GlueX Software Meeting, July 1, 2024

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GlueX Software Meeting
Monday, July 1, 2024
11:00 am EDT
F326/327

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Agenda

  1. Announcements
    • New releases:
    • Broken tape
      • IBM was not able to recover, data lost
      • 14839 files (1357 REST) from 2017-01 ver04, about 5%
      • Full list, reprocess?
  2. Review of minutes and action items
  3. OS Upgrade to Alma9:
    • Current farm: 231 Alma9 nodes and 9 CentOS7 nodes
    • ifarm.jlab.org directed to AlmaLinux9 nodes postponed, ifarm1801/1802/1901 will remain accessible
    • Launch script: OS el9
    • First version of container launch script [1]
    • MCWrapper status:
      • Containerized for slurm and swif in v2.9.0, documentation?
      • gluex_MC.py not python3 compatible: RCDB and more?
  4. RUCIO: Usecase document (Brad/Anil)
    • Where do you need to transfer data ?
    • How much estimated data transfer needed?
    • Other use case of rucio? Improve data discovery and management?
  5. Discussion of software upgrade projects:
    • JANA2 (Nathan/Raiqa)
    • CCDB (Dmitry)
      • hallddb.jlab.org/ccdb upgraded to schema 5, default software to ccdb 2.00.02
      • Patch in 2.00.03: fix to ccdb dump syntax, used in DSelector and scripts
    • RCDB (Dmitry)
      • RCDB 0.9 also need DB schema update, coordinate with Marty (website), Sean and Sergey (DAQ side)
      • Main reason why MCWrapper gluex_MC.py does not run on AlmaLinux9
    • Geant4 (Richard):
      • Link to Richard's logbook for the Alma9 port
    • ROOT
    • Photos++ moved to gitlab
  6. 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
  7. Review of recent discussion on the GlueX Software Help List (all)

Notes

Action Items

  1. Documentation
    • Improve documentation on singularity containers:
      • supply Alma9 container through CVMFS
      • modify batch submission scripts
  2. Check if native build works for container on Alma9, eventually get rid of -cntr builds
  3. Software Upgrades
    • halld_recon:
      • $HALLD_RECON_HOME/src/BMS is deprecated, remove from the repo?
      • Remove dependency on histogram tools [2] (Sean)
    • JANA2 (Raiqa, Nathan):
      • implement JANA2 in build_scripts, provide version.xml for general testing
      • Use Alma9 container?
    • RCDB (Dmitry):
      • Tests?
    • Geant4
      • Use newest version that was approved by Richard
      • Upgrade the Alma9 build first, then try to build on Centos7
    • ROOT
      • Upgrade the Alma9 build first, then try to build on Centos7
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