= Developer Meetings =

== 2010 Developer Meeting ==
July 28 - August 7, 2010 at NAOJ (Mitaka, Tokyo) 

=== Goals ===

 * merge the asap trunk and alma branches
 * create development plan which includes CASS and ALMA
 * Document design
 * Improve testing

=== Attendees ===
(confirmed)

||Daisuke Iono ||NAOJ||
||Wataru Kawasaki ||NAOJ||  
||George Kosugi ||NAOJ||  
||Takeshi Nakazato ||NAOJ||
||Malte Marquarding ||CSIRO|| 
||Kana Sugimoto ||NAOJ|| 
||Tak Tsutsumi ||NRAO||


=== Schedule ===

(tentative)

Jul 28[[BR]]
'''Overview'''
   - planning sessions for the rest of the meeting to set goals

9:30 - 12:00
    * welcome/opening remarks
    * overview and current status of ASAP
      * Status of ASAP and ASAP development at CASS - Malte
      * CASA-ASAP overview - Takeshi
      * CASA-ASAP specific functionality - Takeshi/Kana
      * Recent merging of ASAP3.0 to alma branch - Kana



12:00 - 13:00
lunch break

13:00 - 15:00

    * make a plan for the merging work sessions goals 

    * set goals for the discussion on planning for next one year
     (make some bullet points,update this wiki page,etc)

15:00 - 15:15 
coffee break/email break

15:15 - 17:00

    * set goals for the discussion on long term planning
(make some bullet points,update this wiki page,etc)
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Jul 29-30 and Aug 2-5[[BR]] 
9:00 - 17:00 -ish

(lead: Malte)
'''ASAP merge (alma branch -> trunk of ATNF ASAP svn)'''

   * Starting point would be alma branch updated recently by Kana
   * include few more updates from CASA
   * Resolve any conflicts, duplicated features, etc
   * (move ASAP logger to CASA C++ logger?) 
   * Documentation (including scantable format description)
   * add more testing

Jul 30[[BR]]
9:00 - 10:00 Skype-con with Nick

Aug 5[[BR]]
''wrap-up session for the merge''
   * Identify unfinished/remaining development, if any and assign
 

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Aug 6[[BR]]
9:00 - 17:00 [[BR]]
'''Discussions(1): near-term plan on ASAP development coordination'''  
   * Future merge (alma branch->trunk) planning
     * comments from previous 'merge' experiences - Kana?
     * how frequent should we schedule merge? (coordinating with release schedules
     * procedure
     * tests
   * Development plans (for CASA, CASS?)
some of them may be covered on the first day but may be useful to
give some summary here, particularly on filler(s), plotter, flagging)

     * Proposal of moving some python codes to C++ - Wataru
     

* Dinner ?

Aug 7[[BR]] 
9:00 - 17:00 [[BR]]
'''Discussions(2): long-term plan(s)'''
 * Possibility to unify ASAP - CASA as a single package to use for CASS/ALMA?
   * Build issues?  
   * supporting OSes
   * plotter
 * Scantable vs Measurement Set ("kick-off" discussion)
   * Current usages of scantable 
   * Requirements for CASS/CASA
   * Measurement Set def. 2.0: Is it sufficient to store single dish data from relevant telescopes (AT, ALMA, Nobeyama), do we need to modify?
     * data accessing speed (are there any issues or differences between scantable and MS? i.e. 'flat table' vs more complex table structure)
     * need some testing with prototype 
     * What modifications are needed in order to migrate to MS?
 * Others