Hi Bill, yes, we are still here :) However, as we are all only following the project on the side, things are sometimes progressing a little slower than we would like.
The current plan is to release 2.17<https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core/milestone/53> before Supercomputing this year. The codebase is ready, and the last development release<http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/yum/devel/core-snap/> is what 2.17 will be. So, anyone is welcome to use it already. You don't have to wait for an "official release". We might want to hold another BoF session at Supercomputing. But we are still finalizing the details. Nevertheless, I would like to mention again that xCAT itself has no long-term future. We do not recommend using xCAT for new clusters that may want to upgrade to newer operating systems such as RHEL 10. The project is only in maintenance mode. We will provide a small fix here and there for existing installations but there will be no major new development or regular releases. We are happy to merge pull requests though. For new deployments we recommend using confluent<https://github.com/xcat2/confluent> instead. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Markus Hilger HPC Engineer MEGWARE Computer Vertrieb und Service GmbH Tel: +49 3722 528-47 Nordstraße 19 markus.hil...@megware.com<mailto:markus.hil...@megware.com> 09247 Chemnitz-Röhrsdorf, Germany www.megware.com<http://www.megware.com/> Geschäftsführer: André Singer, Dr. Axel Auweter Amtsgericht: Chemnitz HRB 584 ________________________________ Von: Glick, Bill <bgl...@illinois.edu> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. Oktober 2024 18:13 An: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>; Markus Hilger <markus.hil...@megware.com> Betreff: Re: xCAT Consortium Update Any news or updates regarding the xCAT Consortium? Did discussion move to some new place? Or are we to presume the xCAT Consortium is defunct? - Bill Glick From: Glick, Bill <bgl...@illinois.edu> Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 10:33 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] xCAT Consortium Update How is the xCAT Consortium effort going? I had the impression we’d hear approximately monthly updates about its progress, but I haven’t seen any updates since this message in December. - Bill Glick From: Markus Hilger <markus.hil...@megware.com> Date: Monday, December 11, 2023 at 11:07 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [xcat-user] xCAT Consortium Update Dear xCAT community, it is one month ago, since we met at Supercomputing ’23 to announce that a consortium led by RedLine, OCF and MEGWARE is willing to take over the ownership of the current xCAT project to provide continuity for existing xCAT 2 based clusters. And we are still thrilled having seen so many of you during this event who have shown their interest and support, both in presence and online. On the technical side, we have started to dive into the IBM-internal integration setup for compiling and testing xCAT releases. Our goal is to replicate and extend this infrastructure at RedLine, OCF and MEGWARE to provide even wider test coverage on more hardware infrastructures for future releases. At the same time, we continue to investigate the various legal aspects of the transition. During our SC’23 meeting, we have also announced that in addition to our efforts surrounding xCAT 2, we would work with LENOVO towards making Confluent a suitable, community backed, xCAT 2 replacement for future cluster systems. For this reason, we invited LENOVO to become a full member of our consortium from the beginning. Understandably, this plan is a significant step for the Confluent team that requires thorough preparation and careful consideration and we will share further updates as this effort takes shape. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the team at IBM, namely Nathan A Besaw, for their continued support during the transition. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Markus Hilger HPC Engineer MEGWARE Computer Vertrieb und Service GmbH Tel: +49 3722 528-47 Nordstraße 19 markus.hil...@megware.com<mailto:markus.hil...@megware.com> 09247 Chemnitz-Röhrsdorf, Germany www.megware.com<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.megware.com/__;!!DZ3fjg!408lxur06Jk8-bQWQGKw6CU6hJUpB8yNM9CuibvOFzrB8wxMVavWBFshC-oqQggakVDDlr1jpM49BBSszZMCWMo_ObU$> Geschäftsführer: André Singer, Axel Auweter Amtsgericht: Chemnitz HRB 584
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