v3.1.2 release is actually v3.1.2rc2 ?

[amckinstry]

The current release of ompi 3.1.x (5a14e33) is named 'v3.1.2.tar.gz', but is v.3.1.2rc2 inside.

[amckinstry]

Ok, digging further ...

https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/releases gives "3.1.2" but actually points to 3.1.2rc2.

The email https://www.mail-archive.com/announce@lists.open-mpi.org/msg00114.html
refers to the v2.1 directory. Changing "v2.1" to "v3.1" gets you to the correct v.3.1.2 tarballs

[jsquyres]

Yes, in git (5a14e33), the value in VERSION is 3.1.2rc2. Per our release process, this is actually expected.

The released tarballs on https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v3.1/ are not just a straight tar of the git sources -- we do post-process the git sources to make a final tarball (run the autotools, run flex, the final tweak to VERSION, ...etc.). I.e., the output of make dist != git clone ....

I just double-checked the tarballs on open-mpi.org and they do contain the correct VERSION values (i.e., no rc tags). Whew!

To be clear: we've never actually distributed Open MPI tarballs through github -- the only official releases are on open-mpi.org (which nowadays pipe through download.open-mpi.org which is an AWS cloudfront yadda yadda yadda).

The NEWS item you're referring to is almost identical to the 2.1.5 NEWS item -- but:

1. it was important enough to mention in the v3.1.2 NEWS
2. it's just slightly different:
   1. The v2.1.5 NEWS cross-references the v3.0.1 and v3.1.2 releases
   2. The v3.1.2 NEWS cross-references the v2.1.5 and v3.0.1 releases

[jsquyres]

Oh crud; right after I submitted that comment, I see the link you're referring to in https://www.mail-archive.com/announce@lists.open-mpi.org/msg00114.html -- it points to the v2.1 page.

I'll see if I can get that fixed.

[amckinstry]

Ok. I get the rationale but the git tarball == git clone and not dist tarball is confusing and could lead to errors. Best to put some distinction in the name. I'll ensure to grab the open-mpi.org version from here (its got the SHA sums, too).

[jsquyres]

Ok. I updated the last bunch of releases on https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/releases to have a message saying "don't download these / get the real releases from www.open-mpi.org".

[jsquyres]

I'm assuming this is now resolved -- I'm closing. Feel free to ping further if you have more information / questions / etc.

[jsquyres]

Update: mail-archive does not want to edit the message for us (which is kinda understandable, actually). So we're stuck with the incorrect link in https://www.mail-archive.com/announce@lists.open-mpi.org/msg00114.html.