Kem, Peter, Cathy, Srini, Steve, Francisco, Lynne, Andy
Agenda
LSST Project & Community Workshop (0.5 week)
SQLite version of OpSim
SQLite simulations for Cadence Workshop
MAF (release of package, workable replacement for SSTAR, radians or deg=
rees, other?)
Tracking of dataset downloads
Presentations & Materials (e.g. thumb drives)
swapping Thursday=E2=80=99s 1:30 with 3:30 for the OpSim Dev Planning m=
eeting (Steve)
logistics or travel updates (Polo shirts for Tuesday)
New developer interview status
Use cases for Parameters Database (what kind of queries would OpSim do?=
) (Srini?)
Discussion
SQLite version of OpSim - Srini reports that this branch is complete an=
d can be merged, however we decided to defer this action because of the sig=
nificant performance degradation. Srini will continue to work on the =
timing studies. Because we are not distributing the code yet (althoug=
h it is public, and it still uses slalib), and because we have a workable t=
ool to convert the mySQL DB to a single SQLite file, for the time being, we=
will continue to create simulations using MySQL and convert the usable run=
s to a single SQLite DB.
SQLite simulations for Cadence Workshop - we have experienced many issu=
es with our codebase, including ops1 freezing up or slowing to an unworkabl=
e pace, the transient subsequences proposal terminated unexpectedly after 6=
-8 years, and MySQL is not responding reliably on ops1. However, acco=
mmodations are being made and the runs needed for the workshop are being pr=
esented and documented for the Workshop at Operations Simulator Benchmark Surveys=
.
MAF -presentation layer is implemetned as showMAF.py, but needs a way t=
o display to all audiences not just locally. A tour was made and the =
overall architecture seems very workable.
Tracking of dataset downloads - Srini is looking at ways to do this, cu=
rrently you can see downloads from the log files.
Presentations & Materials (e.g. thumb drives) - nothing more is nee=
ded; presentations will be made available on Confluence.
swapping Thursday=E2=80=99s 1:30 with 3:30 for the OpSim Dev Planning m=
eeting (Steve) - this currently does not seem feasible.
Action Items
Srini - Change make_report.sh to use the new conversion tool
Cathy - upload the SQLite files with documentation to the Tier 1 page
Srini - send to Andy a handful of usecases to Andy for the Parameters Da=
tabase - what parameters does OpSim use abd where are these parameters curr=
ently located.
Everyone - discuss what is important to back up - as this seems to be th=
e issue with ops1
Srini - send out new ER diagram of SQLite schema
SRini - continue to convert simulations for the Tier 1 page
Kem - update the sphinx configuration files descriptions ( add how it wo=
rks)