Subject: Re: [drmaa-wg] Feb 21st 2006 Meeting Minutes
From: "Daniel Templeton" <[email-masked]>
To: "Rajic, Hrabri" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "DRMAA Working Group" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:38:48 -0800

Good point, Hrabri.  Too many changes to keep track of.  Strike that bit
from the tracker.

Daniel

Rajic, Hrabri wrote On 02/21/06 22:31,:

>Dan,
>
>I do not think this is a good idea (in Tracker 1568 text):
>
>"The spec should also state
> that calling drmaa_wait(DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ANY) when the
> session contains no jobs will result in the call blocking until
> a job completes (necessarily after being submitted)."
>
>In a single threaded app drmaa_wait(DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ANY) blocks
>forever.  Despite a bad app logic, there is no reason to be so strict.
>If there are no wait able jobs it would be better to return an error.
>
>
>Moreover Tracker 1400 resolution is incompatible with the above text:
>"If there are no running of (**should be "or" here**) completed jobs the
>routine returns DRMAA_ERRNO_INVALID_JOB error."
>
>
>drmaa_synchronize() with DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ANY could be used in use
>cases where we need the fastest obtainable result to move to the next
>stage.
>
>Regards
>
>	Hrabri
>
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf
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>Of
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>>Daniel Templeton
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:19 PM
>>To: Peter Troeger
>>Cc: DRMAA Working Group
>>Subject: Re: [drmaa-wg] Feb 21st 2006 Meeting Minutes
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>>I have added a comment to 1568 to clarify.  Let me know if I need to be
>>clearer or if anyone disagrees.
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>>As an aside, is it possible to call drmaa_synchronize() with
>>DRMAA_JOB_IDS_SESSION_ANY?  I don't think we foresaw that case in the
>>SGE implementation.
>>
>>Daniel
>>
>>Peter Troeger wrote On 02/21/06 19:09,:
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>>>Dear all,
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>>>the results of the phone conference are now reflected in the GridForge
>>>tracker items, by comment and status changes. There is only one
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>pending
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>>>issue left, which needs some additional note from Dan in order to get
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>a
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>>>final solution.
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>>>Best regards,
>>>Peter.
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>>>
>>>Daniel Templeton schrieb:
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>>>>o Minutes for Jan 24th
>>>> - Accepted
>>>>o Doc schedule
>>>> - Ready by April to submit everything
>>>>o IDL doc strategy
>>>> - We have a few months (~6) before we're done with 1.0 spec
>>>> - Could use that time to start on IDL doc
>>>> - After we're done, we have to dissolve
>>>> - Put together IDL docs and submit them as proposed recommendation
>>>> - Java and .Net docs should also get submitted
>>>> - Be in better position for DRMAA 2 WG
>>>> - May need to recruit some new members if we want a new WG
>>>> - If our only goal is to have it published somewhere, GFD might be
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>a
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>>>>better path
>>>> - Peter and Dan will be in charge of getting the IDL doc published,
>>>>somehow
>>>> - We just need to make sure we don't lose the work when we disband
>>>>o DRMAA Wiki
>>>> - GridForge will be getting a Wiki
>>>> - Need to consider backups & maintentance
>>>> - Happy to have our own Wiki
>>>> - A lot of work to join an existing community
>>>> - Be better to leverage product communities than GGF community
>>>>   . Where the momentum comes from
>>>> - We have a functional solution, so let's just keep things as they
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>are
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>>>> - Backups are currently a worry, but there's so little to backup,
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>it's
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>>>>not much of an issue
>>>>o Trackers
>>>> - Finally caught up
>>>> - All fixed except 1151
>>>>   . Incompatible changes are problematic
>>>>   . Delay until after 1.0 -- agreed
>>>> - Someone please close the fixed issues
>>>> - Will send around latest version of the spec
>>>> - 781 -- Will back-link to job category and native spec chapters
>>>> - 1125 -- Will borrow the text from the IDL doc and the SGE man
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>pages
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>>>> - 1289 -- Will borrow the text from the IDL doc
>>>> - 1396 -- Delay for IDL spec
>>>> - 1566 -- Delay for post-1.0 discussion
>>>> - 1568 -- Handle offline
>>>> - 1587 -- Delay for IDL spec
>>>> - 1683 -- Will borrow the text from the IDL doc
>>>> - 1684 -- Rejected
>>>> - 1686 -- Agreed, need to augment for empty session (1568)
>>>> - 1727 -- Delay for post-1.0 discussion
>>>> - All fixed trackers must be worked into the spec
>>>> - Need independent verification
>>>>   . Except for very minor fixes
>>>> - No remaining issues
>>>>o SGE Exp Doc
>>>> - Still need to wrap it up
>>>> - Should be done by mid March
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>>*        Staff Engineer, Sun N1 Grid Engine          *
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