Merge pull request easybuilders#4659 from gkaf89/refactor/default-job…

…-backend

use Slurm as the default job backend + deprecate support for GC3Pie as job backend

easybuild/tools/config.py

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 DEFAULT_ENV_FOR_SHEBANG = '/usr/bin/env'
 DEFAULT_ENVVAR_USERS_MODULES = 'HOME'
 DEFAULT_INDEX_MAX_AGE = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 1 week (in seconds)
-DEFAULT_JOB_BACKEND = 'GC3Pie'
+DEFAULT_JOB_BACKEND = 'Slurm'
 DEFAULT_JOB_EB_CMD = 'eb'
 DEFAULT_LOGFILE_FORMAT = ("easybuild", "easybuild-%(name)s-%(version)s-%(date)s.%(time)s.log")
 DEFAULT_MAX_FAIL_RATIO_PERMS = 0.5

easybuild/tools/job/gc3pie.py

@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def _check_version(self):
         """Check whether GC3Pie version complies with required version."""
 
+        deprecation_msg = "The GC3Pie job backend is no longer maintained and will be removed"
+        deprecation_msg += ", please use a different job backend"
+        _log.deprecated(deprecation_msg, '6.0')
+
         try:
             from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
             pkg = get_distribution('gc3pie')

test/framework/parallelbuild.py

@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ def test_build_easyconfigs_in_parallel_gc3pie(self):
             print("GC3Pie not available, skipping test")
             return
 
+        self.allow_deprecated_behaviour()
+
         # put GC3Pie config in place to use local host and fork/exec
         resourcedir = os.path.join(self.test_prefix, 'gc3pie')
         gc3pie_cfgfile = os.path.join(self.test_prefix, 'gc3pie_local.ini')
@@ -262,7 +264,9 @@ def test_build_easyconfigs_in_parallel_gc3pie(self):
         topdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
         test_easyblocks_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'sandbox')
         cmd = "PYTHONPATH=%s:%s:$PYTHONPATH eb %%(spec)s -df" % (topdir, test_easyblocks_path)
-        build_easyconfigs_in_parallel(cmd, ordered_ecs, prepare_first=False)
+
+        with self.mocked_stdout_stderr():
+            build_easyconfigs_in_parallel(cmd, ordered_ecs, prepare_first=False)
 
         toy_modfile = os.path.join(self.test_installpath, 'modules', 'all', 'toy', '0.0')
         if get_module_syntax() == 'Lua':
@@ -280,7 +284,8 @@ def test_build_easyconfigs_in_parallel_gc3pie(self):
         ecs = resolve_dependencies(process_easyconfig(test_ecfile), self.modtool)
 
         error = "1 jobs failed: toy-1.2.3"
-        self.assertErrorRegex(EasyBuildError, error, build_easyconfigs_in_parallel, cmd, ecs, prepare_first=False)
+        with self.mocked_stdout_stderr():
+            self.assertErrorRegex(EasyBuildError, error, build_easyconfigs_in_parallel, cmd, ecs, prepare_first=False)
 
     def test_submit_jobs(self):
         """Test submit_jobs"""