Merge pull request #1115 from jsquyres/pr/v2.0.0/NEWS-tweaks

NEWS: More tweaks and updates for v2.0.0

Author: hppritcha

NEWS

@@ -61,127 +61,141 @@ included in the vX.Y.Z section and be denoted as:
  *  Open MPI is now fully MPI-3.1 compliant
  **********************************************************************
 
-- Enhancements to reduce the memory footprint for jobs at scale.
-  A new MCA parameter - mpi_add_procs_cutoff is available to set
-  the threshold for using this feature.
-- Enhancements to MPI RMA.  Open MPI now maps MPI RMA operations on
-  to native RMA operations for those networks which support this
+- Enhancements to reduce the memory footprint for jobs at scale.  A
+  new MCA parameter, "mpi_add_procs_cutoff", is available to set the
+  threshold for using this feature.
+- Many enhancements to MPI RMA.  Open MPI now maps MPI RMA operations
+  on to native RMA operations for those networks which support this
   capability.
+- ompi_info now shows all components, even if they do not have MCA
+  parameters.  The prettyprint output now separates groups with a
+  dashed line.
 - Add support for PMIx - Process Management Interface for Exascale.
   Version 1.1.2 of PMIx is included internally in this release.
 - Add support for PLFS file systems in Open MPI I/O.
 - Add support for UCX transport.
 - Improved support for MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE.
-- Update Java interfaces to MPI-3.1
 - Simplify build process for Cray XC systems.  Add support for
   using native SLURM.
-- Update the internal copy of ROMIO to that which shipped in MPICH
-  3.1.4.
-- Update internal copy of libevent to v2.0.22.
-- Update internal copy of hwloc to v1.11.2.
-- Removed checkpoint/restart code due to loss of maintainer. :-(
-- Add a new MCA parameter - opal_common_verbs_want_fork_support. This
-  replaces the btl_openib_want_fork_support parameter.
-- Add a -tune command line option to simplify setting many environment
-  variables and mca parameters.
-- Removed --enable-mpi-profiling configure option.
+- Updated internal/embedded copies of third-part software:
+  - Update the internal copy of ROMIO to that which shipped in MPICH
+    3.1.4.
+  - Update internal copy of libevent to v2.0.22.
+  - Update internal copy of hwloc to v1.11.2.
+- Add a --tune mpirun command line option to simplify setting many
+  environment variables and MCA parameters.
+- Add a new MCA parameter -
+  "opal_common_verbs_want_fork_support". This replaces the
+  "btl_openib_want_fork_support" parameter.
+- Add a new MCA parameter "orte_default_dash_host" to offer an analogue
+  to the existing "orte_default_hostfile" MCA parameter.
 - Add --with-platform-patches-dir configure option.
-- Add a new mca parameter default-dash-to-host to offer a mirror of
-  the default_hostfile.
-- Add a --with-pmi-libdir configure option for environments that install
+- Add --with-pmi-libdir configure option for environments that install
   PMI libs in a non-default location.
-- Add the ability to specify the number of desired slots in the --host
-  option.
-- Remove support for OS X Leopard.
-- Remove support for Cray XT systems.
-- Remove VampirTrace.
-- Remove support for Myrinet/MX.
-- Remove legacy collective module:ML.
-- Remove support for Alpha processors.
+- Add the ability to specify the number of desired slots in the mpirun
+  --host option.
+- In environments where mpirun cannot automatically determine the
+  number of slots available (e.g., when using a hostfile that does not
+  specify "slots", or when using --host without specifying a ":N"
+  suffix to hostnames), mpirun now requires the use of "-np N" to
+  specify how many MPI processes to launch.
+- Removed some legacy support:
+  - Removed support for OS X Leopard.
+  - Removed support for Cray XT systems.
+  - Removed VampirTrace.
+  - Removed support for Myrinet/MX.
+  - Removed legacy collective module:ML.
+  - Removed support for Alpha processors.
+  - Removed --enable-mpi-profiling configure option.
+- Removed checkpoint/restart code due to loss of maintainer. :-(
 - Numerous fixes/improvements to orte-dvm.  Special thanks to Mark
   Santcroos for his help.
 - Silence a compiler warning in PSM MTL.  Thanks to Adrian Reber for
   reporting this.
-- Add missing Fortran bindings for MPI_Win_allocate.  Thanks to Christoph
-  Niethammer for reporting and fixing.
 - Replace use of alloca with malloc for certain datatype creation
   functions.  Thanks to Bogdan Sataric for reporting this.
 - Fix use of MPI_LB and MPI_UB in creation of of certain MPI datatypes.
   Thanks to Gus Correa for helping to fix this.
-- Implement a workaround for a libtool problem.  Thanks to Eric
+- Implement a workaround for a GNU Libtool problem.  Thanks to Eric
   Schnetter for reporting and fixing.
 - Improve hcoll library detection in configure.  Thanks to David
   Shrader and Ake Sandgren for reporting this.
 - Fix problems with XRC detection in OFED 3.12 and older releases.
   Thanks to Paul Hargrove for his analysis of this problem.
+- Update (non-standard/experimental) Java MPI interfaces to support
+  MPI-3.1 functionality.
 - Fix an issue with MCA parameters for Java bindings.  Thanks to
   Takahiro Kawashima and Siegmar Gross for reporting this issue.
+- Fix a problem when using persistent requests in the Java bindings.
+  Thanks to Nate Chambers for reporting.
+- Fix problem with Java bindings on OX X 10.11.  Thanks to Alexander
+  Daryin for reporting this issue.
 - Fix a performance problem for large messages for Cray XC systems.
   Thanks to Jerome Vienne for reporting this.
-- Fix an issue with MPI_Win_lock_all.  Thanks to Thomas Jahns for
+- Fix an issue with MPI_WIN_LOCK_ALL.  Thanks to Thomas Jahns for
   reporting.
 - Fix an issue with passing a parameter to configure multiple times.
   Thanks to QuesarVII for reporting and supplying a fix.
 - Add support for ALPS resource allocation system on Cray CLE 5.2 and
   later.  Thanks to Mark Santcroos.
-- Correction to HACKING file.  Thanks to Maximilien Levesque.
+- Corrections to the HACKING file.  Thanks to Maximilien Levesque.
 - Fix an issue with user supplied reduction operator functions.
   Thanks to Rupert Nash for reporting this.
 - Fix an issue with an internal list management function.  Thanks to
   Adrian Reber for reporting this.
 - Fix a problem with MPI-RMA PSCW epochs.  Thanks to Berk Hess for
   reporting this.
-- Fix a problem in neighbor collectives.  Thanks to Lisandro Dalcin
-  for reporting.
-- Fix a problem when using persistent requests in the Java bindings.
-  Thanks to Nate Chambers for reporting.
-- Add additional flavors to MPI_Comm_split_type.  Thanks to Nick
-  Andersen for supplying this enhancement.
-- Improve closing of file descriptors during job launch phase.  Thanks
-  to Piotr Lesnicki for reporting and providing this enhancement.
-- Fix a problem in MPI_Get_accumulate and MPI_Rget_accumulate when
+- Fix a problem in neighborhood collectives.  Thanks to Lisandro
+  Dalcin for reporting.
+- Add (Open MPI-specific) additional flavors to MPI_COMM_SPLIT_TYPE.
+  See MPI_Comm_split_type(3) for details.  Thanks to Nick Andersen for
+  supplying this enhancement.
+- Improve closing of file descriptors during the job launch phase.
+  Thanks to Piotr Lesnicki for reporting and providing this
+  enhancement.
+- Fix a problem in MPI_GET_ACCUMULATE and MPI_RGET_ACCUMULATE when
   using Portals4.  Thanks to Nicolas Chevalier for reporting.
 - Use correct include file for lstat prototype in ROMIO. Thanks to
   William Throwe for finding and providing a fix.
+- Add missing Fortran bindings for MPI_WIN_ALLOCATE.  Thanks to Christoph
+  Niethammer for reporting and fixing.
 - Fortran related fixes to handle Intel 2016 compiler.  Thanks to
   Fabrice Roy for reporting this.
-- Fix an issue with use of DL-related macros in opal library.  Thanks to
-  Scott Atchley for finding this.
 - Fix a Fortran linkage issue.  Thanks to Macro Atzeri for finding and
   suggesting a fix.
+- Fix problem with using BIND(C) for Fortran bindings with logical
+  parameters.  Thanks to Paul Romano for reporting.
+- Fix an issue with use of DL-related macros in opal library.  Thanks to
+  Scott Atchley for finding this.
 - Fix an issue with parsing mpirun command line options which contain
   colons.  Thanks to Lev Given for reporting.
 - Fix a problem with Open MPI's package configury files.  Thanks to
   Christoph Junghans for reporting.
-- Fix a typo in the MPI_Intercomm_merge man page.  Thanks To Harald
+- Fix a typo in the MPI_INTERCOMM_MERGE man page.  Thanks To Harald
   Servat for reporting and correcting.
 - Update man pages for non-blocking sends per MPI 3.1 standard.
   Thanks to Alexander Pozdneev for reporting.
-- Fix problems when building with plfs file system software present.
-- Fix problem when compiling against pvfs2.  Thanks to Dave Love for
+- Fix problem when compiling against PVFS2.  Thanks to Dave Love for
   reporting.
-- Fix problems with MPI_Neighbor_alltoall{v,w}.  Thanks to Willem
+- Fix problems with MPI_NEIGHBOR_ALLTOALL{V,W}.  Thanks to Willem
   Vermin for reporting this issue.
-- Fix problem with java bindings on OX X 10.11.  Thanks to Alexander
-  Daryin for reporting this issue.
-- Fix various a compilation problems on Cygwin.  Thanks to Marco Atzeri
+- Fix various compilation problems on Cygwin.  Thanks to Marco Atzeri
   for supplying these fixes.
 - Fix problem with resizing of subarray and darray data types.  Thanks
   to Keith Bennett and Dan Garmann for reporting.
-- Fix a pmix configury issue.  Thanks to Paul Hargrove for reporting.
-- Fix a problem with MPI_COMBINER_RESIZED.  Thanks to James Ramsey for the report.
+- Fix a problem with MPI_COMBINER_RESIZED.  Thanks to James Ramsey for
+  the report.
 - Fix an hwloc binding issue.  Thanks to Ben Menadue for reporting.
-- Fix a problem with the shared memory(sm) BTL.  Thanks to Peter Wind for the report.
+- Fix a problem with the shared memory (sm) BTL.  Thanks to Peter Wind
+  for the report.
 - Fixes for heterogeneous support. Thanks to Siegmar Gross for reporting.
 - Fix a problem with memchecker.  Thanks to Clinton Simpson for reporting.
-- Fix problem with using BIND(C) for Fortran bindings with logical parameters.
-  Thanks to Paul Romano for reporting.
-- Fix a problem with MPI_UNWEIGHTED in topology functions.  Thanks to Jun Kudo for
-  reporting.
+- Fix a problem with MPI_UNWEIGHTED in topology functions.  Thanks to
+  Jun Kudo for reporting.
 - Fix problem with a MCA parameter base filesystem types.  Thanks to
   Siegmar Gross for reporting.
-- Fix a problem with some windows info argument types.  Thanks to Alastair McKinstry
-  for reporting
+- Fix a problem with some windows info argument types.  Thanks to
+  Alastair McKinstry for reporting.
 
 
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