Stakeholder meeting notes – 2015/12/03

by Paul S Russo
Stakeholder meeting notes – 2015/12/03
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Attendees:
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Christopher Backhouse, Tim Doody, Lynn Garren, Tom Junk,
Kyle Knoepfel, Rob Kutschke, Chris Jones, Gianluca Petrillo,
Brian Rebel, Paul Russo

Resolved Issues.
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* #11040 find_ups_product should not require a version

* #10546 enable cetbuildtools to install arbitrary files

* #10979 formatting bug in output of –debug-config

* #10972 errorOnFailureToPut is not being set in the global
configuration in artdaq-demo

Releases
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Art 1.17.04 released.

See the release notes at:

https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/art/wiki

Acturus Issues
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Adding the ability to close an output file and open a new
one independently of input file open and close is being
discussed. We are early in the design stages, not yet
on the release schedule.

New Issues
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Tom Junk asked about when exactly the sort is done on the
FileIndex, answer is just before output file close. This
led to a brief discussion of the physical layout of events
in an art root file and the general problem of disk i/o
performance.

Gianluca Petrillo requested that fhiclcpp be updated in the
next v1.17 release.

Rob Kutschke mentioned Dave Adams’ request for an example
of how to use multiple random engines in a single art module.
Rob was able to provide him one. Mention was made of how
random seed distribution must be carefully handled in a grid
workflow.