Merge pull request #94 from Qthreads/release-1.17-RC

Release 1.17 rc

AUTHORS

@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ [email protected]:David O'Brien <[email protected]>
 gmackey:Greg Mackey <[email protected]>
 bradcray:Brad Chamberlain <[email protected]>
 nevans:Noah Evans <[email protected]>
+janciesko:Jan Ciesko <[email protected]>

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
---- 1.16 (current) ---
+
+--- 1.17 (current) ---
+
+Improvements:
+ - Add GitHub actions for CI testing
+ - Add missing include files in the binders topology layer
+ - Handle SIGSEGV during configure testing to avoid user exposure
+ - Add --with-hwloc-symbol-prefix configure option
+ - Add errno preservation from system calls
+ - Fix compilation errors on M1 MAC computers
+ - Remove Loxley experimental schedulers
+
+--- 1.16 ---
 
 Improvements:
  - Add support for Spack testing (spack test run qthreads)

configure.ac

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([scheduler],
                              single-threaded shepherds are: nemesis (default),
                              lifo, mdlifo, mutexfifo, and mtsfifo. Options 
                              when using multi-threaded shepherds are: sherwood 
-                             (default), nottingham, and loxley. Details on 
+                             (default), distrib and nottingham. Details on 
                              these options are in the SCHEDULING file.])])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([sinc],
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$with_scheduler" != "x"],
          default)
            [with_scheduler="sherwood"]
            ;;
-         sherwood|loxley|nemesis|lifo|mutexfifo|mtsfifo|distrib)
+         sherwood|nemesis|lifo|mutexfifo|mtsfifo|distrib)
            # all valid options that require no additional configuration
            ;;
          mdlifo)