Jenkins

• Installed java 21 on more agents
  • Java 21 server can still connect to older java versions though
  • Java 25 also works
  • Gunter added java 25 to Geant4 windows nodes
• After April release of Jenkins needs java 21
  • Affects macOS machines
• Also needs to be installed on CVMFS agent machines

Geant4

• issue with some view of the Geant4 external for macos, Gunter to open a ticket with the details
• cvmfs available on macOS VMs?
  • Not yet available
  • kernel extensions are not implemented in parallels, but system extensions are supported, but fs-kit not yet working

CVMFS

• something installed bits packages in alice cvmfs?

SPI

• Plan of Work
  • Speed up use of cvmfs from cold caches? Things are slower than for Key4hep stack
    • Make the setup script static and not rely on runtime determination
  • Add tests for generators to make sure they run
  • User experience improvements of the stacks
  • MacOS 27 stack (September)
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