GlueX Software Meeting, November 20, 2023

GlueX Software Meeting
Monday, November 20, 2023
11:00 am EDT
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Agenda

1. Announcements
   • Slides from the monthly SciComp meeting
2. Review of minutes and action items
3. MCWrapper update (Peter)
4. Container updates
   • gluex_almalinux_9 docker container
   • rjones30-gluextest (almalinux_9) docker container
5. Discussion of software upgrade projects:
   • JANA2 (Nathan)
   • RCDB/CCDB (Dmitry)
   • Geant4 (Richard):
     • Link to Richard's logbook for the Alma9 port
   • ROOT
   • RHEL8/Alma9 (Sean)
   • 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)

Action Items

1. Software upgrade projects:
   • halld_recon:
     • $HALLD_RECON_HOME/src/BMS is deprecated, remove from the repo?
   • HDDM:
     • library as separate package
     • new release 4.31.0
     • new build_script branch: separate_hddm: currently testing, will be used with next release
   • 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
   • Alma9 (Sean):
     • waiting for CCDB update
       • Tests with latest CCDB main-v2 branch look good. Need to test CCDB DB version update - need instructions / command from Dmitry
     • Diracxx compiles on Alma9, new release 2.1.0
     • xrootd problem with default current root, install package separately, could be solved by upgrading root
       • Plan to install new package
   • 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