[Ncep.list.nems.announce] Two upcoming commits to MAIN_NEMS.F90 and regression tests

[Samuel Trahan - NOAA Affiliate]

All,

In case it is not clear, commit #1 is in the "regtests" branch of
NEMSLegacy and nems.  Commit #2 is in the "rusage" branch of NEMSLegacy and
nems.

Sincerely,
Sam Trahan

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Samuel Trahan - NOAA Affiliate <
samuel.trahan at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> After Tom Black's commit, I will add new features to the regression tests
> and MAIN_NEMS.F90.  I have split these into two commits for convenience of
> those merging the changes.  The commit is tentatively scheduled for Friday,
> assuming I can merge Tom's change and retest quickly.
>
> NOTE: Commit #2 is a source code change to the top level of NEMS
> (MAIN_NEMS.F90).
>
> Neither commit will change results.  However, there is one new directory
> (tests/gfs_slg_2thread) to support change #1.
>
>
> COMMIT #1: REGRESSION TEST IMPROVEMENTS
>
>
> In the "regtests" branch of NEMSLegacy and nems, the following changes are
> made:
>
> 1. All redirections to /dev/null in rt.sh and underlying scripts are
> removed.  This is to aid users in debugging batch system problems.
>
> 2. Test definitions for the new regression tests are moved to the app
> level under a new "compsets" directory.  This is because compsets and
> regression tests need different inputs and baselines for different apps.
> The rtgen and supporting scripts are still in NEMS/tests.
>
> 3. On the command line, rtgen lets you specify individual tests, instead
> of requiring test sets.  Partly to support this, the internal dependency
> resolution logic is improved.
>
> 4. Additional subsets are added in rtgen: nmmmove, nmmglob, nmm2way, gsm,
> and a few more.
>
> 5. The missing gfs_slg_2thread is added.
>
>
> COMMIT #2: RESOURCE USAGE REPORT
>
>
> New C and Fortran 2003 files are added in the NEMS/src directory to report
> resource usage in a nemsusage.xml file.  The file is human-readable; XML
> was chosen because it is easy to automatically convert it to other
> formats.  This file is generated from ANY run of NEMS, not just the
> regression tests.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Sam Trahan
>
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