[Mageia-dev] updating torque?

Sat Aug 25 00:53:06 CEST 2012

+> the obvious question....
+>
+> Do we really need 2 branches of torque ?
+>
+> Why not simply say bye-bye to 2.* series ?
+>
+> --
+> Thomas
+>
+>
+>
+
+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.
+
+