[slurm-announce] Slurm version 20.02.0rc1 is now available

[Tim Wickberg]

We are pleased to announce the availability of Slurm release candidate 
20.02.0rc1.

This is the first release candidate for the upcoming 20.02 release 
series, and marks the finalization of the RPC and state file formats.

This rc1 also includes the first version of the Slurm REST API, as 
implemented in the new slurmrestd command / daemon. The slurmrestd 
command acts as a REST proxy to the libslurm internal API, and can be 
used alongside the new auth/jwt authentication mechanism to integrate 
Slurm into external systems.

A high-level overview of some of the new features and other changes in 
the 20.02 release was presented at SLUG'19, and is archived here:
https://slurm.schedmd.com/publications.html

The Release Notes also include a summary of the major changes:
https://slurm.schedmd.com/archive/slurm-master/news.html

If any issues are identified with this new release candidate, please 
report them through https://bugs.schedmd.com against the 20.02.x version 
and we will address them before the first production 20.02.0 release is 
made.

A preview of the updated documentation can be found at 
https://slurm.schedmd.com/archive/slurm-master/ . Once 20.02 is 
released, the main documentation page at https://slurm.schedmd.com will 
be switched over to this newer content.

Slurm can be downloaded from https://www.schedmd.com/downloads.php .

- Tim

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Tim Wickberg
Chief Technology Officer, SchedMD LLC
Commercial Slurm Development and Support