Merge pull request #4900 from easybuilders/5.1.x

release EasyBuild v5.1.0

Author: boegel

.coveragerc

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           ls dist
           export PREFIX=/tmp/$USER/$GITHUB_SHA
           pip install --prefix $PREFIX dist/easybuild[-_]framework*tar.gz
-          pip install --prefix $PREFIX https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/archive/5.0.x.tar.gz
+          pip install --prefix $PREFIX https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/archive/develop.tar.gz
 
     - name: run test
       run: |
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           echo '%_dbpath %{_var}/lib/rpm' >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
           # build CentOS 7 container image for bzip2 1.0.8 using EasyBuild;
           # see https://docs.easybuild.io/en/latest/Containers.html
-          curl -OL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/5.0.x/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.8.eb
+          curl -OL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/develop/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.8.eb
           export EASYBUILD_CONTAINERPATH=$PWD
           export EASYBUILD_CONTAINER_CONFIG='bootstrap=docker,from=ghcr.io/easybuilders/centos-7.9-python3-amd64'
           eb bzip2-1.0.8.eb --containerize --experimental --container-build-image

.github/workflows/container_tests.yml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           ls dist
           export PREFIX=/tmp/$USER/$GITHUB_SHA
           pip install --prefix $PREFIX dist/easybuild[-_]framework*tar.gz
-          pip install --prefix $PREFIX https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/archive/5.0.x.tar.gz
+          pip install --prefix $PREFIX https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks/archive/develop.tar.gz
 
     - name: run test
       run: |
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           echo '%_dbpath %{_var}/lib/rpm' >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
           # build CentOS 7 container image for bzip2 1.0.8 using EasyBuild;
           # see https://docs.easybuild.io/en/latest/Containers.html
-          curl -OL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/5.0.x/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.8.eb
+          curl -OL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/develop/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/bzip2/bzip2-1.0.8.eb
           export EASYBUILD_CONTAINERPATH=$PWD
           export EASYBUILD_CONTAINER_CONFIG='bootstrap=docker,from=ghcr.io/easybuilders/centos-7.9-python3-amd64'
           export EASYBUILD_CONTAINER_TYPE='apptainer'

.github/workflows/container_tests_apptainer.yml

@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd $HOME
           for pkg in easyblocks easyconfigs; do
-              curl -OL https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-${pkg}/archive/5.0.x.tar.gz
-              tar xfz 5.0.x.tar.gz
-              rm -f 5.0.x.tar.gz
+              curl -OL https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-${pkg}/archive/develop.tar.gz
+              tar xfz develop.tar.gz
+              rm -f develop.tar.gz
           done
 
       - name: Set up environment
         shell: bash
         run: |
           # collect environment variables to be set in subsequent steps in script that can be sourced
           echo "export PATH=$PWD:$PATH" > /tmp/eb_env
-          echo "export PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$HOME/easybuild-easyblocks-5.0.x:$HOME/easybuild-easyconfigs-5.0.x" >> /tmp/eb_env
+          echo "export PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$HOME/easybuild-easyblocks-develop:$HOME/easybuild-easyconfigs-develop" >> /tmp/eb_env
 
       - name: Run commands to check test environment
         shell: bash

.github/workflows/end2end.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5.4.0
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
     - name: install Python packages
       run: |

.github/workflows/linting.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    :align: center
    :height: 400px
 
-.. image:: https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/workflows/EasyBuild%20framework%20unit%20tests/badge.svg?branch=develop
+.. image:: https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/actions/workflows/unit_tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=develop
 
 `EasyBuild <https://easybuild.io>`_ is a software build
 and installation framework that allows you to manage (scientific) software

README.rst

@@ -4,9 +4,62 @@ For more detailed information, please see the git log.
 These release notes can also be consulted at https://docs.easybuild.io/release-notes .
 
 
+v5.1.0 (26 May 2025)
+--------------------
+
+feature release
+
+- various enhancements, including:
+  - add support for data installations (#4474, #4873, #4874)
+  - allow specifying location for RPATH wrapper scripts via `rpath_wrappers_dir` (#4596)
+  - add a CUDA device code sanity check (#4692)
+  - add support for check_readelf_rpath easyconfig parameter to optionally skip RPATH checks (#4768)
+  - add support for using environment variables in value used in modextravars (#4855)
+  - print summary after the build in trace output (#4861, #4875)
+  - avoid leaking keys by mistake with `--upload-test-report` (#4877)
+  - obtain PR/commit diff via GitHub API rather than downloading `*.diff` file via github.com (#4878)
+  - support options for patch command (#4886)
+  - replace full trace message for extension check command with simple pass/fail message (#4892)
+- various bug fixes, including:
+  - also pass `rpath_include_dirs` when preparing build environment for extensions (#4596)
+  - fix `check_checksums` when `nosource: True` is used (#4806)
+  - fix help string of findPythonDeps.py script (#4821)
+  - take into account `job-output-dir` option in Slurm job backend (#4842)
+  - fix unbound variable in error case in `build_and_install_software` (#4843)
+  - avoid failure when only some passed easyconfigs exist (#4847)
+  - restore original value for non-list easyconfig parameter values that are considered for iterating over (#4848)
+  - add '-' before 'DMKL_ILP64' in $CFLAGS (#4850)
+  - enhance RPATH sanity check to skip anything whose absolute path resolves to outside the install dir (#4854)
+  - use new `ModEnvVarType.STRICT_PATH_WITH_FILES` with `CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable (#4858)
+  - fix `is_patch_for` for patch dicts (#4865)
+  - update fake module for each extension installed (#4868, #4888, #4895)
+  - implement exponential backoff in `download_file` (#4870, #4880)
+  - use `develop` branch for PRs that target removed `5.0.x` branch in `fetch_files_from_pr` (#4879)
+  - also ignore errors raised during test step when `--ignore-test-failure` is used (#4881)
+  - fix download progress bar (#4885)
+  - fix `--dep-graph` by using `graphviz` Python package (#4891)
+- fixes for test suite:
+  - fix `test_github_preview_pr` which got broken because there's no more easyconfigs for bzip2 1.0.6 in easyconfigs repo (#4827)
+  - fix tests after removal of 5.0.x branch (#4830)
+  - fix missed message in trivial equal-asserts (#4831)
+  - fix wrong variable name used for Python version in linting CI (#4839)
+  - fix failing GitHub integration CI tests (#4841)
+  - fix testsuite badge in README (#4845)
+- other changes:
+  - go back to using `develop` branch rather than `5.0.x` branch in GitHub Actions workflows (#4820)
+  - remove source tarball for Python 3.7.2 from test sources (#4828)
+  - delete .coveragerc (#4833)
+  - remove Python 2 constructs (#4834)
+  - remove superflous assignment in `_sanity_check_step` (#4851)
+  - replace deprecation warning about reproducible tarballs on Python older than 3.9 with a regular warning (#4852)
+  - move `EasyBlock.expand_module_search_path` into `ModuleEnvironmentVariable.expand_paths` (#4859)
+
+
 v5.0.0 (18 March 2025)
 ----------------------
 
+major release (includes breaking changes)
+
 - remove support for Python 2.7 and 3.5 (#4229, #4270, #4306, #4473, #4477, #4476, #4478, #4524, #4607, #4756, #4810, #4811) 
   - also run unit test suite with Python 3.12 + 3.13 (#4484, #4674)
 - changed defaults in EasyBuild configuration:

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ def __init__(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
 
         getattr(logger, self.LOGGING_METHOD_NAME)(msg)
 
-        super(LoggedException, self).__init__(msg)
+        super().__init__(msg)

easybuild/base/exceptions.py

@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 msg = "Encountered unknown keys %s (known keys: %s)" % (unknown_keys, self.KNOWN_KEYS)
                 self.log.raiseException(msg, exception=KeyError)
 
-        super(FrozenDictKnownKeys, self).__init__(tmpdict)
+        super().__init__(tmpdict)
 
     # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
     def __getitem__(self, key, *args, **kwargs):
         """Redefine __getitem__ to provide a better KeyError message."""
         try:
-            return super(FrozenDictKnownKeys, self).__getitem__(key, *args, **kwargs)
+            return super().__getitem__(key, *args, **kwargs)
         except KeyError as err:
             if key in self.KNOWN_KEYS:
                 raise KeyError(err)

easybuild/base/frozendict.py

@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ def get_option_by_long_name(self, name):
         return None
 
 
-class GeneralOption(object):
+class GeneralOption:
     """
     'Used-to-be simple' wrapper class for option parsing
 
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ def __init__(self, go_dict=None, short_groupdescr=None, long_groupdescr=None, co
         if config_files is not None:
             kwargs['go_configfiles'] = config_files
 
-        super(SimpleOption, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def main_options(self):
         if self.go_dict is not None: