Suggested agenda

[Nick Maliszewskyj]

As someone who's built a few RPMs I can stand in for the
Red Hat side.

Nick

"Moreton-Smith, CM (Christopher)" wrote:
> 
> I'm happy to stand in for Freddie regards CVS and installation issues as
> these are fairly familiar territory.
> 
> One temptation is to throw into the discussion the issue of whether to
> provide better (more end user focussed) per platform binary installation
> facilities AKA Red Hat Package manager or InstallShield type setups.
> 
> Is there anyone who has built an RPM package installation who could act as
> expert on this?
> 
> best regards
> 
> Chris
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ray Osborn [mailto:ROsborn at anl.gov]
> > Sent: Tuesday 29 August 2000 04:00
> > To: NAPI
> > Subject: Suggested agenda
> >
> >
> > Here are some questions that I think we should be addressing
> > during this
> > meeting.  In effect, they define a draft agenda for the
> > workshop although I
> > haven't put down suggested discussion times yet.  Please let
> > me know if you
> > think I have left out any important topics, or if you
> > disagree with some
> > I've included.
> >
> > While I think we should all have some informed opinions about
> > each of these
> > issues, I would like someone to lead some of these sessions
> > with a brief
> > presentation (~20 min) of the issues and suggested answers to
> > some of the
> > questions.  I assume that Chris will want to lead the XML
> > session.  Since
> > Mark has already done a lot of work in Java, and Przemek has expressed
> > interest in doing some advance work on HDF5, I would like to
> > suggest that
> > they deal with the Java and HDF5 sessions respectively.
> > Unfortunately,
> > Freddie doesn't think he can be with us, although he is probably best
> > qualified to discuss the CVS and installation issues.  If
> > anyone would like
> > to volunteer to address these or any other issues, please let me know.
> >
> > Topics for NeXus'2000
> > =====================
> >
> > 1) Review of current API
> >     What¹s working and not working?
> >     What is the feedback from the user community?
> >     Is there a need for extra features (e.g.  NXdelete)?
> >     Are existing compression schemes adequate?
> >     Do we need to improve multi-file support (appending
> > files, linking etc)?
> >     What design changes might be necessary (e.g. axis definitions)?
> >     Is there a need for an additional utility API (cf NXdict,
> > F90 routines)?
> >     How do we improve the installation procedures (e.g.
> > configure scripts)?
> > 2) Policy on conversion to HDF5
> >     Is HDF5 sufficiently mature?
> >     Does it run on enough platforms (e.g. VMS)?
> >     Does it have enough functionality and performance?
> >     Should we change NeXus to take advantage of its new features?
> >     What are the design issues in moving to HDF5 (e.g. NXlink)?
> >     How do we handle backward-compatibility?
> >     How do we address lack of third-party support (e.g. IDL, Matlab)?
> > 3) Java support
> >     Is it advisable to have a NeXus version of java?
> >     What issues does it raise concerning the NeXus design (i.e. OOP)?
> >     Who should write it and maintain it?
> >     Should we aim to make the utilities (e.g. NXbrowse) Java
> > applications?
> > 4) XML
> >     Is it useful to have NeXus defined in XML?
> >     What are the advantages and disadvantages?
> >     How do we exploit the advantages?
> >     Do we need XML to NeXus converters?
> >     Should we define instruments in XML?
> > 5) NeXus utilities
> >     What utilities currently exist (with demos)?
> >     Should we be providing central support for NeXus utilities?
> >     What utilities are these (browsers, plotters, analysis)?
> >     What is the best language to produce them in?
> > 6) Future maintenance
> >     Is the current CVS process working OK?
> >     Do we need to expand the number of people contributing?
> >     If so, do we need levels of access (e.g.
> > submissions/authorization)?
> >     Do we need hard documentation or is the web sufficient?
> > 7) Organization of major NeXus workshop
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Ray
> > --
> > Dr Ray Osborn                Tel: +1 (630) 252-9011
> > Materials Science Division   Fax: +1 (630) 252-7777
> > Argonne National Laboratory  E-mail: ROsborn at anl.gov
> > Argonne, IL 60439-4845
> >
> >
> >

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