= 3_6_STABLE final sprint =
== Sequence of actions for each branch ==
For each development branch to be committed in the trunk, following steps have been fullfilled:

 * Branch has been validated regarding its new features in appropriate  way, and if possible tested on a CMIP6 like configuration or at least on  the ORCA2_LIM3 reference configuration (using vvl)
 * SETTE tests passed:''' run sette.sh and sette_xios.sh'''
 * Reviewer has approved

Since the timing is tight and we need to check each step, changes in  the trunk will be made sequentially, and tested at each step. For a  given branch to be commited, sequnce should be:

 * Update the branch to head of trunk
 * Final test of the branch
 * merge branch with trunk: this should include documentation in reference manual....
 * SETTE test on new trunk
 * Commit new trunk
 * Send a mail to nemo_st to say you've finished (in order for the next branch to be able to start, see proposed agenda below)

==  ==
== Ongoing work ==
|| Date || Description || PI || trunk rev. before commit || SETTE before || trunk rev. after commit || SETTE after || comments ||
|| || ocean-ice through OASIS and coupled interfaces || S. Masson || || || || || ||
|| || HPC LIM3 optimisations || M. Castrillo || || || || || ||
|||| Bugfixes: please add yours below || || || || || || ||
|| 10/06/2015 || ahmcoef now read in netcdf file instead of ascii file || R. Bourdalle || 5395 || ok || 5395 ||ok || ticket 1531||
|| 10/06/2015 ||use IOF for geothermal file reading || R. Bourdalle || 5396 || ok || 5398 ||ok || ticket 1535||
|| 10/06/2015 || change fldread to allow reading of 4 dimensions files || R. Bourdalle || 5398 || ok || 5399 ||ok || ticket 1536||
|| 12 june || Decide revision number for tests ||5398 || || || || || ||
|| 12-20 june || Intensive tests (add yours below) || || || || || || ||
|| 20 june || Create and announce 3_6_STABLE || || || || || || ||
|| || || || || || || || ||

== 12-20 June: list of tests ==
Each System Team member is expected to contribute, tests to be done on  the trunk after final bugifxes and before creation of 3_6_STABLE  (revision to be confirmed here) on 12 June. All results to be summarized  here: http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/Developing-with-NEMO/Validation/nemo-v3.6_STABLE-Validation

=== SETTE : add one PI per institution ===
=== All specific tests (add your below): ===
== '''3_6_STABLE release annoucement''' (draft) ==
Up to now, the stable NEMO release was 3_4_STABLE.[[BR]]From now on a new 3_6_STABLE release is available, cf. !https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/branches/2015/nemo_3_6_STABLE.

This release will be used by all CMIP6 experiments using NEMO (CERFACS, CMCC, EC_EARTH, Hadley Centre, IPSL)[[BR]]It includes all developments from 3_4_STABLE, i.e. 3_5, 3_6_beta, including the new XIOS IO system and some new features.

'''Main new features''' (for details, see !http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/History-and-Release-notes): [[BR]]     •    Coupled interface for next IPCC requirements (multi category sea-ice, calving and iceberg module) [[BR]]     •    Runoff improved and SBC with BGC [[BR]]     •    Solar flux filtering at daily frequency to force BGC component [[BR]]     •    Major evolution of LIM sea-ice model (including LIM3 in mono category, i.e. similar to LIM2) [[BR]]     •    On line coarsening of ocean I/O[[BR]]     •    Ocean and ice allowed to be explicitly coupled through OASIS, using !StandAlone Surface module)[[BR]]     •    First steps of wave coupling [[BR]]     •    MPP optimisation [[BR]]     •    XIOS new IO system[[BR]]     •    Standard Fox Kemper parametrisation [[BR]]     •    Atmospheric forcing at land-ocean interface [[BR]]     •    Open boundaries: completion of BDY/OBC merge [[BR]]     •    Solved 2 time stepping issues[[BR]]     •    Faster split-explicit time stepping, Z-tilde ALE coordinates, implicit bottom friction [[BR]]     •    First version of Configuration Manager [[BR]]     •    Standalone OBS component and improvements in OBS&ASM [[BR]]     •    [[BR]] '''Features becoming obsolete:'''[[BR]]     •    LIM2[[BR]] '''Quick start guide''' available here: !http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/Using-NEMO/User-Guides/Basics/NEMO-Quick-Start-Guide [[BR]] '''Validation:'''[[BR]]3_6_STABLE has been validated as usual :so-called  SETTE tests (restartability and reproducibility an each of the reference  configurations ([http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/null http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/Using-NEMO/Configurations][http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/null )] and appropriate validations of all new developments. Details on validation can be found here: http://www.nemo-ocean.eu/Developing-with-NEMO/Validation/nemo-v3.6_STABLE-Validation

'''WARNINGS:''' add here what remains to be tested, or still unsure, in this first revision of 3_6_STABLE, if needed

'''Associated branches:''' to be done

A  few associated development branches will remain aside, at least until  full validation. THose developement branches listed below will be kept  up to date with 3_6_STABLE. A project needing one or more of these  branches will have to


 1. Extract 3_6_STABLE
 1. Merge the needed development branch with 3_6_STABLE locally (see documentation here, to be done)

List of assocated branches


 * On line coarsening of biogeochemistry: ''add description and location''