Conference call notes 20151013

Notes on the 37th EasyBuild conference call, Tuesday October 13th 2015 (5pm - 5.30pm CET)

Alphabetical list of attendees (??):

agenda for the EasyBuild/Lmod workshop in Austin
- https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild/wiki/10th-EasyBuild-hackathon
discuss the output that the WIP --extended-dry-run implementation now produces
- see open pull request https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1388
- see the 'Example' section at http://boegel-eb.readthedocs.org/en/extended_dry_run/Extended_dry_run.html (draft documentation)
early look at support for (fat) easyconfigs in YAML syntax (.yeb)
- see http://caylo-easybuild.readthedocs.org/en/yeb-docs/Easyconfig_YEB_Format.html

move EasyBuild intro after Lmod intro, so TACC staff can join in after biweekly TACC meeting (ends ~10am)
AustinPy meeting on Wednesday evening?
social event on Sat: shooting range + visit San Antonio

print build/install dir as they will be used (rather than using /tmp/.../__ROOT__/...)
print install prefix in dry run of sanity check
difference between __ROOT__ and __fake__ paths (see setvar lines for netCDF in WRF module in example)

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