[Gt-eos] Launching the GridCF

[Mischa Salle]

Hi Oliver, Frank,

I think that eventually people will indeed move away from either (gt and
gct), but it is important that for the time being people will start
trust the gct as an equivalent solution, ideally have it take over the
current packages in EPEL and Debian. That requires that we can show
binary compatibility. I don't think a public release would be needed
before GT is actually out of normal support.

    Cheers,
    Mischa

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 01:44:07PM +0100, 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.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Oliver.
> 
> > Cheers,
> > Frank
> > 
> > 
> > 
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