Modules 4.6.0 is here with many new stuff to handle the life cycle of your modulefiles. It is as always backward-compatible with previous version 4 releases and primarily adds features and fixes bugs. Major new features introduced in v4.6.0 since v4.5 are:

• Translating shell scripts into modulefiles
• Embed shell scripts in modulefiles
• Querying user’s name and groups membership
• Hiding modules
• Forbidding use of modules
• Tracing module execution

Details on these features included in this new release are provided in the MIGRATING document. The list of all changes made in this new version are described in the NEWS document.

The tarball of this new version can be downloaded at:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/modules/modules-4.6.0.tar.gz

The zipball to install this new version on Windows platform can be downloaded at:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/modules/modules-4.6.0-win.zip

If you encounter any issue, please let us know by creating a ticket on the project bug tracker at:

https://github.com/cea-hpc/modules/issues

Many thanks also to all of you who improve Modules by reporting bugs or sharing new ideas.