Support #1471: Release CoCoA-5.4.0 - CoCoA-5 - CoCoA Project

Support #1471

Release CoCoA-5.4.0

Added by John Abbott almost 4 years ago. Updated almost 2 years ago.

Status:

Closed

Priority:

Urgent

Assignee:

Category:

Release

Target version:

CoCoA-5.4.0

Start date:

03 Jul 2020

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Spent time:

1.60 h

Description

Everything for the release

CHECK FOR BUGS
    Compile with --debug flag, and check that everything runs OK.
    In src/CoCoA-5/ run make ManExamples, and check that everything is OK.

Redmine Roadmap: close or postpone issue
    Redmine Release issues: check percentages, check timings
    Last check to CoCoALib doc, CoCoA-5 doc and RelNotes, TranslationTable.
    Finalize

version number for CoCoALib release: configuration/version
    version number for CoCoA-5 release: CoCoA-5/release-files/version
    cvs checkout in snapshot dir

cd snapshotdir
    configure --again
    make
    cd src/CoCoA-5
    time make doc
    time make ManExamples (~4min, and search "ERROR:" in ManExamples-out)
    ls-lt CoCoAManual/html

RELEASE FOR MAC FOR LINUX

cd src/CoCoA-5/release-files
    ./release-mac.sh (local)
    ./release-linux.sh (on virtual machine 64-bit and on 32-bit)

RELEASE COCOALIB

~/shell-scripts/cocoalib-cvs-snapshot
    ---- make release for CoCoALib ----

RELEASE FOR WIN

copy cocoalib tgz on windows virtual machine
    compile windows text version on virtual machine, copy CoCoAInterpreter from SharedFolder into local dir
    ./release-win.sh
    (ask someone for windows gui version...)

WEBSITE

update /Volumes/WWW/webcocoa/download/download5.shtml
    update /Volumes/WWW/webcocoa/download/RelNotes.shtml
    [[http://cocoa.dima.unige.it/download/RelNotes.shtml]]

upload manual
    publish manual (arXiv? ResearchGate?)

close release on Redmine

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History

#1 Updated by John Abbott almost 4 years ago

Here are some release notes:

new fn IsEmpty (for lists)
new fn RandomSmallPrime (exported from CoCoALib)
new fn RootBoundTransform
new fn HadamardBoundSq (exported from CoCoALib)
new fn FrobeniusNormSq (exported from CoCoALib)
new fn IsAtEOF (for testing for end of input)
automatic promotion of ring elems (in some circumstances)
new fn ElapsedTime
new fn substring
new prototype fn MinGBoverZZ (see issue #1272)
fn SmoothFactor has been renamed to FactorINT_TrialDiv; new fns FactorINT and FactorINT_PollardRho
revised impl for MinSubsetOfGens (usually faster than before -- may give different results)
revised semantics for UnivariateIndetIndex: now gives error if arg is a constant poly.
removed apply: just use function call syntax instead!
removed/renamed fns RationalAffinePoints and RationalProjectivePoints (use RationalSolve and RationalSolveHomog instead)
semantics of RationalSolve changed: now computes only affine solns, and return value is now a record
new fn RationalSolveHomog -- effectively replaces RationalProjectivePoints
double exponent warning: expr like x^2^3 produce a warning with a recommendation to use brackets
xel may now be specified as an ordering when creating a polyring.

#2 Updated by John Abbott about 2 years ago

I'm wondering whether we should release 5.3.4 as soon as practicable... otherwise I doubt I'll be able to help make a release this year!

#3 Updated by John Abbott about 2 years ago

Priority changed from Normal to Urgent

If we do make a hurried release (as I recommend), should we include a "health warning" that it is a hasty release?

#4 Updated by John Abbott about 2 years ago

Status changed from New to In Progress
% Done changed from 0 to 20

I have been postponing lots of issues which cannot be closed in the very immediate future.
I really hope we can get 5.3.4 out fast... to avoid that long delay!