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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:
 
<table border="1">
 
<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>
  
Note that we created a new wiki page [[Release_coordination | Release coordination]] to discuss details.
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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> 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>
  
<h2>Schedule for ET_2021_05</h2>
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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)
  
<i>(from ET_2020_05)</i>
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=== Schedule ===
 
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* 2025-01-23 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
* 2021-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
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* 2025-02-13 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
* 2021-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
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** ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
* 2021-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]: will be named "Turing"
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** create tickets for each proposed item [https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org tickets repo]
* 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
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** decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
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* 2025-03-20 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)  
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* 2025-04-17 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review  
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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]
 
** gallery examples
 
** gallery examples
 
** test simfactory on clusters
 
** test simfactory on clusters
 
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
 
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2021-05-16: Announce date publicly
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* 2025-04-24 (-5wk): decide on name
* 2021-05-22: draft release announcement
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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
* 2021-05-28: testing done
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* 2025-05-01 (-4wk): create first draft of the release notes as an md file
* 2021-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
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** Identify contributors to the release
* 2021-05-28: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
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** Identify the release team
* 2021-05-31: release.
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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
  
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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">
 +
  <tr>
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    <th>Cluster</th>
 +
    <th>Tester</th>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>Deep Bayou</td>
 +
    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>Delta</td>
 +
    <td> Roland Haas </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>Sunrise</td>
 +
    <td> Peter Diener </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>Anvil</td>
 +
    <td> Maxwell Rizzo </td>
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  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>Expanse</td>
 +
    <td> Roland Haas </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>Frontera</td>
 +
    <td> Johnny Tsao </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>SuperMUC</td>
 +
    <td> N/A </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>SuperMIKE</td>
 +
    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>QueenBee</td>
 +
    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>QueenBeeC</td>
 +
    <td> Steve Brandt </td>
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  </tr>
 +
  <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>
  
<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_11</h2>
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* Gallery examples:
 
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<table border="1">
* 2020-09-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
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  <tr>
* 2020-11-12: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
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    <th>Gallery Example</th>
* 2020-11-12: decide on name
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    <th>Volunteer</th>  
* 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
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  </tr>
** gallery examples
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  <tr>
** test simfactory on clusters
+
    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example BNS]</td>
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
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    <td> Maxwell </td>
* 2020-11-14: Announce date publicly
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  </tr>
* 2020-11-20: draft release announcement
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  <tr>
* 2020-11-26: testing done
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example BBH]</td>
* 2020-11-26: hard freeze, no more changes at all
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    <td> Peter </td>
* 2020-11-26: make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
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  </tr>
* 2020-11-29: release.
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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>
  
<h2>Schedule for ET_2020_05</h2>
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<h3>Proposed Inclusions</h3>
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* Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
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** TOVola (David, Maxwell)
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** <strike>Z4c (Erik, Steve)</strike> missing test cases
  
* 2020-03-01: all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
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<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2020-05-14: all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
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* 2024-08-02 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
* 2020-05-14: decide on name [[Release Details#Tools/Links | List of potential names]]: will be named "Turing" ✓
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* 2024-08-23 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
* 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
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** ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
 +
** create tickets for each proposed item [https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org 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): [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]
 
** gallery examples
 
** gallery examples
 
** test simfactory on clusters
 
** test simfactory on clusters
 
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
 
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
* 2020-05-16: Announce date publicly
+
* 2024-10-25 (-5wk): decide on name
* 2020-05-22: draft release announcement
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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
* 2020-05-28: testing done
+
* 2024-11-01 (-4wk): create first draft of the release notes as an md file
* 2020-05-28: hard freeze, no more changes at all
+
** Identify contributors to the release
* 2020-05-28: make branches , prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
+
** Identify the release team
* 2020-05-31: release.
+
** 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): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php 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
  
<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
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<h2>Release names</h2>
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
 
  <li>The list of proposed names for last release was
 
  <li>The list of proposed names for last release was
 
   <ul>
 
   <ul>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Lorentz Lorentz]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (1749) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette DeWitt-Morette] †2017
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re Ampère] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] †2004
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist 2011) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] 2004 </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] 1974 </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics 1933) </li>
  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann Riemann]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Bassi Laura Maria Caterina Bassi] (Astronomer 1778) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman]
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics) </li>
  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] †1974
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician †1799)
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   <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)
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics †1933)
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer †1941)
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, 1831) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (†1749)
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist †2011)
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Vaughan Dorothy Vaughan (Computer Scientist, 2008)] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, †1831)
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jackson_(engineer) Mary W. Jackson (Engineer, Mathematician, 2005)] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics)
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   <li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya] (Mathematecian, of the Cauchy–Kowalevski theorem)
 
   <li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists]
 
 
   </ul>
 
   </ul>
 
  </li>
 
  </li>
  <li>Prior [https://einsteintoolkit.org/about/past-releases releases]
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  <li>Prior [https://einsteintoolkit.org/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
 
  <li>The list of names already used, see also on the website's [https://www.einsteintoolkit.org/past-releases.html past releases] page
 
   <ul>
 
   <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>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Turing]: May 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/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer Maria Goeppert Mayer] (Physicist, Nobel prize 1963, 1972): October 2019
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   </ul>
 
  </li>
 
  </li>
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<h2>Tools/Links</h2>
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<ul>
 
  <li><!--[https://build.barrywardell.net/view/EinsteinToolkitMulti/job/EinsteinToolkitReport-sandbox/ Jenkins hosted Testsuite status page]-->
 
  <li><!--[https://build.barrywardell.net/view/EinsteinToolkitMulti/job/EinsteinToolkitReport-sandbox/ Jenkins hosted Testsuite status page]-->
 
   [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php Testsuite status page]
 
   [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php Testsuite status 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.