GlueX Offline Meeting, January 12, 2010
Minutes

   JLab:  Mark  Ito  (chair),  David  Lawrence,  Lubomir  Pentchev, Simon
   Taylor, Elliott Wolin, Beni Zihlmann
   IU: Ryan Mitchell, Matt Shepherd

Review of minutes from last meeting

   We reviewed the [31]minutes.
     * The  Mac-Mini  that David ordered has arrived. He is setting it up
       now.
     * Mark  has expanded the [32]quick-start-software-build wiki page to
       include  an  example of running the Monte Carlo and reconstructing
       the  resulting  events.  Also instructions for building additional
       packages such as Xerces-C and ROOT have been added.


Announcements

     * There  is  a new [34]wiki page that describes the system for doing
       the nightly builds of GlueX software.
     * There is also another new [35]wiki page that describes the "gluex"
       account   on  the  JLab  CUE,  intended  for  shared  use  by  the
       Collaboration.


Offline talks at the upcoming collaboration meeting

   Mark  flashed the [37]current agenda for the offline session. There is
   also the possibility that Richard will present something on OSG.

New JANA version

   David presented [39]new features present in JANA 0.6. His topics:
     * JStreamLog and JStreamLogBuffer
     * JCalibraIon now has PutCalib() method
     * jcalibcopy utility
     * GetMultiple() method added to JGeometry
     * Add log function to JObject
     * janaroot plugin honors WRITEOUT configuration parameter
     * Monitoring and Control with janactl
     * Other misc.


Random Notes

     * David  reported  that  there  is  a  problem  with  the  check  on
       environment on Mac. Mark will talk to David and get it fixed.
     * Sascha   mentioned   that  the  standard  makefile  has  graphical
       libraries  missing for hdgeant++, defeating some 3D features. Beni
       has  documented the method for finessing this in the past. We will
       try to make that method the standard one.
     * Sascha  wondered  why  we  need  to  generate an intermediate file
       between  hdgeant  and mcsmear. Beni pointed out that this could be
       solved  by  using  a  named  pipe.  We  will  try to document that
       procedure.


New Action Items

     * Fix problem with the check on environment on Mac. -> Mark
     * Fix the hdgeant++ in the make scheme. -> Mark
     * Document use of named pipes between hdgeant and mcsmear. -> Beni
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   recorded by [42]Mark Ito

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References

  31. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/GlueX_Offline_Meeting%2C_December_15%2C_2009
  32. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/Quick_Start_Guide_to_building_GlueX_Software
  34. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/Nightly_Builds_of_GlueX_Software
  35. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/GlueX_shared_account_on_the_JLab_CUE
  37. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/GlueX-Collaboration-Jan-2010#Friday_January_29.2C_2010
  39. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/images/5/54/20100112_jana_0.6.0.pdf
  42. http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/software/wiki/index.php/User:Marki