The production status machine is now a bit confusing. What is missing is:

0. VERY clear documentation. 1. A real status machine: depending from the production types, an automata has to be decided and implemented. 2. The current one is valid only for the MC request: some automation would be nice for the non-MC requests. 3. The current one does some operations (i.e. removing outputs and killing MC jobs) that are far from optimal.

0. Some documentation is missing.

Clear definitions of status:

Final, irreversible states:

• Archived
• Cleaned

States reached only after manual operations:

• Stop

1. A real status machine: depending from the production types, an automata has to be decided and implemented.

For what regards implementation: there is generic state machine recently implemented for the RSS, that could probably be re-used.

-- FedericoStagni - 02-May-2011