SPI project meeting

Tuesday 16 Mar 2010, 15:00 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

32-SC-22 (Bldg 32)

Stefan Roiser (CERN)

The weekly meeting of the Software Process and Infrastructure project of the LCG/AA.

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Ana Gaspar

+ Actions done and in progress
- Installed
    * Fastjet 2.4.2
    * gccxml 0.9.0_20100308
    * tcmalloc 1.5
- Log files are now more readable
    * <pre> tag
- Created a schema for checking the structure of the configuration.xml file
- Started the validation of the acrontab jobs
- Moved CleaUpBuild and BuilderMover to the new nightlies scripts
- Started the installation of the python modules
    * So far pygraphics is almost finished
- Fixed the problems with the log files in Geant4
    * i686-winxp-vc9-opt was not expected for machine g4sttwin0
    * While copying the log files, all were copied at the same time. I mean the dbg and opt were copied to the dbg and opt folders.Also fixed
    * This scripts if finds one isDoneFile older than the date of today it waits until the new is created
        - Problems when some slots, like Geant4, stop the execution. They are not being launched every day, so the script waits forever--> removed this wait
- Data Base tests
    * Slot release is built without problems
    * When adding new slot to the database it fails
        - The table seems to be created, at least the slot name appears on the web page
        - The server is stuck waiting for the data base
- Write the paper for the Valid 2010 conference in Nice
- Fixed some configuration problems in CORAL tests
    * Added the current date to the logfile
    * Use the windows style to substitude the Linux subshell
    * Fixed dependency problems for ConnectionService library
    * Still failing because CoralAcces library is not created
- Helped Gunter to configure the nightlies on Windows
- Karol started to use the new nightlies scripts, no feedback so far

+ Next actions
- Finish the installation of the python modules
- Finish the scripts for validating the nightlies configuration(configuration file, acrotab, cleanup...)

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Yves Perrin
+ Actions done and progress
- Savannah
 . fixed a problem introduced with the version of mysql installed
   on the new server ('release' is a reserved word!)
 . Stefan fixed a problem preventing Savannah to notify people
   of items submitted by anounymous users
 . fixed pbs preventing scripts to send dumps to AFS (arc-server
   + firewall)
 . modified the code for automatic user registration on first
   attempt to login with CERN-SSO credentials
 . put the hot-standby system in place with automatic refresh
   every hour
 . helped Flavia Donno (Atlas) with bulk membership subscrition
   to set one of her project to private (for security)
 . modified project registration so that there is no default for
   privacy and the project creator has to make and assume an
   explicit choice

- SPI database server
 . setup daily backups and archive to AFS

+ Next actions
 . enhance savannah how-to's
 . plan possibility to help in the (close/medium) future

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Bertrand Bellenot

+ Next actions

- Working on standalone NMake file for fastjet windows builds

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Stefan Roiser
+ Actions done

- LCG 58b released. this release contains only fixes in the configuration files of LCGCMT plus an upgrade of fastjet (2.4.2)
- Working on a prototype for rpm distribution of AA software packages and a general deployment in afs

+ Next actions
- finish up on afs and rpm deployment of AA sw




 

15:00 → 15:10 News

15:10 → 15:40 Round table

15:40 → 16:00 Aob