Re: [easybuild] [ANN] EasyBuild v2.8.1

[Ward Poelmans]

On 30-05-16 13:47, Kenneth Hoste wrote:

> I'm happy to announce the release of EasyBuild version 2.8.1 [1].
> Yes, that's right, EasyBuild v2.8.0 just got even better!

This really doesn't capture the importance of this release. In its
continuous quest for world dominance, EasyBuild took an import step: we
support our first window manager[1]! Granted, JWM is not Gnome or KDE
but step by step, we're getting there.

Ward

[1] https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/3007

[easybuild] [ANN] EasyBuild v2.8.1

[Kenneth Hoste]

Dear EasyBuilders,

I'm happy to announce the release of EasyBuild version 2.8.1 [1].
Yes, that's right, EasyBuild v2.8.0 just got even better!

This is a primarily a minor bug fix release, motivated by a problem with 
the new 'module avail' caching mechanism in EasyBuild v2.8.0 (which is 
only triggered under very particular circumstances) [2].


A couple of other minor bugs in the EasyBuild framework have been fixed 
as well, together with enhancements to a handful of easyblocks to 
support the latest software versions and support for 13 new software 
packages.


For more details, please see the release notes [3].

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release in one way or another!


To upgrade to EasyBuild v2.8.1, there are several options, see [4];
an easyconfig file for EasyBuild v2.8.1 is available in [5].


Enjoy!

regards,

Kenneth
EasyBuild release manager



[1] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild/2.8.1
[2] https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1776
[3] http://easybuild.readthedocs.org/en/latest/Release_notes.html
[4] 
http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Installation.html#updating-an-existing-easybuild-installation

[5] https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/3153/files