News-Minutes25June2008

2008/06/25 CSEP meeting

Attendees: Phil, Yan, Jeremy, John, Masha

Software development:
- Version 8.7.0 release candidate status:
  1. Tagged in repository, build ran successfully on csep-cert-new and csep-op-new servers
  2. Nightly Dispatchers for California, NW Pacific and SW Pacific exercise code base on csep-cert-new and csep-op-new
  3. Web-related code freeze is on Thursday, June 26, 2008
  4. Will install Version 8.7.0 in operations on Monday, June 30, 2008
  5. Will have release status meeting on Monday, June 30 at 11:00am
- Yan would like to review forecasts tables and maps:
  1. John will create login account on intensity for Yan to view results
  2. Maps are available
  3. Actual forecasts files are not published, can send them to Yan
- Start date for Western Pacific one-year models:
  1. To avoid modifications to operational system once release is installed there, should start with July 1, 2008
  2. Masha will send email to the group to confirm the decision
- Tasks left to do for the V8.7.0 release:
  1. One page user guide on how to install a model in CSEP:
    - Contact John Yu to get an account on motion.usc.edu
      - ..
  2. List of accomplishments
  3. Distribution of testing regions to interested modelers
  4. Update online Trac documentation (new modules, options)
- Anna Maria wrote that she won't be able to work on integrating Double Branching Model into CSEP until some time in July:
  1. Will be available in CSEP Version 8.10.0
Hardware:
- New csep-op-new server:
  1. Does not have sufficient disk space
  2. 1.5 time slower than current servers
- Everybody agreed to stay with old hardware:
  1. Masha will start the build of release candidate on csep-cert ASAP
  2. Masha will build release candidate on csep-op in other than operational software location to confirm that build passes acceptance tests
- John will check if we have 2 copies of operational data
- Need to have cleanup policy of operational data