Release Details

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

Schedule for ET_2018_08

New thorns: Giraffe. Maybe Proca, Lean, WVUThorns_Diagnostics. What else?

Schedule for ET_2018_08

• 2018-02-07: Complete freeze: no new additions to the toolkit (no changes)
• 2018-01-26: Slight freeze: no new major additions to the toolkit (new thorns or tools, major patches)
• 2018-01-26: Feature freeze: no new features allowed anymore, extensive testing begins. We make an exception for RNS Id thorn and Erik's Darwin patch.
• 2018-02-02: Release branches are created, development version un-frozen again
• 2018-02-09: Total freeze of release branches, preparation of tar-balls etc. begins
• 2018-02-12: Target release date (or earlier if "ready")

Tasks

Please see list or release related tasks on trac.

Tools/Links

• The release branch name will be ET_2018_08
• The release name is TBD.
• The list of proposed names for last release was
  • Chien-Shiung Wu
  • Lorentz
  • DeWitt
  • Feynman
  • Turing
  • Planck
• Prior releases
• The list of names already used
  • Tesla: Feby 2018
  • Hack: Jun 2017
  • Payne-Gaposchkin: Nov 2016
  • Brahe: May 2016
  • Sommerville: Nov 2015
  • Hilbert: May 2015
  • Herschel: Nov 2014
  • Wheeler: May 2014
  • Noether: Nov 2013
  • Gauss: May 2013
  • Ørsted: Nov 2012
  • Lovelace: May 2012
  • Maxwell: Oct 2011
  • Curie: May 2011
  • Chandrasekhar: Nov 2010
  • Bohr: June 2010
• 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

Task		Responsible	Status
Regenerate all Kranc thorns (McLachlan, EinsteinExact and WeylScal4)		Ian	Done
Regenerate all documentation web pages			To do
Test all examples in the gallery (http://einsteintoolkit.org/gallery/) with the current thornlist, and update the thornlist mentioned on the page		Multipatch: Ian ( , BBH: Ian	Multipatch: Done, BBH: Done
Update Tutorials		Simplified: Roland	To do
Check & Improve Documentation (www, wiki)		everyone	To do
Write announcement texts (Detailed Release Announcement)		Frank	To do
Create release branch	bitbucket	Frank	To do
	svn.cactuscode.org	Frank	To do
	svn.cct.lsu.edu	Frank	To do
	github.com/ianhinder/Kranc.git	Frank	To do
	github.com:gridaphobe/CRL.git	Frank	To do