Meeting 2018 05 09 - pmix/pmix-standard GitHub Wiki

Meeting May 9, 2018

Next Meeting May 23, 2018

Attending:

• Josh Hursey (IBM)
• Ralph Castain (Intel)
• Dave Solt (IBM)
• Brett (IBM)

Discussion / Questions

• Discussion: Testing
  • Should we work towards a PMIx standard set of unit tests for the API?
  • It would be somewhat specific to a given RM, but should give a start for users/developers.
  • Maybe use PRRTE as the target RM for the tests.
• Question: API Ordering
  • Can you call register_nspace after register_client? Yes.
    • Must call register_nspace before launching the process though.
• Question: Do we intend to standardize languages other than C?
  • PMIx standard is a C-based standard
  • Wrappers are welcome as 3rd party projects
• Discussion: Section 3 : Data Structures and Types
  • Section has been updated. Ready for review.
  • Should we include the macros for manipulating types?
    • They are nice to have and people use them, if we exclude them then we limit portability for those that started with the PMIx library.
    • Yes, add the 'signature' of the macro.
      • Consider adding the C implementation as an advice to implementors.
• Discussion: Issue #6
  • Where to put clarification and examples?
    • We can add it to the Data Structures and Types chapter, maybe as a subsection describing how users can address this issue in some of the less obvious places.

Writing assignments / Action Items

• Writing:
  • Ralph:
    • Section 4 (Initialization)
    • Section 8 (Events + Logging)
  • Josh:
    • Section 5 (Key/Value Management)
  • Dave
    • Section 10 (Server Specific Interfaces)
  • Unassigned:
    • Section 6 (Proces Management)
    • Section 7 (Job Allocation Management)
    • Section 9 (Data Packing and Unpacking)
• General Writing Guidance
  • Fill out the assigned section
  • Small questions of clarification add to the text (make clear to highlight the text)
  • Larger items of discussion, file an GitHub Issue.