Fermitools Status and Future Options

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Fermitools Status and Future Options

• CD Web Coordination Meeting
• December 8, 2009

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Fermitools 2009 Visitors, Visits, Page
Hits(While visitors are 500/month, downloads
are fewer.)

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Fermitools Dependencies

• Central web service
• ftp.fnal.gov support for external use
• AFS
• Listservs

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Nov. Web Script Changes

• Security issues fixed
• Web scripts for READMEs enabled
• Web script logging fixed
• Misc. improvements

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Product Support Status(from 1 e-mail to support
list)

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Product Support Status

• 3 Active fision, mxyzptlk, ups
• 8 Minimal camac, dform, histoscope, plotwidgets,
  rgang, trace, transport, turtle,
  crl_web_interface
• 21 Unsupported dbs, fbsng, fcslib, fipc, ftt,
  juke, kerb-client, misweb, ngop, ocs, robin,
  dervish, fermi-python, runjob, ucm, fscc,
  oramail, kjm, murmurkit, nedit

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Future Work Options

• Address un- or minimally-supported products?
• (remove, document, support)
• Address supported products?
  (service catalog, SLA, request process)
• Update web pages and listservs?
• Get the word out?
• Add products? (Synergia, Frontier, vdt parts,
  Scientific Linux, DocDB, other?)

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Open Issues

• Ability for external user to submit ticket or
  receive emails (instead of submitter)
• Fermitools working group to review submissions
  and user feedback (Should this be reinstated?)