[Users] status release

[Erik Schnetter]

Yes, I'll submit a batch of tests.

I tested Nvidia, Bethe, Edison on Wednesday, and they worked without a
hitch. Let me know once I should start more wide-spread testing. Expect
fallout, i.e. necessary changes to Simfactory machine configurations.

-erik

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Ian Hinder <ian.hinder at aei.mpg.de> wrote:

>
> On 26 May 2016, at 17:44, Frank Loeffler <knarf at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to give you a little update about the release.
>
> All testsuites pass now (on Jenkins). For the most part, this was
> 'fixing the testsuites', rather than fixing actual code.
>
> Some tickets still need to be addressed, and/or need more input:
>
> #1897 [1]: external library build issues
> #1853 [2]: diagonal Carpet output. The troubling patch will be moved
>           to a feature branch and be reverted from both release and
>           master until fixed.
> #1850 [4]: Stampede performance problem (reviewed ok, but not resolved)
>
> Would-be-nice tickets that potentially could make it into the
> release include:
>
> #1881 [3]: improve piraha error messages (needs review, and a decision
>           about inclusion in the release, which I'll leave to the
>           reviewer).
> #1894 [5]: TwoPuncture potential segfault fix (reviewed ok, but not pushed)
>
> I propose we'll use today (and tomorrow for people in the EU) to fix all
> of those. I'll create release branches after that, hopefully tomorrow
> morning (US time). I'll then send around a request to start testing as
> heavily as you can/dare.
>
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> Do we usually test on the release branches first?  I think we should test
> on the trunk, otherwise the inevitable fixes for different machines will
> have to be separately applied to both branches.  Since we haven't done ANY
> testing on anything other than the Ubuntu Jenkins VM yet, I think it's
> better to hold off on the release branches until we have some confidence in
> trunk.
>
> So I would say the next step is to start testing.  Erik: you have a
> well-developed infrastructure for this.  Would you be able to submit a
> batch of tests?
>
> --
> Ian Hinder
> http://members.aei.mpg.de/ianhin
>
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Erik Schnetter <schnetter at cct.lsu.edu>
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/personal/eschnetter/
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