[Mageia-dev] updating torque?

[eatdirt]

> the obvious question....
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> Do we really need 2 branches of torque ?
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> Why not simply say bye-bye to 2.* series ?
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> Thomas
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Agreed! I was just avoiding to do a big jump as 2.5.x is still 
maintained upstream, but ultimately that could be the plan.

As we have some bugs on the current 2.5.3 version on mga2, we could also 
fix them by upgrading to 2.5.12, drop 2.5.12 in cauldron and move the 4.1.


The folks at torque says:

<<
The 2.5.x branch is the current maintenance build and will continue to 
have minor features and functionality added to it. The build has been 
deployed successfully in many environments and is considered reliable. 
Build torque-2.5.12.tar.gz is the latest release and the one we 
recommend most sites use.
 >>


For the branch 3, the summary is not very encouraging :)

<<
The 3.0.x branch has all 2.5.x functionality plus support for NUMA 
architectures, such as SGI. The 3.0.x branch is not backward compatible. 
Even though the 3.0.x code branch will work on all platforms we 
recommend 2.5.x for sites that do not need NUMA. Build 
torque-3.0.6.tar.gz is the latest release for the 3.0.x branch and will 
be the last release in the 3.0.x branch. Adaptive Computing support for 
the 3.0.x branch will end on December 31, 2012.
 >>

4.1 is indeed the next step:

<<
The 4.1.x branch has added significant enhancements and a streamlined 
architecture for managing workload faster, more reliably and with easier 
administration on Cray systems. It also features fixes and updates from 
the 4.0.x branch. It is the latest TORQUE release and the one we 
recommend customers use
 >>


cheers,
chris.