OFI [RM] (23 sample scripts included)

Optimal Control  (9 sample scripts included)

Needed by App Freeze.

• Write examples that demonstrate new functionality
• Clean up all errors and warnings
• Remove deprecated fields

Notes/Questions:  

1. The OFI scripts are stored in the OFI repo, not in the GMAT repo. That's because OFI is an externally maintained and managed project.When GMAT is built, e.g. the windows build machine, it copies the OFI sample scripts into latestcompleteversion. That's how those scripts will be part of the release without being in the GMAT repo.
2. The sample script file names be pre-pended with R2020a.
3. Make sure all the API Folder (and associated sub-folder) sample scripts are updated and run correctly.
4. Starting with R2021a:  For Nav, we will be adding python analysis scripts associated with the EKFS GPS point solution tutorial, to the GMAT releases.  Thus, in addition to the usual GMAT sample scripts, we should be making sure that the non-GMAT scripts, such as these python analysis scripts, also still run correctly. 

Needed by App Freeze.

See Writing Release Notes

Needed by App Freeze.

Contact Katy Gammage or Mary Hrybyk-Keith to update cover page.

Next time: integrate sejda-console to do this automatically.

Needed by App Freeze.

Contact Katy Gammage or Mary Hrybyk-Keith to update cover page.

Needed by Code Freeze.

Just need to change the year usually.  

(if necessary)

Needed by Visual Freeze.

Needed by Release Day.

See the list of sites. Update this list as well, if necessary.

NOTE 8/6/2020.  This list needs to be updated.  Also, consider a team discussion to delete some websites. 

Updated major sites before announcement. Minor ones can be updated a bit later.

Needed by Release Day. Located here.

DSC will create list based upon SPH's R2018a email. 

(aerospace professors, ESA, chief technologists at NASA centers)

This needs to be provided once the documentation is complete and built with the release candidate.  Note this cannot be done until all docs are frozen!   (SPH takes Windows RC, edits Help doc in Acrobat.  Sends to Mac/Linux)

SPH: Make sure SPHINX for API and OC are included.   DJC added the files to application/docs. 

Note: For future releases, we should consider adding a build step to generate these automatically as part of the install process in CMake, rather than putting the generated files into the repo directly.

Build Windows installer

Bundle Windows zip

These are tests on the packaged versions of GMAT: the installer and the zip bundle.  ( Test internal first. )

(Current smoke tests take a long time, about 4 hours.  Maybe later, cut this time down)

DSC

MS/WS

DJC

Windows.  First run tests on the installer version of GMAT.  Run tests on the .zip bundle tests afterwards on same build to compare.

(On Final RC, this is 4 runs, Windows and Installer for both  internal and external).  Test internal first.  

For R2020a Windows results, see \\mesa-file\595\GMAT\Builds\windows\VS2017_build_64\R2020a\RC2\Test Results folder.   

Mac – RC1 run completed with 3 errors (alpha off), RC2 run is looping through comparators at 1:46 pm 4/30

Linux – RC2 internal is solid on both Linux flavors.

JM 

DJC

MS/WS

Windows

Linux   Note ticket GMT-7245.  Some tests do not run correctly in the test system on Linux; those tests were checked by hand.

Mac

Definition:  This is the set of 48 regression test scripts that take about 5 minutes to run.

Input/Other/API and Input/UnderDevelopment/MatAPITesting

See JM email dated Wed 4/29/2020 12:11 PM for attached file RunAPITests.m.   

MES/WS

JM/DSC

DJC

At a minimum these need to be run individually by hand or run in GUI regression system.  Additionally, they must be run on a system that has no other installations of GMAT.  Past experience has shown that missing files, and configuration issues are not caught by running on machines used for development.

Nav Python Analysis Scripts

Note:  Starting with R2021a:  For Nav, we will be adding python analysis scripts associated with the EKFS GPS point solution tutorial, to the GMAT releases.  Thus, in addition to the usual GMAT sample scripts, we should be making sure that the non-GMAT scripts, such as these python analysis scripts, also still run correctly. 

JM

DJC

Windows

Linux

Notes: 

(1)  Make sure all API Sample tests (API folder and API/Jupyter sub-folder) run correctly.  

(2)  For 2020a Mac, will not run API sample scripts.  

Definition:  Run scripts in Folder API and API/Jupyter.  

(For final RC only)

On Final RC, this is 4 runs, Windows and Installer for both  internal and external. 

Make files visible on SourceForge

07/21: Made visible at time of posting, as "soft" release.

(For R2020a, we forgot the "staged" step)

Send out release announcement (Snd BCC to avoid "Reply All" spam)

Create R2020a "Release Notes" PDF to send out. 

DSC

DJC

• Mention GSFC in the announcement
• Don't include large attachments.

• Need distribution list from SPH

Notes 8/5/2020: 

1. Sent email to Sourceforge gmat-info email list but received "this list is for project announcements only, so your message has been blocked" response. 
2. Sent email to Sourceforge gmat-users email list.  Needs Moderator approval.  DJC approved.  Message sent. 
3. Asked Paul M. to send Release announcement to 590-all. 

"Release Notes" was a bit of a hack.  I made a custom Makefile to build a draft document from the UG xml file, and then edited it for formatting and broken User Guide links.  The cover page is the R2018a cover page, with the "20" piece copied over the 18 and then the "a" shifted to the right.  This is not a recommended best practice! 

Suggestions:

• Build the text version first and then paste and edit it into the xml, avoiding the internal link issue
• Make the cover page image document available for editing.  (I suspect it's a Photoshop .psd file with layers.  Or should be.)

R2020a:  Not quite sure what is involved.  Will coordinate with SPH.

8/6/2020:  WIki changed.  SPH to investigate.  Need to find list of releases.

Go to JIRA.  Select "Projects" on LHS menu.  Then select "Releases."  Hit ...

Click on Release of interest.  Move unresolved issues to next Release.