h2>
<tr>                                          <td>svn.cactuscode.org    </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Frank</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                          <td>carpetcode.org        </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Erik</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                          <td>aei.mpg.de            </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Ian</td><td>√</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                          <td>cvs.cct.lsu.edu        </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>?</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                          <td>github.com/ianhinder/Kranc.git                  </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>Ian</td><td>√</td></tr>
 
<tr>                                          <td>svn.cct.lsu.edu                  </td><td>Jun 16</td><td>?</td><td>pending</td></tr>
 
  
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Test status is on [[Release coordination]] page.

Latest revision as of 03:36, 14 May 2025

Details for ET_2025_05

Release team

  • Maxwell Rizzo, release manager
  • Roland Haas, release co-manager
  • Steven R. Brandt, release manager emeritus
  • The codename for the ET_2025_05 will be Martin D. Kruskal
  • Clusters and testers:
Cluster Tester
Deep Bayou Steve Brandt
Delta Roland Haas
Sunrise Peter Diener
Anvil Maxwell Rizzo
Expanse Roland Haas
Frontera Johnny Tsao
SuperMUC N/A
SuperMIKE Steve Brandt
QueenBee Steve Brandt
QueenBeeC Steve Brandt
QueenBeeD Steve Brandt
  • Gallery examples:
Gallery Example Volunteer
BNS Leo Werneck
BBH Zach Etienne
TOV Johnny Tsao
Scalar Wave Lucas Sanches
Poisson Equation Steve Brandt
Black-hole hair in axi-dilaton gravity Deborah Ferguson

Proposed Inclusions

  • Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
    • Z4c (Erik/Roland, Steve/Peter)
    • BHaHAHA (Zach, Peter)
    • CCE_Export [Spectre] (Deborah, Lucas)
    • FLRWSolver (Hayley, Zach)
  • Gallery Examples:
    • New axi-dilaton gallery example (already reviewed)

Schedule

  • 2025-01-23 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
  • 2025-02-13 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
    • ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
    • create tickets for each proposed item tickets repo
    • decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
  • 2025-03-20 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
  • 2025-04-17 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
  • 2025-04-17 (-6wk): regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
  • 2025-04-17 (-6wk): start testing
    • gallery examples
    • test simfactory on clusters
    • test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
  • 2025-04-24 (-5wk): decide on name
  • 2025-05-01 (-4wk): feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
  • 2025-05-01 (-4wk): 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.
  • 2025-05-01 (-4wk): announce date publicly
  • 2025-05-15 (-2wk): draft release announcement
  • 2025-05-22 (-1wk): testing done
  • 2025-05-22 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
  • 2025-05-22 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
  • 2025-05-29: release date

Details for ET_2024_11

Release team

  • Roland Haas, release manager
  • Maxwell Rizzo, release co-manager
  • Steven R. Brandt, release manager emeritus
  • The codename for the ET_2024_11 will be Annie Jump Cannon
  • Clusters and testers:
Cluster Tester
Deep Bayou Steve Brandt
Delta Roland Haas
Sunrise Peter Diener
Anvil Maxwell Rizzo
Expanse Roland Haas
Frontera Johnny Tsao
SuperMUC N/A
SuperMIKE Steve Brandt
QueenBee Steve Brandt
QueenBeeC Steve Brandt
QueenBeeD Steve Brandt
  • Gallery examples:
Gallery Example Volunteer
BNS Maxwell
BBH Peter
TOV David
Scalar Wave Domenica
Poisson Equation Lucas

Proposed Inclusions

  • Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
    • TOVola (David, Maxwell)
    • Z4c (Erik, Steve) missing test cases

Schedule

  • 2024-08-02 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
  • 2024-08-23 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
    • ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
    • create tickets for each proposed item tickets repo
    • decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
  • 2024-09-27 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
  • 2024-10-18 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
  • 2024-10-18 (-6wk): regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
  • 2024-10-18 (-6wk): start testing
    • gallery examples
    • test simfactory on clusters
    • test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
  • 2024-10-25 (-5wk): decide on name
  • 2024-11-01 (-4wk): feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
  • 2024-11-01 (-4wk): 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.
  • 2024-11-01 (-4wk): announce date publicly
  • 2024-11-15 (-2wk): draft release announcement
  • 2024-11-22 (-1wk): testing done
  • 2024-11-22 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
  • 2024-11-22 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
  • 2024-11-29: release date

Release names

Tools/Links

  • Testsuite status page
  • Instructions for running the tests using SimFactory: Testsuite Machines
  • Release announcements: wiki sandbox
  • See list in Release Process
  • 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.

Release Plan

Test status is on Release coordination page.