Day: June 23, 2006

madagascar-0.9.3 released

June 23, 2006 Systems No comments

New release madagascar-0.9.3 is out. The changes are mostly in configuration to enable compilation on different platforms. No need to upgrade unless you have had installation problems. Thanks to Naoki Saito (UC Davis) for feedback.
The installation was tested with the help of Sourceforge’s Compile Farm service. This release was verified to compile successfully on the following Compile Farm platforms:

  1. x86 – Linux 2.6 – Debian 3.1
  2. x86 – Linux 2.6 – Fedora FC2
  3. x86 – FreeBSD 5.4
  4. AMD64 – Linux 2.6 – Fedora Core 3
  5. Power 5 – Open Power 720 – SuSE Enterprise 9
  6. Sparc R 220 – Sun Solaris 9
  7. x86 – OpenBSD 3.8
  8. x86 – Solaris 9 (both with gcc and with Sun’s cc)

Madagascar: overview presentation

June 23, 2006 Documentation No comments

These slides give an overview of the recently released Madagascar software. They contain information regarding:

  • Madagascar, SCons and Python main features
  • Madagascar data format
  • Madagascar architecture
  • Madagascar functions and their self-documentation
  • Madagascar levels of usage (command line, SConstruct processing flows, and documentation)
  • how to write your own Madagascar functions (C, C++, Matlab, Python, etc.)
  • useful Madagascar links

Enjoy and do not hesitate to give me your feedback!