Conference call notes 20170315

Notes on the 72nd EasyBuild conference call, Wednesday March 15th 2017 (5pm - 6pm CET)

Alphabetical list of attendees (xxx):

bug fixes in framework, cfr. https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/milestone/45?closed=1
- really fix problem of superfluous load statements with hierarchical module naming scheme
  - see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/2152
- fix broken packaging support, changes made in EasyBuild v3.1.1 broke the way in which fpm was being called
  - see https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/2153
- fixes for tests (cfr. https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/2154)
easyblocks: https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyblocks/milestone/37?closed=1
- easyblock for QScintilla (https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyblocks/pull/1127)
minor bug fixes, style fixes, enhancements in existing + a bunch of new easyconfigs, cfr. https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyconfigs/milestone/40?closed=1
- add patch to FFTW 3.3.6 to fix broken MPI Fortran03 interface
- lots of style fixes to make easyconfigs pass eb --check-style
- don't use $root since it is not compatible with module files in Lua syntax
- fix $PYTHONPATH in ROOT easyconfigs
- new supported software (11): DBG2OLC, disambiguate, fqtrim, GFOLD, LSMS, L_RNA_scaffolder, PileOMeth, psycopg2, QGIS, QJson, QScintilla

goal is to soon require that all easyconfigs in repository pass eb --check-style
- enable checking of easyconfigs style in Travis
- NO strict requirement in eb itself
WIP update to documentation @ https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/pull/311
- see preview @ http://boegel-eb.readthedocs.io/en/easyconfigs_style/Code_style.html#easyconfigs-style-guide
first need to make sure that all easyconfigs in easybuild-easyconfigs repository pass
- now >90% done
--check-style should also check order/grouping of easyconfig parameters
- cfr. https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/2165

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