EasyBuild v2.9.0 (roadmap)

[boegel]

List of issues & pull requests that should get handled before EasyBuild v2.9.0 is released (planned to go out by end June'16).

note: the plan is to limit things to 5 'major' changes that are still "in flight" (to help with focusing things); as the mentioned pull requests get merged, this list can be updated/extended

general

• auto-generate documentation
  • see Script to update all automatically generated documentation #142, add script to generate docs for generic easyblocks (WIP) #143
  • framework support: support rst output for --list and --avail options easybuild-framework#1346
• deprecate old/unused toolchains
  • see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/Deprecated-toolchains

framework

• support for hidden easyconfig parameter
  • Add support for 'hidden=True' easyconfig parameter easybuild-framework#1837
• support for hiding toolchains
  • Allow hiding toolchains (REVIEW) easybuild-framework#1683
• support for using ccache and f90cache
  • ccache with argument + support f90cache easybuild-framework#1844
• enhancements to GitHub integration
  • see ideas to improve GitHub integration easybuild-framework#1674
  • --new-pr and --update-pr no longer experimental?
• support for RPATH linking
• support for devel logging
  • add support for 'devel' log level easybuild-framework#1815
• support for --list-software
  • add support for --list-software easybuild-framework#1883

easyblocks

• easyblock to support installing X11 stack behind a single module
  • see add support to Bundle easyblock to install list of components easybuild-easyblocks#980 and {vis}[intel/2016b] X11 v20160819 (REVIEW) easybuild-easyconfigs#3440

easyconfigs

• archive easyconfigs for deprecated toolchains
• QIIME: add easyconfigs for QIIME and dependencies easybuild-easyconfigs#1057
• automated style checks: Add style checks easybuild-easyconfigs#2376

[boegel]

EasyBuild v2.9.0 is now released, remaining work to be done transferred to next release: #255