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Below are some possible agenda items or things that could actually be done during the week.  I've tried to include possible participates and what might be discussed or done.

SLAC Infrastructure Related

  • Move to containers.  Maybe done before software week?
    • Tom, Brian, Heather, Joanne(?),
    • Create the containers and move pipeline to containers to run on Centos7.
    • Do the process together and test. 
  • Change in batch system.
    • Have Tom, Brian and ?
    • Work on moving to the new batch system.
    • Have Tom develop contacts with infrastructure staff.
  • Halfpipe & L1 pipeline documentation
    • Tom, Michael, and Maria Elena, others?
    • Go through current documentation to update (and remove old information).
    • Get together to discuss and write document pipeline how-tos and fixes.
    • Update re-piping documentation. 
    • Document database schema.
  • Data reprocessing documentation
    • Tom, Maria Elena, Nicola
    • Nicola knows about FT1 reprocessing.  Are the steps documented?
    • Document how to do FT2 reprocessing.
  • GLASTRelease and Jenkins
    • Heather, Alex, Joe, Joanne
    • Make sure GR builds with Jenkins.  
    • Is Heather's knowledge about build and deployment documented?
  • ISOC tasks

  • ASP
    • Does anyone besides Jim know how to maintain it?
    • Any more documentation that this: ASP How-To Guide?
  • Data catalog
    • Is Brian the only one who knows how to deal with it?
  • Other infrastructure
    • Paging
    • Spread messaging system?
    • Web apps
    • Skimmer
  • Update this page: SLAC to FSSC transition questions

Fermitools Related

  • Fermitools maintenance and development
    • Joe, Alex, Don, Tom, Phillipe, Eric?
    • Package ownership (e.g., who to contact about gtobssim). 
    • How to use Github, Conda, and Azure pipeline.
    • Update this page: 10 Yr Software Transition Dashboard.
    • What does the C&A group need that isn’t being provided by the FSSC (and vice-versa).

    • Develop a Fermitools "how to collaborate" presentation for the collaboration?

  • Fermitools/Fermipy interface

    • Alex, Joe, Mattia, Phillipe

    • Discuss and work on improving interface between Fermitools and Fermipy.

    • Modularizing the Fermtiools?

  • Fermitools testing

    • Don, Phillipe, Giacomo, Joe

    • C&A group role?

  • ISOC tasks

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    • Jupyter notebooks for analysis threads
  • Pointlike
    • How long will Toby support it?  What should we do after that?
  • Switch to CMake instead of SCons?
  • Fit convergence issues.  See Jean's 12/2/19 C&A presentation.

Other possible topics

  • Adding capabilities to the FSSC data server
    • The FSSC data server is being moved to new, better hardware.
    • New filtering?
    • Allow all sky searches?
    • New data sets?
  • Staffing
    • Who is even there anymore and what is their availability?
    • It's hard for FSSC personnel to take over on infrastructure that we don't use regularly.
    • How much can we rely on collaboration people? 
    • Where can external folk inject the most help?
    • Can we create a list of who to contact for various infrastructure issue?
  • Data catalog
    • Is Brian the only one who knows how to deal with it?
  • Pointlike
    • How long will Toby support it?  What should we do after that?
  • ASP
    • Does anyone besides Jim know how to maintain it?
    • Any more documentation that this: ASP How-To Guide?
  • Fastcopy future support
    • Will it need to be containerized?
  • Adding capabilities to the FSSC data server
    • The FSSC data server is being moved to new, better hardware.
    • New filtering?
    • Allow all sky searches?
    • New data sets?
  • Other infrastructure
    • Paging
    • Spread messaging system?
    • Web apps
    • Skimmer
  • Documentation
  • Switch to CMake instead of SCons
  • Fit convergence.  See Jean's C&A presentation.