From pkwi at dtu.dk Mon Sep 16 21:51:37 2024 From: pkwi at dtu.dk (=?utf-8?B?UGV0ZXIgS2rDpnIgV2lsbGVuZHJ1cA==?=) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 20:51:37 +0000 Subject: [NOBUGS] McStas and McXtrace releases 3.5.1 available Message-ID: <3A82EC58-9C0A-4649-BA0F-B0CAACD69D49@dtu.dk> Dear all, It is finally time for a set of new McStas and McXtrace releases: v3.5.1! Thanks: - Thanks to all members of the joint McStas-McXtrace team and input from our users via emails and GitHub issues alike! Further a special thanks to Theodor Peter Guttesen (former DTU diploma student) who has helped modernise our 3D visualisation! Most important changes going forward: - From release 3.5.1 McStas and McXtrace are released simultaneously and with the same versioning (meaning that McXtrace takes a jump from 3.2 up to 3.5) - With release 3.5.1 we are officially dropping support for the "legacy" McStas 2.7.2 release and the "legacy" McXtrace 1.7.1 release. - To minimize work required for platform support and builds, we are now focusing on fewer platforms: * Debian packages at packages.mccode.org are provided for x86_64 and arm64 Linux (Thanks to the work of Emmanuel Farhi and his team at SOLEIL, official Debian packages are already available in Debian Testing and Unstable (see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/mccode) and should become widely available with next Debian Stable, after which we might drop our "own channel"). * conda-forge is to become our distribution channel for "everything else", meaning that: 1. Our macOS "bundles" are effectively now self-extracting conda-installers and REQUIRE an active internet connection during installation 2. From a later release in the 3.5 series the same will be the case for Windows - We are dropping builds for ALL rpm-oriented platforms. Please use conda-forge instead. - We want to release more "early and often" going forward, see the linked CHANGES documents under conda-forge. Both codes have received a number of bug fixes, new models and features - and to mention everything here would quickly become too long. But those interested in the details are recommended to read the respective CHANGELOGs for the two codes: * https://github.com/McStasMcXtrace/McCode/blob/main/CHANGES_McStas * https://github.com/McStasMcXtrace/McCode/blob/main/CHANGES_McXtrace One little p.s.: The transition to the new releases require a little extra, unexpected work on the websites - so please expect a little website-documentation inconsistency for the next week or two. :-) All the best from the joint McStas-McXtrace team Peter Kj?r Willendrup Forskningsingeni?r, Specialkonsulent DTU Physics [image001.gif] Technical University of Denmark [image002.gif] Department of Physics Fysikvej Building 307 DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby Main office at ESS DMSC Building 305 DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby Direct +45 2125 4612 Mobil +45 2125 4612 Fax +45 4593 2399 pkwi at fysik.dtu.dk [image001.gif] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 58 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.gif Type: image/gif Size: 1055 bytes Desc: image002.gif URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 58 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: