Hi Fotis,

One of the things we are not comfortable with is frequent toolchain updates.  Hence we selected ictce-5.2.0 at the time when we started using easybuild as it was the most recent, and would prefer to stick with it for a while.  We will select a new toolchain version when we start building for our new cluster few months from now.  At that point the aim is to synchronize a toolchain version between VSC-partners.

Basically, we feel a six-month cycle for toolchains is a reasonable compromise between "freshness" and system administration workload.  This was agreed upon during one of the previous VSC all-hands meetings.  Up to now we never synchronized since we (i.e., KU Leuven) don't use Easybuild in production yet.