
During February 2025, Henry Nicholls enhanced the FormingWorlds/PROTEUS repository to improve reliability and usability on the Snellius HPC cluster. He focused on environment configuration, updating module loading to support 2024-era dependencies such as MPICH and netCDF-Fortran, and ensured critical environment variables like RAD_DIR and FWL_DATA were set correctly. Using Shell scripting and Python, Henry modified the PETSc installer to conditionally download MPICH based on the detected hostname, increasing compatibility. He also authored detailed Markdown documentation to guide users through multi-node login behavior and tmux session reconnection, reducing onboarding friction and addressing common pain points for new users.

February 2025 monthly summary for FormingWorlds/PROTEUS. Focused on making PROTEUS runs on Snellius reliable and user-friendly through environment readiness, module loading updates, and clear usage guidance. Implemented Snellius-specific environment and module loading improvements, ensured boot_PROTEUS loads 2024-era modules (including MPICH and netCDF-Fortran), configured RAD_DIR and FWL_DATA, and added conditional MPICH download logic in the PETSc installer to match hostname for Snellius compatibility. Added user-facing documentation on multi-node login behavior and tmux session reconnects on Snellius to reduce onboarding friction. Commits: 142ec733251afeda338cf018826cf1db67f73615; 5ff446b4632e4204dced8eaf66daecf4890446eb.
February 2025 monthly summary for FormingWorlds/PROTEUS. Focused on making PROTEUS runs on Snellius reliable and user-friendly through environment readiness, module loading updates, and clear usage guidance. Implemented Snellius-specific environment and module loading improvements, ensured boot_PROTEUS loads 2024-era modules (including MPICH and netCDF-Fortran), configured RAD_DIR and FWL_DATA, and added conditional MPICH download logic in the PETSc installer to match hostname for Snellius compatibility. Added user-facing documentation on multi-node login behavior and tmux session reconnects on Snellius to reduce onboarding friction. Commits: 142ec733251afeda338cf018826cf1db67f73615; 5ff446b4632e4204dced8eaf66daecf4890446eb.
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