GlueX Software Meeting, March 11, 2024

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

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Agenda

  1. Announcements
  2. Review of minutes and action items
  3. OS Upgrade to Alma9:
  4. Container updates
  5. Discussion of software upgrade projects:
    • JANA2 (Nathan)
    • RCDB/CCDB (Dmitry)
      • CCDB 1.06.11 can read database with python3, but not write
      • CCDB 2 can currently not write either
      • Mark's plan from 2020
    • Geant4 (Richard):
      • Link to Richard's logbook for the Alma9 port
    • ROOT
    • Remove python2 dependency
  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)

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

  1. Documentation
    • Improve documentation on singularity containers:
      • supply Alma9 container through CVMFS
      • modify batch submission scripts
  2. Software Upgrades
    • halld_recon:
      • $HALLD_RECON_HOME/src/BMS is deprecated, remove from the repo?
      • Issue #613: ReactionFilter crashes in OS8/9
        • Fixed, evaluate effect on analysis trees
    • 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
      • Need to test CCDB DB version update - need instructions / command from Dmitry (Sean)
    • 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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