Conference call notes 20160120

Notes on the 43th EasyBuild conference call, Wednesday January 20th 2016 (5pm - 5.30pm CEST)

Alphabetical list of attendees (4):

2016a update of common toolchains
- foss/2016a: https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/2310
- intel/2016a: https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/2311
- foss/2015.12: w/ GCC 5.3.0
eb --new-pr demo & RFC
- include as experimental feature for now?
outlook to EasyBuild v2.6.0
- see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/issues/176

foss/2016a + intel/2016a are considered good to go
- tested w/ Python, Perl, CMake, Boost, ...
foss/2015.12 w/ GCC 5.3.0
JSC: GCCcore 4.9.3 + GCC 5.3 + Parastation MPI (w/ ABI compat)

required setup?
- needs GitPython module + GitHub token
- so GitHub account + forked repo + keyring module also required
- cfr. https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/Review-process-for-contributions#setting-things-up (for now, should be ported to readthedocs)
for now, only easyconfig files
- patches?
  - right location can't derived reliably, will need to be specified
  - e.g. to add a patch file for make: eb --new-pr make.eb fix-make.patch:GCC
- removal of easyconfigs not supported yet
  - e.g. eb --new-pr :make-1.4-GCC-4.6.3.eb (analogous to "git push :")
- --new-pr/--update-pr can be updated to also support easyblocks/framework
current implementation of eb --new-pr/--update-pr will be included in EB v2.6.0 under --experimental

https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/issues/176
most things that will go in are about to be merged
- --new-pr needs unit tests
- --last-log is good to go
- 2016a toolchains are good to go
Python-related fixes are probably not going to make it in
bugfix for known issue with modpath_extensions_for and module files in Lua syntax is not ready yet
- Timothy: current 'fix' doesn't actually resolve the problem at hand...
- conflict with PR-to-be-merged (https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1472) will be handled by Timothy

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