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Task Manager Version 2 Home Page

Skimming should be run from the release appropriate for the skim cycle being produced. The following packages should be checked out:
BbkJobWrappers
BbkTaskManager
and if using the Grid
BbkTMGridTools

The TM2 packages are still under active development, so you should select the latest tag for each package (do NOT use the CVS HEAD, since it would later be difficult to know which version you are using).

You can find which tag to use by following the links above and looking at the latest tag shown under "CVS tags" at the top. Alternatively, or if CVSweb only shows HEAD, you can use the listtags command to list all the tags and then choose the latest, which is listed first.

For skim releases prior to 24.3.3a, you also need to check out

BbkSqlAbstractor V00-00-14
BbkTools V00-01-44
or more recent versions.

Don't forget to gmake binscripts if you check out or update any packages.

Documentation

To obtain the latest version of the documentation:
gmake BbkTaskManager.guide
gv doc/BbkTaskManager.pdf
or (if you have LaTex2HTML installed):
gmake BbkTaskManager.guide HTML=1
and view doc/BbkTaskManager.html.

You should always obtain the current version of the documentation before embarking on skimming, but for quick reference, here is the documentation from 17th March 2008 (still current for BbkTaskManager V02-00-05):

You should also subscribe to the SkimControl HyperNews forum to keep up with developments.

The Task Manager schema diagram may also be of some help.


Code/Documentation development tasks

  • see TM2 development tasks (html , xls)
     (please update these documents frequently)

R24 validation skimming

  • BbkSkimCycle = V24a1-<SITE>, V24a2-<SITE>,...
  • release 24.2.1e

R24 skimming of 60ifb-test SP/PR

  • 60ifbR24a{1,2,3}
  • release 24.2.1f/24.3.1

Please see:
http://babar-hn.slac.stanford.edu:5090/HyperNews/get/SkimSOS/2877/2/3.html
to get the correct R24 merged collection path.


Giuliano Castelli <G.Castelli@rl.ac.uk> and Tim Adye <T.J.Adye@rl.ac.uk>