[SAGA-RG] phone call cadence

[Andre Merzky]

In respect to the python bindings, please all have a look at the
proposed bindings at http://www.cs.vu.nl/~kielmann/pysaga/ , if
possible *before* the call ;-)

Issues raised at OGF27 are:

  - file read returns int *or* string??  Uhm ... 
    possibly split into read_buffer or read_string?
  - app managed buffers are supposed to make zero-copy-read
    possible.  If a copy happens anyway, one does not nead
    application managed buffers!  Clarify!
  - buffer CAN be deleted if bindings can do same semantics 
    natively
  - possibly two flavours for 2.x and 3.x: signed char array vs
    byte buffer
  - NORMAL -> SYNC
  - attribute interface: possibly to ONLY
    set_attribute/get_attribute, even if that is not 100%
    Pythonesc.  SAGA attribs *are* *not* class member attribs,
    but conveye a different semantics.  Also, ther are sometimes
    extensible, sometimes not, sometimes readwrite, sometimes
    readonly - all difficult to express in the 'native' way it
    seems.  Not to speak of async...
  - shouldn't exceptions be nested?
  - What is an SagaIOError?  Does it make sense?  Use Case?
  - no set_defaults on context!
  - enums in UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES (object_type)
  - bindings seem to be designed before ERRATA - please recheck
    EVERYTHING!

Thilo, do you have an answer on those issues by now, by any
chance?

Cheers, Andre.



Quoting [Steve Fisher] (Oct 21 2009):
> Date:    Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:49:32 +0100
> Subject: Re: [SAGA-RG] phone call cadence
> From:    Steve Fisher        <dr.s.m.fisher at gmail.com>
> To:      Andre Merzky        <andre at merzky.net>
> Cc:      SAGA RG             <saga-rg at ogf.org>, Steven Newhouse <s.newhouse at omii.ac.uk>, 
>            Thijs Metsch <Thijs.Metsch at sun.com>,
>            Daniel Templeton <Dan.Templeton at sun.com>
> 
> I will try to join today because I am interested in the Python
> bindings. However I will not generally participate as it is too
> inconvenient at this time.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 2009/10/20 Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net>:
> > Mathijs was the only one who cannot make the proposed time.
> > So, sorry to him, but we'll go ahead with that timeslot then.
> >
> > Please mark your calendars then for Wednesday, Oct. 21, at
> >
> >   3pm Central Time Zone (Summer Time)
> >  10pm Central European  (Summer Time)
> >
> > The call will repeat every second week.
> >
> > Agenda for our first call:
> >
> >  - update from OGF27
> >  - info about DRMAA/SAGA collaboration
> >  - possibly discussion of python bindings (depending on
> >    participation)
> >  - possibly discussion of advert extension (depending on
> >    participation)
> >
> > For this week I could get us the LSU telephone bridge.  Dial-in
> > details are:
> >
> >  +1-225-578-4942 (international)
> >  866-573-0359    (US, toll free)
> >
> >  conference-id: 118682
> >
> > Using skype to dial in to that bridge works of course, and is cheap
> > from Europe.  The following calls will either use the same line, or
> > skype conferences - we'll sync about that before the calls.
> >
> > Cheers, Andre.
> >
> >
> > Quoting [Andre Merzky] (Oct 14 2009):
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> the topic of reviving our WG phone calls has come up at OGF27 (and
> >> before actually).  We would like to propose a bi-weekly schedule, at
> >> Wednesdays 10pm CET (3pm Central).  Note that the DRMAA WG will
> >> hopefully pick the same slot, also bi-weekly, so that the calls for
> >> both groups will alternate.
> >>
> >> Is there anybody on the list who would like to participate, but
> >> can't make this time slot?
> >>
> >> Cheers, Andre.
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