RE: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

Dear Sir, I’ve added skeletal draft of my GSOC proposal (as per the Apache foundation’s guidelines) below : GSOC-19 Application :- RNG-32: Implement More Generators Background The Commons RNG is focused on the utilization of Java-only implementations of various standard generators, with fo

[VOTE][RESULT] Release Apache Commons BCEL 6.3.1 based on RC1

This VOTE passes with the following three (3) binding votes: - Bruno P. Kinoshita - Rob Tompkins - Gary Gregory Thanks to Alex Herbert for casting a +1 non-binding vote. Gary On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 8:30 AM Gary Gregory wrote: > My +1 > > Gary > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:26 PM Gary Gregory

Re: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

Hi Abhishek. Overall it looks good to me (but I'm not used to laying out GSoC proposals so it might be good to have additional comments). I've added a few remarks in the text (see below). Le dim. 24 mars 2019 à 13:09, Abhishek Dhadwal a écrit : > > Dear Sir, > > I’ve added skeletal draft of my

Re: [LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

All done? ;-) Gary On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 8:55 AM Rob Tompkins wrote: > > > > On Mar 22, 2019, at 8:40 AM, Gary Gregory > wrote: > > > > +1 > > > > Testing RC tag checkout. > > > > Not a blocker, the changes.xml file needs a release date and description. > > Doh. Thanks. > > > > > Using: > >

Re: [LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

Good question. I am. But I won’t be able to finish things up until tomorrow. It’s been a hectic week...couple of night shifts friend in from out of town and such. -Rob > On Mar 24, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > All done? ;-) > > Gary > >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 8:55 AM Rob T

Re: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

> On 24 Mar 2019, at 14:47, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > Hi Abhishek. > > Overall it looks good to me (but I'm not used to laying out GSoC proposals > so it might be good to have additional comments). > > I've added a few remarks in the text (see below). > > Le dim. 24 mars 2019 à 13:09, Abhis

[Rng] PractRand

Has this testing suite been investigated: PractRand http://pracrand.sourceforge.net/ It may provide a useful alternative to Dieharder or TestU01. I supports direct calls to the test suite using an API or piped data from stdin. Alex

Re: [LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

If you can just do the release from Nexus bit, then I can use the new parent. I might RC [vfs]. Gary On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 11:32 AM Rob Tompkins wrote: > Good question. I am. But I won’t be able to finish things up until > tomorrow. It’s been a hectic week...couple of night shifts friend in

Re: [LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

Ah. Then I’ll promote it right now and button the rest up tomorrow. > On Mar 24, 2019, at 11:50 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > If you can just do the release from Nexus bit, then I can use the new > parent. I might RC [vfs]. > > Gary > >> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 11:32 AM Rob Tompkins wrote: >>

Re: [LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

Here’s my +1. -Rob > On Mar 20, 2019, at 11:22 AM, Rob Tompkins wrote: > > We have fixed quite a few bugs and added some significant enhancements since > Apache Commons Parent 47 was released, so I would like to release Apache > Commons Parent 48. > > Apache Commons Parent 48 RC1 is availabl

Re: [Rng] PractRand

Hi. Le dim. 24 mars 2019 à 16:55, Alex Herbert a écrit : > > Has this testing suite been investigated: > > PractRand > > http://pracrand.sourceforge.net/ I didn't know about it, until coming across from the "Middle-square Weyl PRNG" page. > > It may provide a

[RESULT][LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

With the votes of: Gary Gregory: +1, and my: +1 this vote passes. I will perform the release mechanics over the next day and a half. -ROb :-) > On Mar 20, 2019, at 11:22 AM, Rob Tompkins wrote: > > We have fixed quite a few bugs and added some significant enhancements since > Apache Commons

Re: [RESULT][LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 48 based on RC1

Thanks Rob! Gary On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 12:18 PM Rob Tompkins wrote: > With the votes of: > > Gary Gregory: +1, and > my: +1 > > this vote passes. I will perform the release mechanics over the next day > and a half. > > -ROb :-) > > > On Mar 20, 2019, at 11:22 AM, Rob Tompkins wrote: > > > >

RE: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

Dear Sir, Honestly, I've no idea about whether this schedule is realistic. I mean: Assuming full-time commitment, it could probably be finished much faster. ;-) Oh, okay. As per your estimates, how many days should I allocate for the implementation and testing of each generator (inclusive of the

RE: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

Dear Sir, This all looks good. I would reemphasise that you should find a reference implementation of any new generator so that you can run it to produce numbers given a known seed. This can be used to test the Java version you create produces exactly the same sequence. Thank you for the feedba

Re: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

> On 24 Mar 2019, at 17:51, Abhishek Dhadwal wrote: > > > Dear Sir, > This all looks good. I would reemphasise that you should find a reference > implementation of any new generator so that you can run it to produce numbers > given a known seed. This can be used to test the Java version you

Re: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

Hi. Le dim. 24 mars 2019 à 18:42, Abhishek Dhadwal a écrit : > > > Dear Sir, > Honestly, I've no idea about whether this schedule is realistic. I mean: > Assuming full-time commitment, it could probably be finished much faster. ;-) > Oh, okay. As per your estimates, how many days should I alloca

Re: [Rng] User Guide Quality section

> [...] I think that we mostly agreed in another thread. > > Summary of my proposals: > > - Keep the order in the user guide as is but move MT next to MT_64 > - Auto generate the GeneratorsList from the RandomSource enum > - Update all the file names and the user guide to point to the renamed fil

Re: [Rng] User Guide Quality section

> On 24 Mar 2019, at 23:57, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > >> [...] > > I think that we mostly agreed in another thread. > >> >> Summary of my proposals: >> >> - Keep the order in the user guide as is but move MT next to MT_64 >> - Auto generate the GeneratorsList from the RandomSource enum >> -

RE: GSoC 19: Information pertaining to 'Lagged Fibonacci Generators'

Dear Sir, $mvn clean package runs perfectly and the build is successful. However, after installing TortoiseSVN and using $ mvn clean package site I get the following error : [INFO] [INFO] Reactor Summary for Apache Commons