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Apr 1, 2000
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Software Sharing at Fermilab -
Experiences from Run II, KITS and Fermitools
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Ruth Pordes1,
Lauri Loebel Carpenter2,
Betsy Scherherhorb2
- For the Fermilab Computing Division
- Fermilab
Speaker:
Ruth Pordes
Fermilab provides many different software packages for specific Experiments
or Projects. We promote a strategy to distribute and reuse software once the
investment in its development has been made. We describe experiences with
three approaches and our ideas for continuing this effort into the future.
In the CDF /D0/ CD Joint Offline Project, software is jointly developed or
obtained and then supported by the Computing Division and the
Collaborations. We describe one such project as an example - the development
and support of the experiments data base management systems. Key elements in
the promotion of reuse and sharing of software are providing and maintaining
central services which simplify and standardize how software is distributed
and managed. We describe our central code repository, mechanisms to support
distribution from a central restricted FTP site, our email support system,
and the service provided by a searchable catalog of software and
documentation. Through the Fermitools Program, we have been providing
software to the more general community. We work towards a semblance of open
source within the operating DOE guidelines.
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