Release HeuristicLab 3.3.16

[swagner]

Codename:

• Prague

New Features:

• Write and solve MIP/LP models (integrated Google's OR-Tools)
• Manage projects in Hive and assign jobs and compute resources
• New persistence (HEAL.Attic)
• Implementation of decision tree algorithms for regression problems (contributed by bwerth)
• Upgraded .NET Framework dependency to 4.6.1
• Performance improvements and bug fixes

New Contributers:

• fholzing
• msemenki
• chaider (already previously?)

Release Steps:

Trunk:

1. Check and if necessary update year of assembly copyright of PluginInfrastructure
2. Check and if necessary update year of HeuristicLab license file
3. Increment plugin and application versions
4. If necessary update versions in plugin dependencies
5. Increment assembly file versions
6. Increment installer versions
7. Update samples
8. Check and if necessary update build configurations and project dependencies
9. Merge commits into stable

Stable Branch:

1. Check if all unit tests are passed
2. Create release tag

Release tag:

1. Build configuration Release Any CPU
2. Check if it compiles with mono
3. Remove unnecessary files from build output (*.vshost.exe, *.vshost.exe.config, *.vshost.exe.manifest, *.pdb, *.dll.config (do not remove DotNetScilab-1.0.dll.config, that's a plugin dependency), app.config)
4. Hide HeuristicLab 3.3.exe.config
5. Create zip file

Trac:

1. Attach zip file to Download wiki page
2. Update wiki pages WikiStart, Download, ChangeLog, ChangeLogPending, etc.
3. Create new milestone for the next release
4. Change description of the current milestone into changelog style
5. Complete current milestone and retarget all its remaining open tickets

Documentation:

1. Update tutorial slides (latest version, number of plugins, algorithms and problems, features)

Marketing and PR:

1. Post info about new release on HEAL homepage, ​HeuristicLab Facebook fan page and LinkedIn
2. Write a release announcement for the Blog and send a mail to our mailing list
3. Update Wikipedia page
4. Create release annotation in Google Analytics and update download analysis
5. Push to GitHub
6. Update Features page
7. Inform everybody else who might be interested

[gkronber]

r16942: Improve comments in NamedItem

[abeham]

r17016: Adapted the Test command scripts to use VS2017

[jkarder]

r17052: Updated search for MSBuild location in build script

[gkronber]

Please check https://dev.heuristiclab.com/trac.fcgi/ticket/2931#comment:54

[jkarder]

r17178: updated hl download images

[jkarder]

r17179: updated HEAL.Attic to version 1.4.0

[swagner]

r17180: Removed years in HEAL copyrights; year only remains in HL license file and in assembly copyright of PluginInfrastructure, as assembly copyright of PluginInfrastructure is shown in splash screen and about dialog

[swagner]

r17181: Merged r17180 from trunk to stable

[swagner]

r17182: Updated version of installers

[swagner]

r17183: Incremented Optimizer application version

[swagner]

r17184: Incremented plugin and assembly file versions

[swagner]

r17185: Updated project build order

[swagner]

r17186: Merged r17182:17185 from trunk to stable

[swagner]

r17187: Created tag with wrong path; reverted with r17188

[swagner]

r17189: Created HL 3.3.16​ release tag

[swagner]

r17190: Updated HL tutorial slides