Documentation
- FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report for HPC-modernization is now public at: www.freebsd.org
New Ports
- benchmarks/py-reframe-hpc merged into freebsd-ports [bugzilla PZ]
- devel/spack keeping submission updated and awaiting review [bugzilla PR]
- sysutils/mpifileutils keeping submission updated and awaiting review [bugzilla PR]
Slurm updates
- merged local ports patch upstream [schedmd PR]
- submitted update to slurm 25.11.3 [bugzilla PR]
- update resolves some connectivity issues, clusters are now able to communicate and run jobs properly
Generic Rikka is a software developer and FreeBSD enthusiast with a focus on high-performance computing and system engineering.
She primarily programs in C and C++, but also works comfortably with C#, Python, Java, PHP + MySQL, and various shell scripting environments.
Rikka maintains several virtualized servers—both FreeBSD and Linux—and began contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection in summer 2025. Her first major work involved modernizing and eventually maintaining the sysutils/slurm-wlm port.
Today she is actively engaged in expanding FreeBSD’s HPC ecosystem, improving upstream collaboration, and promoting FreeBSD as a modern platform for scientific and research computing.