Difference between revisions of "Release Details"

Revision as of 13:34, 26 June 2017

Note that we created a new wiki page Release coordination to discuss details.

2017-06-16: Slight freeze: no new major additions to the toolkit (new thorns or tools, major patches)
2017-06-19: Feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins
2017-06-23: Release branches are created, development version un-frozen again
2017-06-26: Total freeze of release branches, preparation of tar-balls etc. begins
2017-06-29: Target release date (or earlier if "ready")

The release branch name will be ET_2017_06
The release name will be needed to be discussed.
The list of proposed names for last release was
- Chien-Shiung Wu
- Lorentz
- Tesla
- Wheeler
- DeWitt
- Feynman
- Turing
- Planck
- Hack
Testsuite status page
Instructions for running the tests using SimFactory: Testsuite Machines
Release announcements: wiki sandbox
Release announced to: users@einsteintoolkit.org, {news|users}@cactuscode.org, Jennifer Claudet <jennifer@cct.lsu.edu> for AllCCT, http://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/, http://astro-sim.org/
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.

Task		Responsible	Status
Regenerate all Kranc thorns (McLachlan, EinsteinExact and WeylScal4)
Test all examples in the gallery (http://einsteintoolkit.org/about/gallery/) with the current thornlist, and update the thornlist mentioned on the page
Update Tutorials
(Re)run Testsuites	bluewaters	Roland
	carver
	comet	Roland
	golub	Roland
	hydra	Ian	MPG cluster in Garching
	minerva	Ian
	edison	Roland
	gordon		?
	fermi	Frank
	queenbee	Frank
	shelob
	stampede	Roland	about to be decommissioned
	supermike	Frank	needs work on option list
	supermuc		?
	zwicky	Roland
	wheeler	Roland	succeds zwicky
	(private) amarok	Peter
	(private) bethe	Roland
	(private) cygnus	Matt
	(private) newhorizons	Yosef
	(private) redshift	Erik	good
	(private) spine (Debian Jessie)	Frank	ok
	(private) titan	Erik	good
	(private) Ubuntu LTS	Roland
	(private) Ubuntu Current	Roland
	(private) Debian Testing	Roland
	(private) Fedora Current	Roland
Check & Improve Documentation (www, wiki)		everyone
Write announcement texts (Detailed Release Announcement)		Frank
Create release branch	bitbucket	Frank
	svn.cactuscode.org	Frank
	svn.cct.lsu.edu	Frank
	github.com/ianhinder/Kranc.git	Frank
	github.com:gridaphobe/CRL.git	Frank

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 * <span style="color:red">unlikely in release: </span>[https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1974 New Diagnostics Thorns]
 * <span style="color:green">done: </span>[https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1817 New thorn: LORENE2, by default disabled in thornlist (not even build)]
-* <span style="color:green">being worked on: </span>[https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/2039 Meudon_Bin_NS]
+* <span style="color:green">done: </span>[https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/2039 Meudon_Bin_NS]
 * <span style="color:yellow">being worked on: </span>[https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1821 Carpet and this==NULL]
 * <span style="color:red">being worked on, but needs help: </span>[https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1995 McLachlan Testsuites fail]