[Gt-eos] Launching the GridCF

[Mátyás Selmeci]

On 11/07/2017 06:44 AM, Oliver Keeble wrote:
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> On 07/11/17 12:05, Frank Scheiner wrote:
>> 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.
>
> This is an interesting comment, as I think it reveals a rather 
> different perspective from the one we have here at CERN at least. Our 
> intention is not to encourage people to use gct at all - instead, we 
> want to keep it working for as long as it takes our community to find 
> alternatives.
>

Interesting! So which parts of Globus/GCT are you most interested in 
finding alternatives to?

-Mat

> Cheers,
>
> Oliver.
>
>> Cheers,
>> Frank