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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 7d

seconding spack slack -- join at slack.spack.io

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 7d

You should also be able to run `spack diff /hash1 /hash2` to see

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 7d

you could also try running `spack solve` (debug thing) instead of `spack spec`, both without forcing the option and with. It'll show you the optimization criteria.

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 7d

Run `spack spec --json /hash` to see what's in the hash.

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 7d

`spack bulidcache list -l` will give you hashes.

If you try to build and require the thing you think you want by hash (^/abc123), Spack should tell you why it doesn't work.

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 7d

Join us in Chicago in March, when we'll hold the second in-person Spack User Meeting in conjunction with HPSFCon 2026!

Stay tuned for details! #hpc #hpsf #spack

High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) @hpsf.bsky.social · 7d

Great news! The date & location is locked in for #HPSFCon 2026. Save the date:
➡️ HPSF Conference
📅 March 16-20, 2026
📍 Chicago, IL
The 2nd annual HPSFCon will again bring together the brightest minds in high performance software. Stay tuned for CFP & registration details later this month.

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High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) @hpsf.bsky.social · 7d

Great news! The date & location is locked in for #HPSFCon 2026. Save the date:
➡️ HPSF Conference
📅 March 16-20, 2026
📍 Chicago, IL
The 2nd annual HPSFCon will again bring together the brightest minds in high performance software. Stay tuned for CFP & registration details later this month.

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High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) @hpsf.bsky.social · 14d

Missed our 4 day tutorial at ICPP? We've outlined the highlights in our latest blog ✏️ ✨

Read more about our work with Spack, Kokkos, and Trilinos: hpsf.io/blog/2025/hp...

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Verónica MV (she/ella) @verolero86.bsky.social · 16d

The morning session also included an overview of @spackpm.bsky.social presented by #LLNL's Caetano Melone #HPC #CARLA2025

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High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) @hpsf.bsky.social · 19d

🏆 HPSF is nominated for best HPC collaboration in this year’s HPCwire Readers' Choice Awards.

🏆 Spack 1.0 is also nominated for best HPC programming tool.

Vote now: www.hpcwire.com/2025-hpcwire...

#HPSF #Spack #HPCwire #HPCCollaboration #HPCProgrammingTool

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PyData Paris @pydataparis.bsky.social · 23d

📢 Talk Announcement

"Reproducible software provisioning for high performance computing (HPC) and research software engineering (RSE) using Spack", by Martin Lang and Hans Fangohr.

📜 pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/8C889E
📅 pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 pydata.org/paris2025/tickets

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 22d

Spack v1.0.2 is out! This release has a number of bug fixes and some improvements. #hpc #packaging

See the notes for details:
github.com/spack/spack/...

Release v1.0.2 (2025-09-11) · spack/spack

Bug Fixes spack config edit can now open malformed YAML files. (#51088) spack edit -b supports specifying the repository path or its namespace. (#51084) spack repo list escapes the color code for ...

github.com

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · 23d

Nice little intro to Spack by Pawel Pomorski of Compute Canada

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFbN...

Installing your software packages with Spack

YouTube video by Sharcnet HPC

www.youtube.com

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Aug 13

Spack v1.0.1 is out!

github.com/spack/spack/...

This is a bug fix release -- check out the release notes for details! #hpc #spack

Release v1.0.1 (2025-08-11) · spack/spack

Bug Fixes Ensure forward compatibility of package hashing with the upcoming Python 3.14 release. (#51042) The spack diff command now shows differences in runtime dependencies (e.g., gcc-runtime, g...

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High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) @hpsf.bsky.social · Jul 31

We're looking forward to participating in the 2025 International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP) 🤓

We'll be having a hands on workshop showcasing an introduction to Performance Portable HPC Development with Spack, Kokkos, and Trilinos.

See you there ✨ hpsf.io/blog/2025/hp...

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Aug 7

👋

a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a brick house with the words hi there above him .

Alt: Napoleon dynamite waving hi there

media.tenor.com

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Brad Chamberlain @bradcray.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations to the Spack team on reaching this significant milestone!

Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Jul 20

💥Spack v1.0 is out!💥

This is a huge milestone. We reworked the core to add compiler dependencies, and we're introducing a stable package API.

🚀1.0 also adds concurrent builds, better includes, and much more -- read it all in the release notes!

github.com/spack/spack/...

github.com

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Todd Gamblin @tgamblin.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hard to believe!

> spack --version
1.0.0 (73eaea13f381e3495299284856fd02a64e1d154c)
>

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zaptohome.bsky.social @zaptohome.bsky.social · Jul 20

Cant wait to try this out. Huge achievement!

Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Jul 20

💥Spack v1.0 is out!💥

This is a huge milestone. We reworked the core to add compiler dependencies, and we're introducing a stable package API.

🚀1.0 also adds concurrent builds, better includes, and much more -- read it all in the release notes!

github.com/spack/spack/...

github.com

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · Jul 20

This is excellent news! Spack is an incredible tool within the HPC software management space, but I also use it on my own Linux machine to manage builds and environments. Like conda for compiled code.

Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Jul 20

💥Spack v1.0 is out!💥

This is a huge milestone. We reworked the core to add compiler dependencies, and we're introducing a stable package API.

🚀1.0 also adds concurrent builds, better includes, and much more -- read it all in the release notes!

github.com/spack/spack/...

github.com

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Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Jul 20

💥Spack v1.0 is out!💥

This is a huge milestone. We reworked the core to add compiler dependencies, and we're introducing a stable package API.

🚀1.0 also adds concurrent builds, better includes, and much more -- read it all in the release notes!

github.com/spack/spack/...

github.com

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · Jun 2

@kermmartian.z80.me and I are hiring for a staff-level DevOps engineer! @spackpm.bsky.social expertise is particularly welcome.

Staff DevOps Engineer

Company Description: NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and stre...

smrtr.io

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Todd Gamblin @tgamblin.bsky.social · May 7

Awesome to see 48 people in the room for the first ever Spack User Meeting at the @hpsf.bsky.social conference!

Greg Becker is outlining the road to v1.0 in the opening session.

#hpc #hpsf @spackpm.bsky.social

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Todd Gamblin @tgamblin.bsky.social · Apr 29

Don't forget to fill out the 2025 Spack community survey -- it's open until this Saturday, May 3.

Help us get to 200 responses -- we're only 15 away!

Spack @spackpm.bsky.social · Apr 9

Hey Spack community! We're kicking off the 2025 Spack User Survey! Take 10-15 min to tell us how you feel:

📝https://forms.gle/G7xoddMwPF1k1BxT7

These surveys are invaluable for helping us set development priorities, so don't delay!

We'll keep this open until May 3.

#hpc

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