From knarf@cct.lsu.edu Wed Nov 19 10:17:48 2014
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Subject: [Commits] [svn:einsteintoolkit] www/about/releases/ (Rev. 1447)
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 include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/global/header.php');?>
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 <p>We are pleased to announce the tenth release (code name
-"<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXX">XXX</a>") of the
+"<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel">Herschel (Caroli=
ne)</a>") of the
 Einstein Toolkit, an open, community developed software infrastructure for
-relativistic astrophysics. This release includes XXX. In addition, bug fixes=
 accumulated since the
-previous release in May 2014 have been included.</p>
+relativistic astrophysics. This release includes various improvements in the=
 handling of
+external libraries (and with that, installations), and extensions of basis t=
horns (most notably
+HydroBase). In addition, bug fixes accumulated since the
+previous release in May 2014 have been included, and most of the source code=
 repositories
+moved from svn (hosted by the ET directly) to git (hosted by BitBucket).</p>
=20
 <p>The Einstein Toolkit is a collection of software components and tools for
 simulating and analyzing general relativistic astrophysical systems that bui=
lds
@@ -52,13 +55,13 @@
 <ul>
  <li>Repositories
   <ul>
-   <li>Many repositories converted from Subversion to Git</li>
+   <li>Many repositories converted from Subversion to Git, including some re=
organization of thorns within arrangements.</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
- <li>Removed components
+ <li>Deprecated components (still present)
   <ul>
-   <li>ADMConstraints (use ML_ADMConstraints instead)</li>
-   <li>Boost</li>
+   <li>ADMCoupling</li>
+   <li>ADMMacros</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
  <li>New components:
@@ -66,30 +69,38 @@
   <li>CUDA and OpenCL examples</li>
   <li>PAPI</li>
   <li>OpenBLAS</li>
+  <li>MemSpeed<li>
+  <li>NaNCatcher</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Moved components:
   <ul>
+    <li>Almost all thorns except ExternalLibraries moved to Bitbucket</li>
     <li>GRHydro and GRHydro_InitData into EinsteinEvolve</li>
-    <li>All Carpet thorns moved to Carpet arrangement</li>
+    <li>All Carpet thorns moved to Carpet arrangement (now on BitBucket)</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
  <li>Simfactory
   <ul>
-   <li>updates to many machines</li>
+   <li>Source repository moved to BitBucket
+   <li>Updates to many machines</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
  <li>HDF5
   <ul>
-   <li>enable fortran interface by default, disable C++ interface by
-default. (TODO: check this is right)</li>
+   <li>Enable fortran interface by default, disable C++ interface by
+default.</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
  <li>MPI
   <ul>
    <li>Rewrite MPI thorn configuration script to attempt to determine
-   paths automatically using mpicxx. (TODO: add more details about what
-   people might need to change in their optionlists)</li>
+   paths automatically using mpicxx.<br>
+   Automatic detection should succeed on most machines (no MPI variable set
+   in option list); if not, setting
+   MPI_DIR to the installation directory of the desired MPI installation
+   should in most cases suffice.
+   </li>
   </ul>
  </li>
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@@ -98,8 +109,8 @@
     <li>Plan to change output filename format from implementation::groupname
     to implementation__groupname.  Introduced new parameter
     IOUtil::out_group_separator which currently defaults to '::' to
-    maintain compatibility.  The next release will change this to '-' for
-    compatibility with Windows filesystems, to which current Cactus simulati=
ons cannot even be copied.</li>
+    maintain compatibility. The next release will change this to '__' for
+    compatibility with Windows filesystems.</li>
   </ul>
  </li>
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@@ -112,7 +123,7 @@
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 <ul><li><b>How to upgrade from Wheeler (ET_2014_05)</b></li></ul>
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-<p>To upgrade from the previous release, use GetComponents with the new thor=
nlist to check out the new version.</p>
+<p>To upgrade from the previous release, use GetComponents with the new thor=
nlist to check out the new version. Switching to the new branch is not possib=
le for most repositories due to the repository move.</p>
=20
 <p>See the <a href=3D"http://einsteintoolkit.org/download/">Download</a> pag=
e on the Einstein Toolkit website for download instructions.</p>
=20
@@ -128,47 +139,45 @@
 <p>Supported (tested) machines include:</p>
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 <ul>
- <!-- <li> Default Debian, Suse and Fedora installations</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Bethe</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Bluewaters *</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Carver</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Datura</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Gordon</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Hopper</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Loewe</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Lonestar *</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Supermike II</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Nvidia *</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Orca *</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Philip</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Queenbee</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Shelob</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Stampede (CPU)</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Supermuc</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Titan</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Trestles</li> -->
- <!-- <li> Zwicky</li> -->
+ <li> Default Debian, Suse, Fedora and MacOS installations</li>
+ <li> Bethe</li>
+ <li> Bluewaters *</li>
+ <li> Carver</li>
+ <li> Datura</li>
+ <li> Gordon</li>
+ <li> Hopper</li>
+ <li> Hydra</li>
+ <li> Loewe</li>
+ <li> Supermike II *</li>
+ <li> Nvidia *</li>
+ <li> Orca *</li>
+ <li> Philip</li>
+ <li> Queenbee 2</li>
+ <li> Shelob</li>
+ <li> Stampede (CPU) *</li>
+ <li> Trestles</li>
+ <li> Zwicky</li>
 </ul>
-<p>A * means that a small number of tests still fail on that machine. All te=
sts pass on the other machines.</p>
+<p>A * means that a small number of tests fail on that machine. Almost all t=
ests pass on the other machines.</p>
 <ul>
- <li> LoneStar and Stampede: defs.local.ini needs to have sourcebasedir =3D =
$WORK and basedir =3D $SCRATCH/simulations configured for this machine.  You =
need to determine $WORK and $SCRATCH by logging in to the machine.</li>
+ <li> Stampede: defs.local.ini needs to have sourcebasedir =3D $WORK and bas=
edir =3D $SCRATCH/simulations configured for this machine.  You need to deter=
mine $WORK and $SCRATCH by logging in to the machine.</li>
 </ul>
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 <p>All repositories participating in this release carry a branch ET_2014_11
 marking this release.  These release branches will be updated if severe
 errors are found.</p>
=20
-<p>The "XXX" Release Team on behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium (2014=
-11-XX)</p>
+<p>The "Herschel" Release Team on behalf of the Einstein Toolkit Consortium =
(2014-11-19)</p>
=20
 <p>
-<!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter Diener<br /> -->
-<!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roland Haas<br /> -->
-<!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ian Hinder<br /> -->
-<!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank L=C3=83=C2=B6ffler<br /> -->
-<!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bruno C. Mundim<br /> -->
-<!-- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Erik Schnetter<br /> -->
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter Diener<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roland Haas<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ian Hinder<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank L=C3=83=C2=B6ffler<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bruno C. Mundim<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Erik Schnetter<br />
 </p>
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-<p>Nov XX, 2014</p>
+<p>Nov 19, 2014</p>
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