[Rivet] Rivet 1.5.1?

[Andy Buckley]

While I remember, I think that there is also at least one "Anton bug"
reported by email which has not yet been fixed. We should get that dealt
with before releasing 1.5.1.

Cheers,
Andy


On 06/05/11 16:25, Andy Buckley wrote:
> Ha! Okay, okay :-)
> 
> I would like to get my singleton cleanup patches in before releasing, so
> I can draw a line under that period of my life and delete the ancient
> branch directory that keeps mocking me. Fingers crossed that that will
> be as straightforward as I hope. It'll take until after the weekend, though.
> 
> Since you're keen to make frequent releases, Hendrik, do you want to do
> the procedure for this one? ;-) [Release and version number bumps,
> update ChangeLog, tag, upload, update website, and ideally update the
> manual on the arXiv... and I'm sure I forgot something else... oh yes,
> update the bootstrap script and ask Genser to build it.]
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> On 06/05/11 16:16, Hendrik Hoeth wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> after reading your answers I got the feeling the experimentalists
>> believe this will be the last Rivet release ever to be published.
>> Let me tell you this:
>>
>>       Don't be afraid, this is NOT the case!
>>
>> Having said that, I'd also like to add that with LHC operating it is not
>> unlikely that we will continue to see a continuous stream of new
>> analyses popping up on the horizon. If we wait for "just the next one"
>> every time, 1.5.1 will indeed be the last Rivet release ever. I don't
>> want that, you don't want that.
>>
>> Therefore I suggest to release now. If experiments want their stuff in
>> Rivet, they are always very welcome to send us their code and data. It
>> will go into the repository and be part of the next release.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>     Hendrik
>>
> 
> 


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