Merlin News
last modified:5/28/09 12:55:35 PM
April 2009
Merlin release 4.0 now
available!
Starting
with Merlin release 4.0 subversion (SVN) is used for
code management. This replaces the old CVS repository which is still available but will no longer be updated!
Release 4.0
- Now compiles under GCC 4.3.2*, and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition.
- The example code has been updated to run with the new version.
- A new class structure for wake fields with usage examples.
- An interface to ROOT in the examples section.
- A class to simplify the application of accelerator errors.
- From this release on the Merlin code is managed with SVN (subversion), see the short SVN introduction..
- There is class documentation for this release created by DOXYGEN.
The release has been tagged as rel-4-0 and is available from the public Web interface, from this web page, or via SVN as explained in the SVN introduction.
*tested with gcc 3.4.4, 4.1.0, 4.3.2; Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 and 2008
Merlin release 3.1 now
available!
Release 3.1 reflects an updated library that now compiles under GCC v4.0.2, and the new Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 compiler (Express edition). The example code has also been updated to run under this new version.
The release has been tagged in CVS as rel-3-1 and is available from the CVSWeb interface.
An additional module (MerlinVC2005) containing the project files for MSVC++2005 express edition is also available.
Note: As of this release,
Microsoft Visual C++ v6 will no longer be supported.
Merlin source now publicly available on CVSWeb as part of the ILC SOFTWARE repository.
You can now get the latest development snapshot directly from the CVS server via the CVSWeb interface. There are currently four modules:
|
Merlin |
the source library |
|
MerlinVC |
MSVC++ 6.0
projects for building the library under Windows. |
|
merlin-unix |
scripts and makefiles for building the library on unix
platforms. |
|
MerlinExamples |
Example
applications |
|
MatMerlin |
MATLAB interface
code |
Information on access to the CVS repository can be found on the ILC SOFTWARE web page.
Developers requiring write access to the repository should contact Nick Walker for a write password.
Important: Windows developers should download this guide for more information.
22nd December,
2004
Library release 3.0 now
available
Finally, the
long-awaited new release.
Release 3.0 of the Merlin source code is now available here.
Example applications for
v3.0
To celebrate
finally making a public release of version 3.0,
Andy Wolski and I have put together some example applications [more…]
First Merlin developers
meeting
Our first
developer & user meeting was help at LBL from October 19-20, 2004.
You can find the agenda and copies of the talks at here
UML model partially
available
A partial UML
model of the Merlin Class Library is available here.
The model is the
result of reverse-engineering the library using the
Rational Rose
tool. The model is being periodically updated to bring
it more in-line
with the actually code.
-Nick Walker, DESY