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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>
  
<h2>Details for ET_2023_05</h2>
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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>
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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)
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=== Schedule ===
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* 2025-01-23 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
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* 2025-02-13 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
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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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* 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]
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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
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==Details for ET_2024_11==
 
<h3>Release team</h3>
 
<h3>Release team</h3>
* Leo Werneck, release manager
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* Roland Haas, release manager
* Sam Cupp, release co-manager
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* Maxwell Rizzo, release co-manager
* Roland Haas, release manager emeritus
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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>
  
<h3>Possible Functionality</h3>
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* Gallery examples:
* FLRW solver [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2549/inlcude-flrwsolver-in-et ticket]
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<table border="1">
* FUKA v2 (maybe, see [http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2022-June/008586.html announcement])
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  <tr>
* [[CarpetX_Transition|CarpetX prerelease]]
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    <th>Gallery Example</th>
* New version of IllinoisGRMHD with tabulated EOS and neutrino physics (leakage) support
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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>
  
<h2>Details for ET_2022_11</h2>
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<h3>Proposed Inclusions</h3>
<h3>Possible Functionality</h3>
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* Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
* Canuda scalar and complex fields [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2485/include-complex-and-real-scalar-evolution ticket]
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** TOVola (David, Maxwell)
* FLRW solver [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2549/inlcude-flrwsolver-in-et ticket]
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** <strike>Z4c (Erik, Steve)</strike> missing test cases
* SelfForce-1D [https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2602/include-regge-wheeler-zerilli-gauge-self ticket]
 
* NRPyEllipticET ([https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2616/add-nrpyellipticet-to-the-einstein-toolkit ticket]
 
* <strike>FUKA v2 (maybe, see [http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2022-June/008586.html announcement])</strike>
 
* <strike>ID readers for [https://einsteintoolkit.github.io/et2022uidaho/lectures/09-Talk2/index.html SGRID] and [https://einsteintoolkit.github.io/et2022uidaho/lectures/20-Talk4/index.html Elliptica]</strike>
 
  
 
<h3>Schedule</h3>
 
<h3>Schedule</h3>
* 2022-07-14 (4mo, 2weeks): propose functionality to include
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* 2024-08-02 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
* 2022-07-21 (4mo): Choose features which are going to be included
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* 2024-08-23 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
 
** ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
 
** ask for review volunteers, assign tasks to people
 
** create tickets for each proposed item [https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org tickets repo]
 
** create tickets for each proposed item [https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org tickets repo]
 
** decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
 
** decide on a list of release-critical compute systems
* 2022-09-01 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
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* 2024-09-27 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)  
* 2022-09-15 (-2mo): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review  
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* 2024-10-18 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review  
* 2022-09-15 (-2mo): Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
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* 2024-10-18 (-6wk): [https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/Release_Process#regenerate_files regenerate] Kranc and NRPy+ codes
* 2022-09-15 (-2mo): start testing
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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
* 2022-10-06 (-5wks): decide on name  
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* 2024-10-25 (-5wk): decide on name  
* 2022-10-13 (-1mo): [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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* 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
* 2022-10-13 (-1mo): Create first draft of the release notes as an md file
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* 2024-11-01 (-4wk): create first draft of the release notes as an md file
 
** Identify contributors to the release
 
** Identify contributors to the release
 
** Identify the release team
 
** Identify the release team
 
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
 
** Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
* 2022-10-13 (-1mo): Announce date publicly
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* 2024-11-01 (-4wk): announce date publicly
* 2022-10-27 (-2wk): draft release announcement
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* 2024-11-15 (-2wk): draft release announcement
* 2022-11-03 (-1wk): testing done
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* 2024-11-22 (-1wk): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php testing done]
* 2022-11-03 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
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* 2024-11-22 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
* 2022-11-03 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
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* 2024-11-22 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
* 2022-11-10: release, Thu before SC 22 and 2 wks before US Thanksgiving
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* 2024-11-29: release date
 
 
(1mo = 4wks)
 
  
 
<h2>Release names</h2>
 
<h2>Release names</h2>
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  <li>The list of proposed names for last release was
 
  <li>The list of proposed names for last release was
 
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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/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (1749) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
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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/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
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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/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] 2004 </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Schrödinger] </li>
 
   <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>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Gödel] </li>
 
   <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>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Grossmann Grossman] </li>
  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] †1974 </li>
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician 1799) </li>
   <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>
   <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/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Brooks Harriet Brooks] (Nuclear physics †1933) </li>
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, 1831) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer †1941) </li>
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
   <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/Dorothy_Vaughan Dorothy Vaughan (Computer Scientist, 2008)] </li>
   <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/Mary_Jackson_(engineer) Mary W. Jackson (Engineer, Mathematician, 2005)] </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>
 
   <li> [https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329 Female Scientists] </li>
 
   </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>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Riemann Riemann] </li>
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  <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_David_Kruskal Kruskal]: May 2025 </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson Johnson] †2020 </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>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Lorentz Lorentz]: May 2021</li>
 
   <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/C%C3%A9cile_DeWitt-Morette DeWitt-Morette]: November 2020</li>

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.