GlueX Software Meeting, October 23, 2023
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GlueX Software Meeting
Monday, October 23, 2023
11:00 am EDT
F326/327
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Agenda
- Announcements
- Review of minutes and action items
- New releases:
- version_5.12.0.xml with new amptools, simulation of FCal lightguide, many other updates
- recon-2017_01-ver03_37.xml
- recon-2018_01-ver02_29.xml
- recon-2018_08-ver02_28.xml
- recon-2019_11-ver01_10.xml
- recon-2017_01-ver04_4.xml (this is just a softlink to the 2019-11 sw)
- MCWrapper update (Peter)
- Container updates
- gluex_almalinux_9 docker container
- Discussion of software upgrade projects:
- JANA2 (Nathan/Raiqa)
- RCDB/CCDB (Dmitry)
- Geant4 (Richard)
- 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)
Action Items
- Software upgrade projects:
- 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):
- no updates, request update
- Alma9 (Sean):
- waiting for CCDB update
- Diracxx compilation problem, Richard will combine this work with upgrading geant4
- Provide official docker container (Alex)
- 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