1. The EMT
Oliver Keeble, SA3
CERN

2. Where does it fit in?
Developers
Prod/PPS
Testing
EMT - EGEE '06

3. Summary of activities
The EMT (Engineering Management Team) manages short term release priorities for Glite 3.
prioritising updates
scheduling changes
defining developer priorities
On the basis of
TCG and middleware objectives defined over the longer term
Feedback from
Production
PPS
Certification
Developers
Its main output is a change to the middleware, from a patch to a service up to an entirely new service
JRA1 steering is still done under the EMT but this is internal and will not be reported on here.
EMT - EGEE '06

4. Change tracking Users Site Admin Developer JRA1 SA3 SA1 Find Problem
Integrator
GGUS
Tester
Find Problem
TCG
Human Filter
Feature
Request
Realistic Feedback
Savannah
Initiation
SA3
Endorsement
Track Bug
Shopping
Release
Manager
Request Fix
EMT
Suggestion
EMT - EGEE '06

5. Representation There are representatives from
JRA1
understanding of priorities
testing feedback
push patches, solve build issues
SA1
feedback on outstanding issues
SA3
coordination with those participating in the release process
fix timescales and implications
Condor
useful communication with users, JRA1, WMS testers
Regularly invite participation of experts
Meet twice a week, Mon / Wed
EMT - EGEE '06

6. Tracking issues / change requests
EMT as it is now grew from daily meetings during the preparation of gLite 3.0
The EMT maintains a list of current high priority bugs which are developers’ top priority
List is available through the EMT home page
This status is independent of the severity defined for the bug
A tracked bug
Is a developer priority
Is explicitly cited in cluster manager's weekly reports
Will result in a priority patch
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7. Patch and release status
EMT has a home page
This has a lot of useful info on patch status
Which patches are in certification?
Which patches are available to the PPS?
Is a bug being attended to as a priority?
From Savannah
What bugs does a patch fix?
Does this bug have a patch?
Has this patch been built?
All answers are there, linked as savannah queries and thus up to date
Links to the EMT timetable and minutes from the meetings.
EMT - EGEE '06

8. Discussions Some examples of discussions Future topics Build on SLC4
WMS testing and consequent patches – why did certain jobs fail, what are the appropriate condor parameters…
APEL on gLite CE and blah configuration
Move to java 1.5
Should a bug fix be backported from 3.1 to 3.0?
Future topics
How can we introduce a new licence to the middleware?
gLite distribution for SLC4
Timing and composition (UI/WN first?)
EMT - EGEE '06

9. Summary
The EMT (Engineering Management Team) manages short term release priorities for Glite 3.
You can check release and patch status on the home page
EMT - EGEE '06