>>Back to TREX Build-system Hackathon 8-12 Nov 2021
Making HPC software easy to install on multiple supercomputers or different architectures is a difficult task: different systems have different compilers, libraries, system commands etc. This task can be helped by tools like CMake and GNU Autotools.
In this Hackathon, we will help code developers better understand how to use these build systems to improve the portability of their applications. In addition, well-done configuration scripts facilitate the packaging of the software, and presentations will be given to propose different packaging possibilities to distribute the software.
This Hackathon is a multi-day virtual event targeting students, engineers and researchers developing HPC open-source software. It aims at helping teams of one to six developers improve the build scripts of codes they develop. The supported build systems for this Hackathon are Autotools and CMake.
Prerequisites
Participants are expected to come with a code they develop. They should agree to share their source code with all the other participants. Therefore a an open-source license (GPL, BSD, MIT, …) is required. This event will take place with Zoom, and a Slack space will be used for communicating between teams.