We were asked many times during the initial PGI teleconferences to provide evidence that the current set of specifications and profiles is not adequate to support the needs for our production infrastructures.
OK. Its good to hear that this will finally be done in writing.
We feel that it is time to finally provide an appropriate, written answer to these requests in the form of a well-defined set of requirements for a production-quality job management interface.
I would focus on production-capable rather than production-quality. Quality has nothing to do with the interface - its a matter of implementation.
These requirements would then help focusing the effort of the PGI group on the actual problems. We are unlikely to give appropriate answers to those which were not involved in the CERN meeting during the short timeframe of the call, and the likely outcome is that we will be asked to prepare such a document anyway.
And it is also possible that there are other requirements that are not met in the current specifications that _could_ be incorporated into the work of PGI. Again, it would be nice to see an open discussion of these issues. Steven