Dear EasyBuilders,
The next EasyBuild conference call is planned for this afternoon, Wed
Sept 30th 2015, 4.30pm (CET).
I hope to (briefly) discuss several features/changes that are in various
states of work-in-progress, in particular:
* outlook to EasyBuild v2.4.0; candidate features/changes include:
* support for eb --extended-dry-run/-x (see
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1388)
* subtoolchain-aware --robot (see
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1306)
* support for specifying module name to install to eb (see
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1374)
* performance improvements
* using python -O in eb wrapper script (see
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1357)
* make EasyBuild work when installed as a zipped .egg (see
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1399)
* support for PGI-based compiler toolchain(s)
(https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1342)
* discuss roadmap to add support for 'fat' easyconfigs in YAML syntax
* see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/1407
Please let me know if you're planning to attend.
More information about the EasyBuild conf calls is available at
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/Conference-calls.
regards,
Kenneth
