[Gt-eos] Launching the GridCF

[Frank Scheiner]

Dear Oliver, Brian, all,

On 11/01/2017 05:09 PM, Oliver Keeble wrote:
> [...]
> About timelines, from reading the following
> 
> https://github.com/globus/globus-toolkit/blob/globus_6_branch/support-changes.md 
> 
> 
> I conclude that the Globus github repo isn't going anywhere, neither in 
> Jan nor Dec next year. Thus for us at least, the Jan 2018 deadline is 
> pretty weak, I would favour waiting until then before forking and 
> running through a first release.

I like to disagree a little bit with the last two sentences for the 
following reasons:

I assume most users outside of our "circle" are not aware, that the 
first deadline is not the final deadline for the Globus Toolkit and 
hence might consider it already dead after that date.

So it might be much too late to spread the word through a release during 
2018 or even in 2019 after the final deadline.

So if we manage to push out a release - even with only minimal 
changes/fixes/updates, maybe just a little polished - before this 
deadline, we would give a bold and assuring statement, that the gridcf 
is taking over (development and) support and users can continue to rely 
on the former known Globus Toolkit - now in the form of gct - as 
technology for their needs.

I think the earlier we make a sound, the more people can be dragged to 
our cause and the more people can be reassured in keeping the gct as 
technology.

Cheers,
Frank

-- 
Frank Scheiner

High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS)
Department Project User Management & Accounting

Email: scheiner at hlrs.de
Phone: +49 711 685 68039

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