[Gt-eos] myproxy w/o globus

[Brian Bockelman]

> On Oct 30, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Mischa Salle <msalle at nikhef.nl> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jim and Venkat,
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 04:37:32PM +0000, Jim Basney wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Venkat and I have been exploring what it would take to make a MyProxy
>> release without Globus dependencies. Our current work in progress is
>> at https://github.com/ncsa/myproxy. We welcome your input and help!
> that's good news!
> Is there specific things you need help with or input for?
> 
> Personally, I think it's always good to remove dependencies on external
> libraries, especially if the maintainence of those is not fully clear.
> The disadvantage is code duplication (and corresponding risks).
> I would say whether de-globus-ification is a worthwhile effort or not
> depends on whether we can get the gridcf release off the ground...

Indeed - I'm of the same sentiment.  I would definitely poke around the subject, but it might be worthwhile to take a "wait and see" approach.