EasyBuild v2.8.0 (roadmap)

[boegel]

List of issues & pull requests that should get handled before EasyBuild v2.8.0 is released (planned to go out by mid May'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

framework

• bug fix for modpath_extensions_for function when used with module files in Lua syntax
  • PR: Bug fix for modpath_extensions_for function. easybuild-framework#1474
• support for PGI toolchain, cfr. PGI support (roadmap) #211
• fix issue with too many module use calls resulting in lots of overhead
  • Too many calls to "module use ..." easybuild-framework#1661
  • PR: stop creating ModulesTool instances over and over again easybuild-framework#1735
  • see stats in collect avg timings for module subcmds easybuild-framework#946 (comment)
  • switch to native Python module with Lmod?

import os, sys
sys.path.insert(0, '%s/../init/' % (os.getenv('LMOD_DIR')))
from env_modules_python import module
module('avail')

easyblocks

easyconfigs

• QIIME: add easyconfigs for QIIME and dependencies easybuild-easyconfigs#1057
• automated style checks: Add style checks easybuild-easyconfigs#2376
• intel/2016.02: {toolchain}[dummy] intel 2016.02-GCC-5.3 (REVIEW) easybuild-easyconfigs#2523
  • requires GCC/5.3.0-2.26: {compiler}[dummy] GCC 5.3.0-2.26 (REVIEW) easybuild-easyconfigs#2524

[boegel]

remaining open issues transferred to v2.9.0... #219

[boegel]

rien-ne-va-plus for EasyBuild v2.8.0, cfr. release notes @ easybuilders/easybuild-framework#1765, easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks#922 and easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs#3060