1. James N. Bellinger University of Wisconsin at Madison 6 October 2010
Code Migration
James N. Bellinger
University of Wisconsin at Madison
6 October 2010
6 October 2010

2. Status Major Problems: Current work perl_dbd_oracle
DONE
Need diskcache_i versions for different root versions
Version for root v5_14_00g ready
Do we need more now?
Some rootd versions are incompatible
Current work
Requirements for backup/restore
wget-based releases
6 October 2010

3. Code Tasks perl_dbd_oracle diskcache_i rootd TAuthenticate tcsh bug
Product-1
perl_dbd_oracle
Moscato provided: DONE
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
Using new ups works around problem
Product-5
Two names for each product
Expertise loss => need backup
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 seem 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?
Lynn is reviewing scripts, putting in repository
Support-3
6.1.4int11.m
W-analysis will probably never stop using this
6-October 2010

4. Wish List Large file support in root New release has working Stntuple
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
6 October 2010