v0.8.15 Release Notes
100 new packages since 0.8.11
| Mitos | gtkplus | mpfr | py-matplotlib | py-shiboken |
| R | harfbuzz | mpibash | py-mpi4py | py-sip |
| atk | icu | muster | py-mx | py-six |
| bison | icu4c | nasm | py-nose | py-sympy |
| bzip2 | isl | netcdf | py-numpy | py-virtualenv |
| cairo | jdk | nettle | py-pexpect | python |
| cloog | lcms | pango | py-pil | qhull |
| dbus | libdrm | pcre | py-pmw | qt |
| dri2proto | libffi | pixman | py-pychecker | qthreads |
| flex | libgcrypt | ppl | py-pygments | readline |
| gasnet | libgpg-error | py-basemap | py-pylint | rose |
| gcc | libjpeg-turbo | py-biopython | py-pyparsing | ruby |
| gdk-pixbuf | libmng | py-cython | py-pyqt | tcl |
| geos | libxcb | py-dateutil | py-pyside | tk |
| git | libxml2 | py-epydoc | py-pytz | util-linux |
| glib | libxshmfence | py-gnuplot | py-rpy2 | vtk |
| gmp | libxslt | py-h5py | py-scientificpython | wget |
| gnutls | memaxes | py-ipython | py-scikit-learn | xcb-proto |
| gperf | mesa | py-libxml2 | py-scipy | xz |
| gperftools | mpc | py-mako | py-setuptools | yasm |
For users
- Support for Python and Python extensions.
- Python extensions can be activated/deactivated in an installation.
- Updated documentation
- Clearer 'spack find' output
- Bugfixes for mirroring
- Graphing dependencies with spack graph
- ROSE Compiler (http://rosecompiler.org)
- New commands:
- spack extensions
- spack activate
- spack deactivate
- spack clean (behaves like old clean -d)
- spack restage (behaves like old clean -w)
For packagers
- Package extensions, e.g.: extends('python')
- Extensible activation/deactivation of extensions
- Dependencies can set variables/build options for dependents
- setup_dependent_environment()
- Support fetch URLs with query strings.
- New commands:
- spack env
- spack graph