First introduced in EasyBuild v2.1.0 (see
[EasyBuild v2.1.0 Release Notes][release_notes_v2.1.0]), experimental features can only be used by enabling the
--experimental configuration option.
An experimental feature indicates to users that these features may change significantly in a future release and should be used only for testing, not (yet) for production usage.
Currently enabled experimental features include:
- support for easyconfig files in YAML syntax (see [Writing easyconfig files in YAML syntax][easyconfig_yeb_format])
- support for generating container recipes & images (see [Generating container recipes & images][containers])
- support for using easystack files (see [Easystack files][easystack])
- support for trying to update versions of the dependencies of an
easyconfig based on what is available in the robot path (see
[Output of
eb --help][basic_usage_help]) - support for installing extensions in parallel (see [Installing extensions in parallel][installing_extensions_in_parallel])