[DRMAA-WG] Release of GridWay 5.3

Mon Dec 17 11:11:32 CST 2007

Hi Ignatio,

As far as I can see GridWay team labled its latest DRMAA Java
implementation 1.0.

We are wresting with the path to take.  Namely, we do not have an
official OGF DRMAA Java document.
The unofficial line of Java bindings documents are past 1.0 (1.0.1).
It would be a good idea to start with 1.0 to make it in sync with the
existing spec and also IDL document that is in the OGF public documenst
comment period.

The other DRMAA Java released implementations are not in lock step with
the OGF versioning numbering, so we are trying to determine which
inconvenience route to take.
   *  One is to stick with the old numbering, and deal with the version
numbering mismatches explicitly in documentation and notes.  The general
public might get confused at times.  Also this route might impact DRMAA
stability confidence.
   *  The other route is to mandate all DRMAA OGF documents to be in
sysnc both in content and in versioning, making life a bit inconvenient
for developers short term (let them come up to speed via notices and a
bug record).

Either path offers opportunity for making a group policy for the future.

Feel free to provide your perspective.

Regards

	Hrabri

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ignacio Martin Llorente [mailto:llorente at dacya.ucm.es] 
>Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:36 AM
>To: Rajic, Hrabri; 'DRMAA Working Group'
>Subject: RE: [DRMAA-WG] Release of GridWay 5.3
>
>Thanks!, 
>
>Yes, we implement the 1.0.1 binding and also maintain the 
>support for the 0.6 binding. We have updated the documentation page at
>http://www.gridway.org/doku.php?id=documentation:howto to give 
>a clearer view of the bindings implemented by GridWay. We also
>provide the DRMAA Java Testsuite and howto for the 1.0.1 
>binding and provide links to the spec documents. By the way, 
>if I am not
>wrong the 1.0.1 spec is not available at GridForge. 
>
>Regards,
>
>Ignacio
>
>-- 
>Ignacio M. Llorente, Full Professor (Catedratico): 
>http://dsa-research.org/doku.php?id=people:llorente
>DSA Research Group: http://dsa-research.org
>Globus Alliance: http://www.GridWay.org   
>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: Rajic, Hrabri [mailto:hrabri.rajic at intel.com] 
>> Enviado el: viernes, 14 de diciembre de 2007 20:18
>> Para: Ignacio Martin Llorente; DRMAA Working Group
>> Asunto: RE: [DRMAA-WG] Release of GridWay 5.3
>> 
>> Great!
>> 
>> Congratulations to the whole team.
>> 
>> Regarding Java, you are not talking about 1.0.1 bindings, the latest
>> Java Specification, are you?
>> 
>> Happy holidays!
>> 
>> 	Hrabri
>> 
>> 
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: drmaa-wg-bounces at ogf.org 
>> >[mailto:drmaa-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Ignacio 
>> Martin Llorente
>> >Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:16 PM
>> >To: 'DRMAA Working Group'
>> >Subject: [DRMAA-WG] Release of GridWay 5.3
>> >
>> >Dear all,
>> >
>> >On behalf of the GridWay team I am pleased to announce that a 
>> >new development release of the GridWay Metascheduler is now 
>available
>> >for download. The new release provides DRMAA bindings in Perl, 
>> >Ruby and Python, and DRMAA binding v1.0. See below the release info.
>> >
>> >I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a merry 
>> >Christmas and a happy new year!
>> >
>> >Ignacio
>> >
>> >================================================
>> >GridWay 5.3
>> >================================================
>> >
>> >ENHANCEMENTS:
>> >
>> >Since GridWay 5.2, development activities have been focused on 
>> >easing the integration of GridWay with major Grid infrastructures:
>> >EGEE, TeraGrid and OSG. In this new development release, 
>> >GridWay 5.3, support to access the NorduGrid infrastructure is also
>> >included. Also, new bindings for DRMAA and support for DAGMAN 
>> >workflows are included.
>> >
>> >- Integration with major Grid Infrastructures
>> >Following the trend from previous releases, GridWay 5.3 is 
>> >capable of integrate with another major infrastructure: NorduGrid.
>> >Drivers for Execution and Transfer are included in this release.
>> >
>> >- New DRMAA bindings for scripting languages
>> >Previous GridWay releases come with support for C and Java 
>> >bindings implementing the DRMAA standard. Scripting languages are
>> >interesting from the point of view of rapid application 
>> >prototyping among others. From dsa-research.org we believe 
>> >this to be an
>> >interesting aspect, and that is why GridWay 5.3 includes 
>> >bindings to access the DRMAA standard from scripting 
>> languages such as
>> >Perl, Ruby and Python.
>> >
>> >- Implementation of DRMAA Java Binding v1.0
>> >GridWay now provides support for DRMAA Java Binding v1.0. 
>> >DRAMAA Java bindings are also included to support legacy 
>> applications.
>> >
>> >- Support for DAGMAN workflows
>> >There is an increasing interest from the scientific community 
>> >to be able to run complex workflows on a Grid environment. An almost
>> >de-facto standard to represent DAG workflows is Condor DAGMAN. 
>> >In this development release GridWay includes a new workflow launcher
>> >(gwdag) that handles this kind of workflows.
>> >
>> >BUGS SOLVED:
>> >
>> >5497: Support to define MPI jobs in the DRMAA JAVA bindings
>> >http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=5497
>> >
>> >5663: Autotools configuration for database is broken
>> >http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=5663
>> >
>> >5677: Thread blocking occurs when recovering the scheduler
>> >http://bugzilla.mcs.anl.gov/globus/show_bug.cgi?id=5677
>> >
>> >
>> >RELEVANT LINKS:
>> >- Functionality: 
>> http://www.gridway.org/doku.php?id=about:functionality
>> >- Benefits: http://www.gridway.org/doku.php?id=about:benefits
>> >- Release Notes and Download: 
>> >http://www.gridway.org/doku.php?id=software:download
>> >- Documentation: 
>> http://www.gridway.org/doku.php?id=documentation:howto
>> >
>> >-- 
>> >Ignacio M. Llorente, Full Professor (Catedratico): 
>> >http://dsa-research.org/doku.php?id=people:llorente
>> >DSA Research Group: http://dsa-research.org
>> >Globus Alliance: http://www.GridWay.org  
>> >
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