Hello EasyBuilders,
Now that a first round of thorough regression testing and bug fixing has been
completed, we have made a first release candidate available for EasyBuild
v1.4.0, see the v1.4.0(.0)rc1 tags on the EasyBuild GitHub repos.
To install EasyBuild v1.4.0rc1, use something like:
easy_install --prefix=$HOME/.local
http://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/archive/v1.4.0.x.tar.gz
easy_install --prefix=$HOME/.local
http://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyblocks/archive/v1.4.x.tar.gz
easy_install --prefix=$HOME/.local
http://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/archive/v1.4.x.tar.gz
(and set your $PATH and $PTYHONPATH correctly)
If you run into problems with this release candidate, please notify us by
replying to this email or opening an issue.
The intent is to release EasyBuild v1.4.0 this Thursday (May 2nd 2013).
regards,
Kenneth
On 23 Apr 2013, at 10:41, Kenneth Hoste wrote:
> Hello EasyBuilders,
>
> Below is the schedule for the EasyBuild v1.4.0 release in the next couple of
> days.
>
> After a couple of releases in which we tried to follow a "code freeze"
> release schedule, we have decided to switch to a "feature freeze" schedule.
> We noticed that having a deadline in which pull requests have to be merged in
> order to get them included in a release (i.e., a "code freeze") doesn't work
> out well,
> so we want to evaluate a "feature freeze" mechanism instead, i.e., a deadline
> for pull requests to be open in order to make them eligible for inclusion in
> the next release.
>
> * Thu. April 25th 2013 9am: EasyBuild v1.4 feature freeze
>
> Next Thursday morning, all open pull requests will be evaluated for inclusion
> in EasyBuild version 1.4.
> Pull requests that are not mature enough will be tagged for inclusion in v1.5
> instead.
> All non-bugfix pull requests that are issued after this deadline will have to
> wait until v1.5 (end of May).
>
> * May 2nd 2013: EasyBuild v1.4.0 release
>
> The planned release date for EasyBuild v1.4.0 is May 2nd 2013.
>
> In between the feature freeze and the planned release date, we will:
>
> * review and test all open pull requests tagged for v1.4 and get them merged
> * make sure a full regression test passes (roughly 1000 software builds by
> now)
>
> An overview of the release planning is available at
> https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/Release-schedule.
>
>
> regards,
>
> Kenneth
