parallel/doc/release_new_version

= Notes on how to release new version =

== Update version ==

=== configure.ac ===
configure.ac: AC_INIT([parallel], [20100422], [bug-parallel@gnu.org])

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
perl -i -pe "s/20\d\d\d\d\d\d/$YYYYMMDD/" configure.ac

=== src/parallel ===

src/parallel: $Global::version = 20100422;

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
perl -i -pe "/version/ and s/20\d\d\d\d\d\d/$YYYYMMDD/" src/parallel
perl -i -pe "/version/ and s/20\d\d\d\d\d\d/$YYYYMMDD/" src/sql
perl -i -pe "/version/ and s/20\d\d\d\d\d\d/$YYYYMMDD/" src/niceload

=== Autoconf/automake ===

rm -fr autom4te.cache aclocal.m4 config.h config.h.in config.log Makefile.in missing install-sh
rm -rf src/Makefile.in
autoreconf --install -W gnu
./configure
make -j && sudo make install

== Testsuite ==

cd testsuite; make

== Update NEWS ==

With the same things that goes in the announce mail

== Package ==

./configure
make dist
make dist-bzip2

== Test the package ==

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
cp parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2 /tmp
pushd /tmp
tar xjvf parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
cd parallel-$YYYYMMDD
./configure && make -j && sudo make -j install
pushd

== Upload ==

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
cp doc/parallel.directive parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2.directive
perl -i -pe "s/20\d\d\d\d\d\d/$YYYYMMDD/" parallel-*.tar.*directive
gpg --clearsign parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2.directive

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
gpg -b parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
echo put parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/ftp/
#echo put parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2{,.sig,*asc} | ncftp ftp://ftp-upload.gnu.org/incoming/alpha/

== Download and test ==

YYYYMMDD=`yyyymmdd`
pushd /tmp
rm parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
#wget http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
tar xjvf parallel-$YYYYMMDD.tar.bz2
cd parallel-$YYYYMMDD
./configure
make -j && sudo make -j install
pushd

== Update OpenSUSE build system ==

https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=parallel&project=home%3Atange
cd ~/privat/parallel/packager/obs 
em home:tange/parallel/parallel.spec
find home:tange/parallel/* -type f | grep -v parallel.spec | parallel osc rm {}';' rm {}
make
Ret versionsnummeret fra 20100906-2 til YYYYMMDD-1

== Update Savannah ==

Content from release mail:

cat doc/release_new_version | klipper-stdin
https://savannah.gnu.org/news/submit.php?group=parallel
https://savannah.gnu.org/news/approve.php?group=parallel

# No longer updated. Too long and too buggy
# doc/pod2savannah_publicinfo src/parallel | klipper-stdin
# https://savannah.gnu.org/project/admin/editgroupinfo.php?group=parallel

== Update website ==

http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/sql.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/sem.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/niceload.html

pod2html src/parallel.pod > ../parallel-web/parallel/man.html
pod2html src/sql > ../parallel-web/parallel/sql.html
pod2html src/niceload > ../parallel-web/parallel/niceload.html
pod2html src/sem.pod > ../parallel-web/parallel/sem.html
cd ../parallel-web/parallel
cvs up
cvs ci

== Commit released version ==

git diff
git commit -a

== Update Freshmeat ==

http://freshmeat.net/projects/parallel/releases/new

== Update Twitter ==

New version of #GNU Parallel released. See what is new in this release
http://nd.gd/2j Watch the intro video http://nd.gd/0s

https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=parallel

# Only 350 requests per hour: 1 tweet = 3 requests
# 119 tweets/hour = sleep 30 per tweet (40 to be safe)
cat twitters | grep -iv removed | 
  parallel -j1 sleep 40\; echo @{} You have earlier shown interest in GNU Parallel. \
A new version is out: http://nd.gd/2j '|' ttytter

== Send announce ==

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/post
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.admin

https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/bug-parallel
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/admindb/parallel

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Subject: GNU Parallel 20110522 ('Pakistan') released

GNU Parallel 20115022 ('Pakistan') has been released. It is
available for download at: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel/

This is a major release. So far GNU Parallel has been focused on
replacing a single for-loop. The Pakistan release introduces ways to
replace nested loops.

If you are using the {1} {2} syntax for multiple input sources, then you
need to read about --xapply as the function has changed.

New in this release:

* Multiple ::: can be put on the command line and will be treated
  similar to contents from multiple -a's.

* ::: and :::: can now be mixed on the command line. Use {1} .. {n} to
  refer to inputs from the different input sources.

* --xapply is now needed to get xapply's behaviour of reading one line
  from each of the input sources.

* Multiple input sources will cause all combinations of arguments from
  the sources to be generated. E.g. 'parallel echo {1}+{2} ::: 1 2 :::
  a b c' will print 1+a 1+b 1+c 2+a 2+b 2+c. This can often replace
  nested loops.

* Implemented {//} for the input line with the basename removed (dirname).

* New video showing the new ::: and :::: input sources.
  http://tinyogg.com/watch/iOdhU/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOX1EyHkQwc

* GNU Parallel now has a logo.
  http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/logo.png

* Article about GNU SQL in USENIX Magazine ;login: (print)
  http://www.usenix.org/publications/login/2011-04/

* Using GNU Parallel with EC2. Thanks to Kevin Wu.
  http://blog.kevinformatics.com/post/4970574713/interested-in-your-experience-using-gnu-parallel-in

* Review with idea for {..} and {...} in Japanese. Thanks to ichii386.
  http://d.hatena.ne.jp/ichii386/20110426

* Upgrade GNU Parallel using Macports. Thanks to Phil Hollenback.
  http://www.hollenback.net/index.php/MacportsParallel

* Robert from Echo One discusses using processes instead of threads:
  http://rrees.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/many-cores-many-threads/

* How to run GNU Parallel on a SLURM cluster. Thanks to Kevin Stock.
  http://www.kevinstock.org/2011/04/using-the-ri-cluster/

* Short article about using GNU Parallel with lame:
  http://loopkid.net/articles/2011/04/30/accelerate-lame-mp3-conversion

* Using GNU Parallel to run tail -f in Japanese. Thanks to Clouder.
  http://blog.clouder.jp/archives/001140.html

* BBC Research & Development uses GNU Parallel:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2010/11/prototyping-weeknotes-41-26112.shtml

* Short article about using GNU Parallel on RHEL. Thanks to Rishi Deshpande.
  http://nuclear-imaging.info/site_content/2011/05/11/gnu-parallel/

* Using GNU Parallel for FLAC->MP3 conversion. Thanks to Derek Marcotte.
  http://derek.chezmarcotte.ca/?p=286

* Bug fixes and man page updates.


= About GNU Parallel =

GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one
or more computers. A job is can be a single command or a small script
that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical
input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of
URLs, or a list of tables. A job can also be a command that reads from
a pipe. GNU Parallel can then split the input and pipe it into
commands in parallel.

If you use xargs and tee today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to
use as GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If
you write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to
replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running several
jobs in parallel. GNU Parallel can even replace nested loops.

GNU Parallel makes sure output from the commands is the same output as
you would get had you run the commands sequentially. This makes it
possible to use output from GNU Parallel as input for other programs.

You can find more about GNU Parallel at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/

Watch the intro video on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaiGYxkSuQ or
at http://tinyogg.com/watch/TORaR/ and http://tinyogg.com/watch/hfxKj/

When using GNU Parallel for a publication please cite:

O. Tange (2011): GNU Parallel - The Command-Line Power Tool, ;login:
The USENIX Magazine, February 2011:42-47.


= About GNU SQL =

GNU sql aims to give a simple, unified interface for accessing
databases through all the different databases' command line
clients. So far the focus has been on giving a common way to specify
login information (protocol, username, password, hostname, and port
number), size (database and table size), and running queries.

The database is addressed using a DBURL. If commands are left out you
will get that database's interactive shell.

When using GNU SQL for a publication please cite:

O. Tange (2011): GNU SQL - A Command Line Tool for Accessing Different
Databases Using DBURLs, ;login: The USENIX Magazine, April 2011:29-32.
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