GlueX Software Meeting, October 9, 2023

GlueX Software Meeting
Monday, October 9, 2023
11:00 am EDT
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Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Report from the September SciComp/Ops meeting
3. Review of minutes and action items
4. MCWrapper news
5. Status of Centos7.9 container with gxshell
6. Discussion of software upgrade projects:
   • JANA2 (Nathan)
   • RCDB/CCDB (Dmitry)
   • Geant4 (Richard)
   • ROOT
   • RHEL8/Alma9 (Sean)
   • Remove python2 dependency
7. Review of recent issues and pull requests:
   1. halld_recon: Issues, PRs
   2. halld_sim: Issues, PRs
   3. hdgeant4: Issues, PRs
   4. MCwrapper: Issues, PRs
   5. gluex_root_analysis: Issues, PRs
8. Review of recent discussion on the GlueX Software Help List (all)

Action Items

1. Software upgrade projects:
   • JANA2 (Nathan):
     • implement JANA2 in build_scripts, provide version.xml for general testing
     • N. will focus on the transition in one month from now
     • Use default CentOS7 container
   • CCDB 2.0 (Dmitry):
     • D. will work on the upgrade in the next weeks
     • Tests in CentOS7.9 container
     • Comes with new website
   • Alma9 (Sean):
     • waiting for CCDB update
     • Diracxx compilation problem, Richard will have a look
     • xrootd problem with default current root, install package separately, could be solved by upgrading root
   • 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