Dear EasyBuilders,
I'm happy to announce the release of EasyBuild version 3.1.1 [1].
This is, you've guessed it, the best EasyBuild release so far...
This is a minor bugfix/update release. Highlights include:
* bug fix in module generator for hierarchical module naming
schemes and the GCC toolchain bundle (GCCcore + binutils)
* if you are using GCC(core) in a hierarchical module naming
scheme you should check the module files in the Compiler/GCC/<version>
module subtree,
and regenerate module files that include a "load GCCcore"
statement
* bug fix in packaging support with FPM where unexpected characters
in the software description caused problems
* patch for XZ 5.2.2 to avoid breaking the 'rpm' command when the
XZ module is loaded
* ensure that the right ncurses dependency is picked up in the
CMake easyconfig to get a working 'ccmake'
* updates to easyblocks CGAL, impi, imkl, MCR, NWChem and Qt for
recent versions of these software packages
* easyconfig files for the new iomkl/2017a and intel/2017.02
compiler toolchains
* fixed source URLS for various software packages
* lots of style fixes in existing easyconfig files (in order to
enable automatic style checking in easyconfig pull requests in the near
future)
* support for 16 new software packages, incl. Caffe
* updated easyconfigs for binutils 2.28, NWChem 6.6, matplotlib
2.0.0, VTK 7.1.0, etc.
This brings the total number of supported software packages to 1,168 [2]!
A detailed overview of all changes is available in the release notes [3].
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release in one way or another!
To upgrade to EasyBuild v3.1.1, there are several options, see [4].
Two particularly easy options include:
* eb --install-latest-eb-release # requires EasyBuild v2.9.0 or
more recent
* eb --from-pr 4266 # use easyconfig from PR #4266 [5]
Enjoy!
regards,
Kenneth (a.k.a. boegel)
EasyBuild release manager
[1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild/3.1.1
[2]
http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/version-specific/Supported_software.html
[3] http://easybuild.readthedocs.io/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/4266/files
