Conference call notes 20150430

Notes on the 28th EasyBuild conference call, Thursday April 30th 2015 (3.00pm - 3.30pm CET)

Alphabetical list of attendees (5):

EasyBuild 2.1 (Kenneth)
EasyBuild on Cray (Kenneth/Petar)
- see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/EasyBuild-on-Cray
support for module properties (Kenneth)

documentation is already updated for v2.1, release is going to happen anytime now (certainly today)
short overview of major features added in v2.1, see http://easybuild.readthedocs.org/en/latest/Release_notes.html

report on current status @ https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/EasyBuild-on-Cray
next hackathon in Espoo (May 4-5 2015) is largely Cray-themed

properties: namespace/values (dict)
define known properties in EasyBuild config, tell Lmod about them by generating another $LMODRC file
keywords (non-Lmod specific), whatis
some properties will be in easyconfig (e.g. arch, moduleclass), others will

should work now, needs docs and feedback
get in for EB v2.2 under --experimental
support for installing FPM with EB is a prerequisite
way in which dependencies are handled may require more flexibility to let people do what they want
package per EB installation vs multiple EB installations in a single RPM (e.g. Szip+HDF5+netCDF @ TACC)
- let Bundle easyblock do multiple installs by calling out to different easyblocks, then create package + module?
TACC as a prime tester? keep under --experimental until after hackathon in Austin?
- already requests received to support EB @ TACC

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