Re: Test release for GSL 2.7

[Patrick Alken]

Thanks Patrick, some responses below

On 5/29/21 4:50 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> I run the test and generate the doc on
> Linux Teucidide 5.11.22-100.fc32.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 19 18:58:25 UTC 2021 
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> I did not any issue.
>
> Questions
>
> gsl is based at least partially on blas (and lapack?)
GSL calls an external CBLAS library. It ships with a default (gslcblas)
library, but it is far better to use an optimized library such as ATLAS
which is parallelized
> Can we benefit of the parallelism (openmp)?
> If yes how?
> Did you test?
>
> The default c compiler is gcc.
> Did you test gsl with clang?
I have not used clang
> It something offers very interesting performances compared with gcc.
>
> Best Regards.
>
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>> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 at 9:26 PM
>> From: "Patrick Alken" <patrick.alken@Colorado.EDU>
>> To: "help-gsl@gnu.org" <help-gsl@gnu.org>
>> Subject: Test release for GSL 2.7
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>   It is time to make a new GSL release. I have uploaded a test release to:
>>
>> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.6.90.tar.gz
>> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.6.90.tar.gz.sig
>>
>> All reports are welcome - anyone who can test on various platforms would be 
>> appreciated (Linux, BSD, Mac OS, Windows).
>>
>> Please try testing the build:
>>
>> ./configure && make && make check
>>
>> If you wish you can test building the documentation, but you will need to 
>> install the python-based sphinx software first:
>>
>> 1. pip install -U --user Sphinx
>>
>> 2. pip install -U --user sphinx_rtd_theme
>>
>> (the --user flag will install in your home directory rather than system-wide)
>>
>> 3. cd doc ; make html
>>
>> Please report any successes/failures.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>>