Prepare release of ELPA 2017.11.001.rc1

Changelog

+Changelog for ELPA 2017.11.001.rc1
+
+- added new compute kernels for IBM Power8 and Fujistu Sparc64
+  processors
+- a first implementation of autotuning capability
+
 Changelog for ELPA 2017.05.003
 
 - remove bug in invert_triangular, which had been introduced

DEPRECATED_FEATURES.md

@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ In order to unfiy the namespace of the *ELPA* public interfaces, several interfa
 have been replaced by new names. The old interfaces will be removed
 
 Deprecated interface             Replacement                            Comment
-================================================================================
-get_elpa_row_col_coms            elpa_get_communicators                (removed)
-get_elpa_communicators           elpa_get_communicators                (removed)
-solve_evp_real                   elpa_solve_evp_real_1stage_double     (removed)
-solve_evp_complex                elpa_solve_evp_complex_1stage_double  (removed)
+==================================================================================================
+get_elpa_row_col_coms            elpa_get_communicators                (removed since 2017.11.001)
+get_elpa_communicators           elpa_get_communicators                (removed since 2017.11.001)
+solve_evp_real                   elpa_solve_evp_real_1stage_double     (removed since 2017.11.001)
+solve_evp_complex                elpa_solve_evp_complex_1stage_double  (removed since 2017.11.001)
 solve_evp_real_1stage            elpa_solve_evp_real_1stage_double
 solve_evp_complex_1stage         elpa_solve_evp_complex_1stage_double
 solve_evp_real_2stage            elpa_solve_evp_real_2stage_double

INSTALL.md

 # Installation guide for the *ELPA* library#
 
-## Preamle ##
+## Preamble ##
 
-This file provides documentation on how to build the *ELPA* library in **version ELPA-2017.05.003**.
+This file provides documentation on how to build the *ELPA* library in **version ELPA-2017.11.001.rc1**.
 With release of **version ELPA-2017.05.001** the build process has been significantly simplified,
 which makes it easier to install the *ELPA* library
 

ISSUES.md

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 For more details and recent updates please visit the online [issue system] (https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/elpa/elpa/issues)
 Issues which are not mentioned in a newer release are (considered as) solved
 
+### ELPA 2017.11.001.rc1 release ###
+- the elpa autotune print functions cannot print at the moment
+
+### ELPA 2017.05.003 release ###
+- at the moment no issues are known
+
 ### ELPA 2017.05.002 release ###
 - at the moment no issues are known
 

LIBRARY_INTERFACE

@@ -73,3 +73,9 @@ https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html
   NO incompatible API changes w.r.t. to the previous version. Only some functions have
   been added. The state of release 2017.05.001 defines this interface
 
+- 11
+  Incompatible API changes w.r.t. to the previous version (only in the so called
+  "legacy interface", since as anounced some deprecated function aliases have been
+  removed). For the current interface all changes since 2017.05.001 are
+  compatible, since only some functions have been added. 
+  The state of release 2017.11.001.rc1 defines this interface

README.md

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Current Release ##
 
-The current release is ELPA 2017.05.003. The current supported API version
-is 20170403. This release supports the earliest API version 20170403.
+The current release is ELPA 2017.11.001.rc1. The current supported API version
+is 20171201. This release supports the earliest API version 20170403.
 
 ## About *ELPA*
 

RELEASE_NOTES

-This file contains the release notes for the ELPA 2017.05.003 version
+This file contains the release notes for the ELPA 2017.11.001.rc1 version
 
 What is new?
 -------------
-For detailed information about changes since release ELPA 2017.05.002 please have a look at the Changelog file
+For detailed information about changes since release ELPA 2017.05.03 please have a look at the Changelog file
 
-- This release contains a fix for a bug introduced in ELPA 2017.05.002
+- This release contains new compute kernels for IBM Power 8 and Fujistu Sparc64 processors
+- A first version of autotuning has been implemented
 
 
 ABI change
 ---------------------
 
-Since release 2017.05.001 the ABI has not changed.
+Since release 2017.05.003 the ABI has changed.
 
 Any incompatibilities to previous version?
 ---------------------------------------
 
-As mentioned before, the ABI of ELPA was not changed; There is no
-incompatibility with the previous version ELPA 2017.05.002.
+As mentioned before, the ABI of ELPA was changed; 
+This change only affectes the  old "lecgacy interface", since as 
+anounced some deprecated function aliases have been removed.
+For the current interface there is no incompatibility with the
+previous version ELPA 2017.05.003.
 

SWITCHING_TO_NEW_INTERFACE.md

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Local documentation (via man pages) should be available (if *ELPA* has been inst
 For example "man elpa2_print_kernels" should provide the documentation for the *ELPA* program which prints all
 the available kernels.
 
-Also a [online doxygen documentation] (http://elpa.mpcdf.mpg.de/html/Documentation/ELPA-2017.05.003/html/index.html)
+Also a [online doxygen documentation] (http://elpa.mpcdf.mpg.de/html/Documentation/ELPA-2017.11.001.rc1/html/index.html)
 for each *ELPA* release is available.
 
 

USERS_GUIDE.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Local documentation (via man pages) should be available (if *ELPA* has been inst
 For example "man elpa2_print_kernels" should provide the documentation for the *ELPA* program which prints all
 the available kernels.
 
-Also a [online doxygen documentation] (http://elpa.mpcdf.mpg.de/html/Documentation/ELPA-2017.05.003/html/index.html)
+Also a [online doxygen documentation] (http://elpa.mpcdf.mpg.de/html/Documentation/ELPA-2017.11.001.rc1/html/index.html)
 for each *ELPA* release is available.
 
 

configure.ac

@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 #    by the current interface, as they are ABI compatible (e.g. only new symbols
 #    were added by the new interface)
 #
-AC_SUBST([ELPA_SO_VERSION], [10:1:2])
+AC_SUBST([ELPA_SO_VERSION], [11:0:0])
 
 # API Version
 AC_DEFINE([EARLIEST_API_VERSION], [20170403], [Earliest supported ELPA API version])
-AC_DEFINE([CURRENT_API_VERSION], [20170403], [Current ELPA API version])
+AC_DEFINE([CURRENT_API_VERSION], [20171201], [Current ELPA API version])
 
 
 AX_CHECK_GNU_MAKE()
@@ -1138,12 +1138,13 @@ m4_foreach_w([elpa_m4_kind],[real complex],[
         ])
 ])
 
-#echo " "
-#echo "***********************************************************************"
-#echo "*  This is a the release of ELPA 2017.05.003                          *"
-#echo "*  It mainly contains bugfixes to ELPA 2017.05.001                    *"
-#echo "***********************************************************************"
-#echo " "
+echo " "
+echo "***********************************************************************"
+echo "*  This is a the first release  candidate of ELPA 2017.11.001         *"
+echo "*  There might be still some changes until the final release of       *"
+echo "*  ELPA 2017.11.001                                                   *"
+echo "***********************************************************************"
+echo " "
 
 if test x"$enable_kcomputer" = x"yes" ; then
   echo " "

elpa.spec

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           elpa
-Version:        2017.05.003
+Version:        2017.11.001.rc1
 Release:        1
 Summary:        A massively parallel eigenvector solver
 License:        LGPL-3.0

test_project_1stage/configure.ac

 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2017.05.003], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2017.05.003"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2017.11.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2017.11.001.rc1"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real.F90])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])

test_project_1stage_legacy_api/configure.ac

 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2017.05.003], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2017.05.003"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2017.11.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2017.11.001.rc1"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real.F90])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])

test_project_2stage/configure.ac

 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2017.05.003], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2017.05.003"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2017.11.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2017.11.001.rc1"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real2.F90])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])

test_project_2stage_legacy_api/configure.ac

 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa2_test_project],[2017.05.003], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2017.05.003"
+AC_INIT([elpa2_test_project],[2017.11.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2017.11.001.rc1"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real2.F90])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])