1. James N. Bellinger University of Wisconsin at Madison 13 October 2010
Code Migration
James N. Bellinger
University of Wisconsin at Madison
13 October 2010
13 October 2010

2. Status Major Problems: Current work
Some rootd versions are incompatible
Current work
Requirements for backup/restore
Infrastructure team is working on a solution
wget-based releases
Test shortly
?Why is twiki code in /cdf/www/internal/physics/bottom/psp/wiki/twiki
Some historical reason?
13 October 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
New version built against v5_14_00g: TESTING
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
Not replicated yet
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?
How to update/patch remote sites?
Code-5
Get complete list of managers
Have 2/3, or all but a dozen of the official ones
Support-1
Non-RHEL support
IGNORE THIS ONE
Support-2
cdf.code rebuildable on failure?
Stephan is working up backup procedures
Support-3
6.1.4int11.m
W-analysis will probably never stop using this version
13-October 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
in progress
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
Let me know of others
13 October 2010