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<h2>Details for ET_2024_11</h2>
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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>
 +
  </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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<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>
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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
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<h3>Schedule</h3>
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* 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 [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
 +
* 2024-10-18 (-6wk): [http://einsteintoolkit.org/testsuite_results/index.php start testing]
 +
** gallery examples
 +
** test simfactory on clusters
 +
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
 +
* 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
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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 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): [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>Details for ET_2024_05</h2>
 +
<h3>Release team</h3>
 +
* Steven R. Brandt, release manager
 +
* Roland Haas, release co-manager
 +
* Sam Cupp, release manager emeritus
 +
* The codename for the ET_2024_05 will be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Landau Landau]
 +
* Clusters and testers:
 +
<table border="1">
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <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> N/A </td>
 +
  </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>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
* Gallery examples:
 +
<table border="1">
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <th>Gallery Example</th>
 +
    <th>Volunteer</th>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2176/test-binary-neutron-star-example BNS]</td>
 +
    <td> Dhruv Srivastava</td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
 +
    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2172/test-binary-black-hole-gw150914-example BBH]</td>
 +
    <td> Deborah Ferguson </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2175/test-single-stable-neutron-star-example TOV]</td>
 +
    <td> Maxwell Rizzo </td>
 +
  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2174/test-multi-patch-scalar-wave-equation Scalar Wave]</td>
 +
    <td>Lucas T. Sanches</td>
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  </tr>
 +
  <tr>
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    <td>[https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2173/test-poisson-equation-example Poisson Equation]</td>
 +
    <td>Steve Brandt</td>
 +
  </tr>
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</table>
 +
 +
<h3>Proposed Inclusions</h3>
 +
* Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
 +
** MultipoleX (Lucas, Roland)
 +
** NewRadX (Alex, Liwei and Jay)
 +
** Z4c (Erik, Steve)
 +
** GRHayL-based IllinoisGRMHD (Sam, Lorenzo)
 +
** Baikal(Vacuum) using NRPy 2.0 (Sam, Terrence)
 +
** Baikal(Vacuum)X (Sam, Terrence)
 +
** GRHayLHD updated to include tabulated EOS (Sam, Lorenzo)
 +
 +
<h3>Schedule</h3>
 +
* 2024-01-26 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
 +
* 2024-02-16 (-15wk): choose features which are going to be included
 +
** 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
 +
* 2024-03-22 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
 +
* DEADLINES 2024-04-05 are moved to 2024-04-19 because of the APS meeting
 +
* 2024-04-19 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
 +
* 2024-04-19 (-6wk): regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
 +
* 2024-04-19 (-6wk): start testing
 +
** gallery examples
 +
** test simfactory on clusters
 +
** test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
 +
* 2024-04-26 (-5wk): decide on name
 +
* 2024-05-03 (-4wk): [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
 +
* 2024-05-03 (-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.
 +
* 2024-05-03 (-4wk): announce date publicly
 +
* 2024-05-17 (-2wk): draft release announcement
 +
* 2024-05-24 (-1wk): testing done
 +
* 2024-05-24 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
 +
* 2024-05-24 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
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* 2024-05-31: release date
  
 
<h2>Details for ET_2023_11</h2>
 
<h2>Details for ET_2023_11</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
 
   <ul>
 
   <ul>
   <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/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Émilie du Châtelet] (1749) </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re Ampère] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Marie_Amp%C3%A8re Ampère] </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/Annie_Easley Annie Easley] (Mathematician, computer scientist, rocket scientist 2011) </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/Annie_Jump_Cannon Annie Jump Cannon] (Astronomer 1941) </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_DeWitt DeWitt] ¿2004 </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>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] ¿1974 </li>
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Zwicky Zwicky] 1974 </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/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>
   <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/Laura_Bassi Laura Maria Caterina Bassi] (Astronomer 1778) </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner Lise Meitner] (Nuclear phyisics) </li>
 
   <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/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi Maria Agnesi] (Mathematician ¿1799) </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/Martin_David_Kruskal Kruskal] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_David_Kruskal Kruskal] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Planck Planck] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Feynman] </li>
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, ¿1831) </li>
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   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain Sophie Germain] (Mathematician, 1831) </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg Heisenberg] </li>
 
   <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>
 
   <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>
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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>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schwarzschild Schwarzchild]: May 2023 </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Schwarzschild Schwarzchild]: May 2023 </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya]: November 2022 </li>
 
   <li> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya]: November 2022 </li>

Latest revision as of 16:40, 15 November 2024

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


Details for ET_2024_05

Release team

  • Steven R. Brandt, release manager
  • Roland Haas, release co-manager
  • Sam Cupp, release manager emeritus
  • The codename for the ET_2024_05 will be Landau
  • Clusters and testers:
Cluster Tester
Deep Bayou Steve Brandt
Delta Roland Haas
Sunrise Peter Diener
Anvil N/A
Expanse Roland Haas
Frontera Johnny Tsao
SuperMUC N/A
SuperMIKE Steve Brandt
  • Gallery examples:
Gallery Example Volunteer
BNS Dhruv Srivastava
BBH Deborah Ferguson
TOV Maxwell Rizzo
Scalar Wave Lucas T. Sanches
Poisson Equation Steve Brandt

Proposed Inclusions

  • Inclusions for this release (champion, reviewer):
    • MultipoleX (Lucas, Roland)
    • NewRadX (Alex, Liwei and Jay)
    • Z4c (Erik, Steve)
    • GRHayL-based IllinoisGRMHD (Sam, Lorenzo)
    • Baikal(Vacuum) using NRPy 2.0 (Sam, Terrence)
    • Baikal(Vacuum)X (Sam, Terrence)
    • GRHayLHD updated to include tabulated EOS (Sam, Lorenzo)

Schedule

  • 2024-01-26 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
  • 2024-02-16 (-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
  • 2024-03-22 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
  • DEADLINES 2024-04-05 are moved to 2024-04-19 because of the APS meeting
  • 2024-04-19 (-6wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
  • 2024-04-19 (-6wk): regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
  • 2024-04-19 (-6wk): start testing
    • gallery examples
    • test simfactory on clusters
    • test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
  • 2024-04-26 (-5wk): decide on name
  • 2024-05-03 (-4wk): feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
  • 2024-05-03 (-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.
  • 2024-05-03 (-4wk): announce date publicly
  • 2024-05-17 (-2wk): draft release announcement
  • 2024-05-24 (-1wk): testing done
  • 2024-05-24 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
  • 2024-05-24 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
  • 2024-05-31: release date

Details for ET_2023_11

Release team

  • Sam Cupp, release manager
  • Steve, release co-manager
  • Roland Haas, release manager emeritus
  • The codename for the ET_2023_11 will be (Lise Meitner)
  • Clusters and testers:
Cluster Tester
Deep Bayou Steve Brandt
Delta Roland Haas
Sunrise Peter Diener
Anvil Gabriele Bozzola
Expanse Roland Haas
Frontera Leo Werneck
SuperMUC Roland Haas
SuperMIKE Steve Brandt
  • Gallery examples:
Gallery Example Volunteer
BNS Steve Brandt
BBH Deborah Ferguson
TOV Peter Diener
Scalar Wave Hyun Park
Poisson Equation Hyun Park

Proposed Inclusions

  • Inclusions for this release:
    • sgrid importer - reviewer: Liwei
    • CarpetX - reviewers: Steve, Roland, Zach, Sam
    • GRHayLib, GRHayLHD(X), GRHayLID(X) - reviewer: Peter
    • Seed_Maegnetic_Fields update - reviewer: Zach

Schedule

  • 2023-07-12 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
  • 2023-08-02 (-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
  • 2023-09-27 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review) [dates pushed back for delayed release]
  • 2023-10-11 (-8wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
  • 2023-10-11 (-8wk): regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
  • 2023-10-11 (-8wk): start testing
    • gallery examples
    • test simfactory on clusters
    • test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
  • 2023-11-01 (-5wk): decide on name
  • 2023-11-08 (-4wk): feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
  • 2023-11-08 (-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.
  • 2023-11-08 (-4wk): announce date publicly
  • 2023-11-22 (-2wk): draft release announcement
  • 2023-11-29 (-1wk): testing done
  • 2023-11-29 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
  • 2023-11-29 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
  • 2023-12-06: release date

Details for ET_2023_05

Release team

  • Leo Werneck, release manager
  • Sam Cupp, release co-manager
  • Roland Haas, release manager emeritus
  • The codename for the ET_2023_05 will be Schwarzschild
  • Clusters and testers:
Cluster Tester
Deep Bayou Steven
Sunrise Peter
Stampede2 Roland
Expanse Roland
Summit Roland
Frontera Roland
SuperMUC Roland
SuperMIKE Steven
  • Gallery examples:
Gallery Example Volunteer
BNS Roland
BBH Maybe Steven
TOV Peter
Scalar Wave Jake
Poisson Equation Johnny

Proposed Inclusions

  • Inclusions for this release:
    • Elliptica reader (and solver timeline) Ticket #2619 -- Reviewer: Beyhan
    • FUKA reader announcement and Ticket #2692 -- Reviewer: Konrad Topolski
    • Baikal read/writes support -- Reviewer: Leo Werneck
    • particle_tracerET minor feature improvement Ticket #2691 -- Reviewer: Terrence Pierre Jacques
    • TwoPunctures_BBHSF Ticket #2697 -- Reviewer: Thiago Assumpção
    • NPScalars_SF Ticket #2697 -- Reviewer: Peter Diener
    • New kuibit version Ticket #2696 -- Reviewer: Cheng-Hsin Cheng
  • Inclusions for future releases:
    • Fishbone-Moncrief gallery example Ticket #2687
    • CarpetX pre-release code review also beginning during this release cycle -- reviewers: Steve, Zach; one more?
    • The inclusions of the major updates to IllinoisGRMHD Ticket #2690, NRPyEOS Ticket #2688, and NRPyLeakage Ticket #2689 were postponed to the next release cycle in favor of including GRHayL (the General Relativistic Hydrodynamic Library).

Schedule

  • 2023-01-18 (-18wk): propose functionality to include
  • 2023-02-01 (-16wk): 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
  • 2023-03-15 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
  • 2023-03-29 (-8wk): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
  • 2023-03-29 (-8wk): regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
  • 2023-03-29 (-8wk): start testing
    • gallery examples
    • test simfactory on clusters
    • test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
  • 2023-04-19 (-5wk): decide on name
  • 2023-04-26 (-4wk): feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
  • 2023-04-26 (-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.
  • 2023-04-26 (-4wk): announce date publicly
  • 2023-05-10 (-2wk): draft release announcement
  • 2023-05-17 (-1wk): testing done
  • 2023-05-17 (-1wk): hard freeze, no more changes at all
  • 2023-05-17 (-1wk): make branches, prepare updates for websites, test-send announcement (to maintainers@einsteintoolkit.org)
  • 2023-05-24: release date

Details for ET_2022_11

Possible Functionality

Schedule

  • 2022-07-14 (4mo, 2weeks): propose functionality to include
  • 2022-07-21 (4mo): 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
  • 2022-09-01 (-10wk): all codes proposed for inclusion in master branch (still under review)
  • 2022-09-15 (-2mo): all codes proposed for inclusion have finished review
  • 2022-09-15 (-2mo): Regenerate Kranc and NRPy+ codes
  • 2022-09-15 (-2mo): start testing
    • gallery examples
    • test simfactory on clusters
    • test in docker images / VM for "common" OS
  • 2022-10-06 (-5wks): decide on name
  • 2022-10-13 (-1mo): 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
    • Identify contributors to the release
    • Identify the release team
    • Identify major changes to call out in the release notes.
  • 2022-10-13 (-1mo): Announce date publicly
  • 2022-10-27 (-2wk): draft release announcement
  • 2022-11-03 (-1wk): testing done
  • 2022-11-03 (-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)
  • 2022-11-10: release, Thu before SC 22 and 2 wks before US Thanksgiving

(1mo = 4wks)

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.