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TLC Meeting January 16, 2007

The TLC met by teleconference on January 16, 2007 at 1:00 PM EST.

Agenda

  • Update on standardizing the content and location of README, INSTALL, and AUTHORS files.
  • Update on creation of static Web pages
  • Update on creation of CoinAll project
  • Revising project management procedure and guidelines (see attachments below)
  • Progress on library versioning
    • release vs revision
    • 3-digit version-info vs 2-digit releases
    • Creating executables
  • Progress on binaries
  • Installation verification tests
  • Dual licensing issues

Notes

  1. There has been no progress on standardizing the content and location of README, INSTALL, and AUTHORS files since last meeting. JP will have a report by next meeting.

  2. The creation of a space for static Web pages has also been stalled. Laci and Matt will get together and take care of it "soon."

  3. Ted is working with Bill Hart from Sandia on the creation of the new "CoinAll" project (name to be decided).

  4. Francois has taken an initial stab at drafting an update to the current project management procedures and guidelines (see attachments). The additions and updates include

    • Additional language dealing umbrella projects.
    • Additional language dealing with development projects.
    • Correction of inconsistencies between policy and procedure. Additional items to be include that are not yet in the current draft are
  • More exlicit language dealing with archived projects.
  • Incorporation of the project classification scheme. It was decided to leave the policy on project Web pages as is. It was also suggested that the project management guidelines be made into more "living" documents, rather than only being updated very infrequently. Ted will create a branch in the SLB repository for the current drafts so that we can continue to work on them over the next few weeks. After the TCL approves them, they will be passed to the SLB for final approval, since legal issues are involved. Matt will check with the SLB to see if there are any issues with giving TLC members access to the SLB repository for the purposes of editing these documents. He will also talk to the SLB about the issue of archived and/or static projects.

  1. Leo described his understanding of the libtool versioning system, which may help to allow multiple, binary incompatible versions of the COIN libraries to live in the same directory (/usr/local/lib for instance). There was a discussion regarding the costs and benefits and it was decided to form an ad hoc committee consisting of Leo, Ted, Laci, and Andreas to look into the matter.

  2. Remaining agenda items were tabled.

Respectfully submitted,

Ted Ralphs, TLC Chair

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