Connection

• Doodle: https://doodle.com/poll/svvn4xc5py2exidx
• Date: 2021-12-16 – 21:00 UT
• Zoom details will be sent out in an e-mail

Participants

Agenda

Short Term (2022FEB)

• Maintenance (Bug-fixing / Improvements)
• Obsolescence Management
  • RHEL 7 and 8 releases 
  • Helper script ( ICT-19740 - Getting issue details... STATUS , ICT-19754 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
  • Python 3.8; Removal of Python 2.7 ( ICT-19206 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
  • If RHEL 8, following third party packages should be installed by the O.S.:
    • Swig ( ICT-19903 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
    • Boost ( ICT-19904 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
    • astyle ( ICT-19905 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
    • xercesc ( ICT-19906 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
  • Upgrade third party fallback version (Not relevant for ALMA)
    • cppunit ( ICT-19907 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
    • doxygen, graphviz ( ICT-19908 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
  • Python dependencies (3) for cleanUp ( ICT-19902 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
    • Remove argparse (provided by Python 3)
    • Add wheel and xsdata
  • Java Dependencies – 2022FEB
    • log4j ( ICT-19850 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
    • Clean-up ( ICT-19726 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Planning for 2022 releases
• C++ Modernization
  • Study Logging C++ Performance ( ICT-19184 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
  • Standard C++ Smart Pointers ( ICT-19829 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
    • Implementation + SCCB Ticket (2022FEB)
• Development and Community OS Support ( ICT-19797 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Jenkins Build + Phase A tests
    • CentOS Stream 8/9 ( ICT-19798 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB
    • Fedora 34/35/36 ( ICT-19799 - Getting issue details... STATUS ) – 2022FEB

Mid Term (2022APR --> 2022JUN)

• Standard Smart Pointers ( ICT-19829 - Getting issue details... STATUS )
  • Rollout (2022APR)
• Obsolescence Management
  • RHEL 7 and 8 releases – 2022APR and 2022JUN
    • We expect 2022JUN to be the latest RHEL 7 release
  • C++ Standard: C++14, C++17, C++2a? – 2022APR
    • C++ 17 was chosen; waiting for feedback from community
  •  ACE/TAO >= 7.0.4 – 2022APR
  • PyEnv, Tcl/Tk* – 2022APR
  • Maven, Eclipse – 2022JUN
  • Python dependencies (14) – 2022APR
  • Python dependencies (12) – 2022JUN
  • Java Dependencies (TBD) – 2022APR
  • Java Dependencies (TBD) – 2022JUN
• Analyze refactoring or replacement of logging service
• Development and Community OS Support
  • Jenkins Build + Phase A tests
    • Debian 10/11 (2022APR)
    • Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 (2022APR)
    • Others?

Long Term (TBD)

• Java 17 (~2023APR+)
  • Will be scheduled for some point during 2023 aiming to Cycle 11 (2024-10 deployment)
• ACS Services Modernization
  • Continue NC implementation study
  • ZeroMQ-based BulkData transfer implementation
• CDB API alternative (REST, SOAP, G-RPC, Falcor, ICE, etc.)
• De-scoped for now:
  • Java Modules

Other Input

Not Relevant

Conclusions

2022FEB

* Tentative base for 2022FEB until the meeting has been held

Priorities

1. Maintenance
2. New Makefile Support
3. Logging C++ Performance Study
4. C++ ACS Smart Pointers
5. Obsolescence Management Plan
6. Obsolescence Management Tasks
7. Official OS Support (Development + Community)

Action Items

• Tomas Staigto remind ICT of the agreed RHEL 8 migration plan at the start of January 03 Jan 2022