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Unbinned vs. binned TS and fit results have continued to be studied intensively and several presentations on the subject were given at the Catalog VRVS meeting yesterday. In 25 words or less, the binned TS values are systematically larger than unbinned; the binned fits also appear to be somewhat more accurate, except possibly for the faintest sources. Bonus words: The unbinned fluxes are systematically lower than binned for long observations (~1 yr) but not for shorter intervals (few months or less). A few ideas remain not yet explored for characterizing the behavior, basically involving simplifying the system (response functions, scanning, etc.) further.
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From James: "James Peachey created a new test installation for the Science Tools in which he experimented with an interim installation script. This script is not intended for long term use, rather to ease installation and testing of the Science Tools in the GSSC development environment. The script is very simple; it searches through the directory structure to find built binaries and installs them in a top-level bin/ directory, then creates an initialization script and a wrapper which together allow the tools to be run without the user modifying his/her environment significantly. The wrappers behave much the same as those used by the usual Science Tools binary installation, but with the advantage that they do not rely on CMT or on the Release Manager database."
Source Catalog
Met this week; see above.