Plan for convergence towards a single EGEE middleware stack called gLite
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status quo:
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SA1 is preparing release LCG-2.7.0 which should be released during
November, 2005. 

JRA1 is preparing release gLite 1.5.0 which should be released at the
end of December, 2005. 

goal:
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converge to a single EGEE middleware stack called gLite 3.0.0

process: 
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Based on the components available in gLite 1.5.0 and LCG-2.7.0 the
TCG, which will start its operation on November 9, 2005, will produce
a list of components that should be released as gLite 3.0.0. This list
will be produced by the end of November, 2005. 

During November and December the SA1 and JRA1 integration and release
teams will work on convergence of their systems, focusing on the
planned components for gLite 3.0.0. By the end of January, 2006 an
integrated release candidate for gLite 3.0.0 will be produced. 

During February 2006 the release candidate will be tested and
certified (which may result in the exclusion of certain components)
with the goal to release gLite 3.0.0 publicly by the end of February
2006. 

The whole process will be monitored by the TCG. 

Other points
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It is envisaged that after gLite 1.5.0 and LCG-2.7.0 there are no
further independent releases (unless critical issues need to be
resolved immediately) but the focus will be on gLite 3.0.0.

Effectively, the work on gLite 3.0.0. is bootstrapping the work of
SA3. 

Components of gLite 1.5.0 and LCG 2.7.0 that will not be part of gLite
3.0.0 may continued to be supported by their providers (and thus be
considered for later inclusion by the TCG) but the EGEE testing and
integration efforts are solely focused on gLite 3.0.0.