Changelog for EasyBuild documentation

• release 20160126.02 (January 26th 2016): packaging support is stable since EasyBuild v2.5.0 (see Packaging support)

• release 20160126.01 (January 26th 2016): update release notes for EasyBuild v2.6.0 (see v2.6.0 (January 26th 2016))

• release 20151217.01 (December 17th 2015): update release notes for EasyBuild v2.5.0 (see v2.5.0 (December 17th 2015))

• release 20151209.01 (December 9th 2015):

  • add documentation on controlling compiler optimizations flags, see Controlling compiler optimization flags

• release 20151110.01 (November 10th 2015): update release notes for EasyBuild v2.4.0 (see v2.4.0 (November 10th 2015))

• release 20151108.01 (November 8th 2015):

  • document (experimental) support for using minimal toolchains (see Using minimal toolchains for dependencies)

• release 20151028.01 (October 28th 2015): document extended dry run mechanism (see Extended dry run)

• release 20151021.01 (October 21st 2015):

  • include initial documentation on experimental support for easyconfig files in YAML syntax (.yeb), see Writing easyconfig files in YAML syntax (.yeb format) [IN DEVELOPMENT]

• release 20150902.01 (September 2nd 2015): update release notes for EasyBuild v2.3.0 (see v2.3.0 (September 2nd 2015))

• release 20150715.01 (July 15th 2015): update release notes for EasyBuild v2.2.0 (see v2.2.0 (July 15th 2015))

• release 20150714.01 (July 14th 2015): add documentation on Packaging support

• release 20150709.01 (July 9th 2015): add documentation on Submitting jobs using –job

• release 20150708.01 (July 8th 2015):

  • add documentation on --include-* options (see Including additional Python modules (–include-*))

• release 20150703.01 (July 3rd 2015):

  • fix outdated documentation on easyblock parameter (see Easyblock specification)

• release 20150624.01 (June 24th 2015): mention MigrateFromEBToHMNS module naming scheme in section on

  --module-only (see Generating additional module files)

• release 20150610.01 (June 10th 2015): update Installing Lmod without root permissions for Lmod v6.0

• release 20150518.01 (May 18th 2015):

  • update section on --search: better examples + highlight ability to search via regular expression (see Searching for easyconfigs, –search / -S)
  • update release notes for EasyBuild v2.1.1 (see v2.1.1 (May 18th 2015))

• release 20150506.01 (May 6th 2015): updated documentation for EasyBuild v2.1.1

  • add note on $LMOD_CMD fallback to find full path to lmod binary (see Required modules tool)

• release 20150430.01 (Apr 30th 2015): updated documentation for EasyBuild v2.1.0

  • also cover extensions in page on concepts and terminology (see Extensions)
  • add documentation on Partial installations, covering --stop, --skip and --module-only
  • add documentation on Manipulating dependencies, covering --filter-deps and --hide-deps
  • document -module-syntax configuration option (see Module files syntax (–module-syntax))
  • add note on detection of unknown $EASYBUILD-prefixed environment variables (see Environment variables)
  • mention support for prepending/appending to --robot-paths (see Prepending and/or appending to the default robot search path)
  • update release notes for EasyBuild v2.1.0 (see EasyBuild release notes)

• release 20150425.01 (Apr 25th 2015):

  • add documentation on Using external modules

• release 20150407.01 (Apr 7th 2015):

  • add link to Unit tests page in dedicated section at Installing EasyBuild page (see Running unit tests)
  • clarify relation between --installpath, --prefix, -subdir-* and --installpath-* configuration options (see Software and modules install path (–installpath, –installpath-software, –installpath-modules))
  • mention --show-default-configfiles command line option in relevant section (see Default configuration files)

• release 20150327.01 (Mar 27th 2015):

  • documented deprecated functionality w.r.t. error reporting (see Report errors by raising EasyBuildError rather than using log methods)

• release 20150316.01 (Mar 16th 2015):

  • include list of EasyBuild repositories cloned by install-EasyBuild-develop.sh script (see Installation of latest development version using provided script)

• release 20150312.01 (Mar 12th 2015):

  • enhance documentation w.r.t. template values in configuration files (see Templates and constants supported in configuration files)
  • improve documentation on --robot and --robot-paths (see Controlling the robot search path)

• release 20150310.01 (Mar 10th 2015):

  • document peculiarties w.r.t. dependencies in combination with a dummy toolchain (see Dependencies)
  • document clean_gists.py script (see clean_gists.py)
  • mention taking into account of proxy settings for downloading sources (see Source files and patches)

• release 20150306.03 (Mar 6th 2015): add release notes for EasyBuild v2.0.0 (see EasyBuild release notes)

• release 20150306.02 (Mar 6th 2015):

  • add documentation on GitHub integration features (see Integration with GitHub), mainly --from-pr (see Using easyconfigs from pull requests via –from-pr)
  • document locations where (specified) easyconfig files are being searched for (see Specifying builds)

• release 20150306.01 (Mar 6th 2015):

  • add documentation on removed functionality (see Removed functionality)
  • clean up documentation on deprecated functionality (see Deprecated functionality)
  • add documentation on provided scripts, in particular fix-broken-easyconfigs.py (see Useful scripts)

• release 20150302.01 (Mar 2nd 2015): update/cleanup documentation on Alternative installation methods

• release 20150227.02 (Feb 27th 2015): add documentation on the EasyBuild unit test suites, see Unit tests

• release 20150227.01 (Feb 27th 2015): enhance documentation w.r.t. to (optional dependencies), see Installing EasyBuild

• release 20150220.01 (Feb 20th 2015):

  • document new advanced bootstrapping options: skipping stage 0 and providing source tarballs (see Installing EasyBuild)

• release 20150219.01 (Feb 19th 2015): first updates for EasyBuild v2.0.0

  • extend section on (default) EasyBuild configuration files to also cover $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS (see configuration_file:)

• release 20150205.01 (Feb 5th 2015): include information on deprecated functionality in (generic) easyblocks (see Deprecated functionality)

• release 20150126.01 (Jan 26th 2015):

  • fix pip installation prefix option (Alternative installation methods)
  • clarify need to have modules tool binary available in $PATH (Installing EasyBuild)

• release 20150112.01 (Jan 12th 2015): mention need to escape % when setting log file format via config file (see Logfile format (–logfile-format))

• release 20150107.01 (Jan 7th 2015): document behaviour of dummy toolchain (dummy toolchain)

• release 20141219.01 (Dec 19th 2014): add release notes for EasyBuild v1.16.1 (see EasyBuild release notes)

• release 20141218.01 (Dec 18th 2014): add release notes for EasyBuild v1.16.0 (see EasyBuild release notes)

• release 20141217.01 (Dec 17th 2014): document deprecated functionality in EasyBuild v1.x (Deprecated functionality)

• release 20141204.02 (Dec 4th 2014): add EasyBuild release notes (see EasyBuild release notes)

• release 20141204.01 (Dec 4th 2014): updates for EasyBuild v1.16.0

  • document details w.r.t. (controlling of) robot search path, incl. --robot-paths (Using the EasyBuild command line)
  • document use of templates and constants in EasyBuild configuration files (Configuring EasyBuild)
  • bump EasyBuild version to 1.16.0
  • changed release number scheme for documentation (based on datestamp)

• release 1.0.3 (Dec 3rd 2014): add page on Code style

• release 1.0.2 (Nov 6th 2014): typo and grammar fixes, update Lmod installation instructions for Lmod v5.8

• release 1.0.1 (Nov 4th 2014): fix issues with Changelog

• release 1.0.0 (Nov 4th 2014): initial release of revamped EasyBuild documentation @ http://easybuild.readthedocs.org, covering basic topics:

  • introductory topics:
    • What is EasyBuild?
    • Concepts and terminology
    • Typical workflow example: building and installing WRF
  • getting started:
    • Installing EasyBuild
    • Configuring EasyBuild
  • basic usage topics:
    • Using the EasyBuild command line
    • Writing easyconfig files: the basics
    • Understanding EasyBuild logs