Release overview (approx 2 hours)

Ganga has developed into a major piece of software, offering a wealth of functionality. Even with the weekly phone meetings, it can be difficult to keep track of the new features being added. This session should provide a comprehensive overview of the functionality provided by release 4.2, with special attention given to features added since release 4.1.

The format to be adopted is that each developer should give a brief account (<5 minutes) of the component/functionality worked on for release 4.2, and should then give a short demo (5-10 minutes).

For the above, I'd like to ask you to do the following:

• Please send me 2-5 slides describing the Ganga component/functionality you worked on for release 4.2. I will collect all slides into a single presentation, so that at the meeting we'll basically have a round-table discussion and won't lose time changing from one presentation file to another.
• Please prepare a short demo highlighting some aspect of the functionality you've added. I give some suggestions for demos below (which also give an indication of what I'm expecting will be covered in your slides), but feel free to give a demo of anything not mentioned, as I probably don't know about it!

So I will ask from:

• Kuba : Demo of latest core functionality - things that perhaps nobody else knows about!
• Adrian : Using the new test framework (e.g. adding a new test case)
• Alexander : Using the remove repository; Working with subjobs; Working with folders
• Vladimir : Sandbox functionality
• Hurng-Chun : Submitting simple jobs to the LCG backend; Using GangaPlotter
• Alvin : GUI functionality; Monitoring possibilities
• Ulrik : Running ROOT jobs
• Andrew : Running LHCb jobs, illustrating dataset definition and job splitting
• Johannes : Running Athena jobs, illustrating dataset definition, job splitting and output merging
• Frederic : Running ATLAS production-type jobs
• Karl : Working with the command-line scripts; Interactive backend
• Other : Please give suggestions!

Current use patterns (approx 1 hour)

For this session, we need input from people actively using Ganga. Please let me know: (1) if you've received user feedback that you can present or (2) if you know of any users who might be willing to give me a summary of their experience with Ganga.