GlueX Software Meeting, January 29, 2024
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GlueX Software Meeting
Monday, January 29, 2024
11:00 am EDT
F326/327
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Agenda
- Announcements
- release version_5.14.2.xml: Successfully deployed on CentOS7 and AlmaLinux9
- version_5.14.0.xml: Diracxx did not chose the right compiler on CentOS7
- version_5.14.1.xml: CCDB 1.07.00 is very slow, reverted to 1.06.10
- Software and Computing Review 7 : Feb 1-2, 2024
- release version_5.14.2.xml: Successfully deployed on CentOS7 and AlmaLinux9
- Review of minutes and action items
- Container updates
- gluex_almalinux_9 docker container
- both AlmaLinux9 and default CentOS7 containers are linked with gxshell
- rjones30-gluextest (almalinux_9) docker container
- gluex_almalinux_9 docker container
- Discussion of software upgrade projects:
- JANA2 (Nathan)
- RCDB/CCDB (Dmitry)
- Geant4 (Richard):
- Link to Richard's logbook for the Alma9 port
- ROOT
- RHEL8/Alma9 (Sean)
- Remove python2 dependency
- Review of recent issues and pull requests:
- Review of recent discussion on the GlueX Software Help List (all)
Questions
- ifarm monitoring:
- will be much improved with Alma9 roll out
- GPU monitoring (Justin): Jupyter notebooks often block GPUs
- Apps through oasis on CVMFS, or Jlab's own server? (Richard)
- /cvmfs/oasis.opensciencegrid.org/jlab/scicomp/sw/el9/modulefiles/root
- Tokens for xrootd? (Richard)
Action Items
- Software upgrade projects:
- halld_recon:
- $HALLD_RECON_HOME/src/BMS is deprecated, remove from the repo?
-
HDDM:- library as separate package
- new release 4.31.0
- new build_script branch: separate_hddm: currently testing, will be used with next release
- halld_recon:
- JANA2 (Nathan):
- implement JANA2 in build_scripts, provide version.xml for general testing
- N. will focus on the transition now
- Use default CentOS7 container
- CCDB 2.0 (Dmitry):
- Check alma9 container
- Implement version check in v1, test with v2
- Alma9 (Sean):
- waiting for CCDB update
- Tests with latest CCDB main-v2 branch look good. Need to test CCDB DB version update - need instructions / command from Dmitry
- Diracxx compiles on Alma9, new release 2.1.0
- xrootd problem with default current root, install package separately, could be solved by upgrading root
- Plan to install new package
- waiting for CCDB update
- Geant4
- Use newest version that was approved by Richard
- Requires more recent compiler, C++ standard
- Upgrade the Alma9 build first, then try to build on Centos7
- ROOT
- Upgrade the Alma9 build first, then try to build on Centos7