Detailed Description of Major Changes

This section goes into detail on some of the major changes that you may need to understand to migrate from Cylc 7 to Cylc 8.

• Command Line Interface
• Cylc 7 Compatibility Mode
• Configuration Changes at Cylc 8
• Continuing a Cylc 7 Workflow with Cylc 8
• Cylc Install
• Excluding Tasks at Start-up is Not Supported
• Parameters
• Platforms
• Play Pause Stop
• Python 2 => 3
• Remote Usernames
• Scheduling Algorithm
• Graph branching, optional outputs and suicide triggers
• Task/Job States
• Template Variables
• Cylc 8 UIs