1. James N. Bellinger University of Wisconsin at Madison 10 November 2010
Code Management
James N. Bellinger
University of Wisconsin at Madison
10 November 2010
10 November 2010

2. Current Work Backup/Restore
Need to exercise and document restore procedure
Glitches in code browser: zip files being searched again and at least one library is missing src
Donatella is investigating
10 November 2010

3. Code Tasks perl_dbd_oracle diskcache_i rootd TAuthenticate
Product-1
perl_dbd_oracle
DONE, now need to make sure everybody gets it
Product-2
diskcache_i
DONE
Product-3
rootd TAuthenticate
Partial list of incompatible versions
Product-4
tcsh bug
SOLVED
Product-5
Two names for each product
Expertise loss => need backup:IN PROGRESS
Tools-1
Code Browser
New location, new code
Tools-2
Code Browser non-CDF
Browse non-CDF utilities too, optionally?
Tools-3
Expanded validation suite
Code-1
CosmicMods crash
Think we’ve found it. PATCH?
Code-2
Uninitialized variables
A couple of libraries were examined
Code-3
Program Speedup
Possible approaches:
Code-3A
look for hot spots
1) single routine
Code-3B
Modules run several times!
2) investigate consolidation when running
Code-3C
Program Speedup: partition
3) Partitioning does not look promising
Code-4
Frontierize remote sites
Persuade remote sites to update/patch, Frontier from main
Code-5
Get complete list of managers
Have 2/3, or all but a dozen of the official ones
Code-6
Frontier should use main branch
Support-1
Non-RHEL support
Volunteers work on it, but no support?
Support-2
cdf.code rebuildable on failure?
Stephan has backup procedures, need to test restoration
Support-3
6.1.4int11.m
W-analysis will probably never stop using this version
10-November 2010

4. Wish List Let me know of others Large file support in root
File storage issues reduced if we use this
Wish-2
New release has working Stntuple
Wish-3
Joint MC + Production release
ONE RELEASE TO RULE THEM ALL…
Wish-3A
Decide on base: or 7.0.1
Tracking is main question?
Wish-3B
Combine BMC and regular MC
DONE
Wish-4
new root
7.0.1 is proof of principle
Wish-5
Use xrootd?
See Wish-4
Wish-6
EDM validation running
test utility
Wish-7
New MC engines in new release
Wish-8
Test with different compilers
long-term support issue
Wish-9
code cleanup
See Wish-8 and Code-5 and Code-2
Wish-10
Frontier: use current version?
Wish-11
CAF submit tools in product
Problem, data needs to be updated regularly
Wish-12
package pruning
See Code-5
Wish-13
Optimizing for 64-bit SL5
Wish-14
Products compiled 64-bit
Only standalones, not li braries
Wish-15
64-bit CDF code/Stntuple/root
Let me know of others
10-November 2010