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Daniel

Sure! So far I have seen only one such case (but I am sure
we will identify more). Cat needs a function:

  def checkUserExists(self, userName, hostName):

I am happy to continue keeping it in cat.

Jacek


On 01/10/2014 12:43 PM, Wang, Daniel Liwei wrote:
> Jacek,
>
> Okay, thanks for pointing this out. For db and ?logging?, let's make
> sure they include only assumptions that make sense for all LSST code
> (including Qserv and it's potentially non-LSST, non-science users). Of
> course, those specific assumptions need to get in somehow, so maybe cat
> has it's own wrapper/plugin for db, and qserv has its own wrapper/plugin
> for ?logging?.
>
> What do you think?
> -Daniel
>
>
> On 01/10/2014 11:19 AM, Becla, Jacek wrote:
>> Daniel
>>
>> Qserv also has (or will have) dependencies on three other, relatively
>> simple packages from lsst: geom, db and whatever package logging ends up in.
>>
>> Jacek
>>
>>
>> On 01/10/2014 10:05 AM, Daniel L. Wang wrote:
>>> Hi Fabrice,
>>>
>>> My vision of qserv is that some time part-way through construction, a
>>> sysadmin will be able to install qserv via yum (RHEL/Fedora) or apt
>>> (Debian/Ubuntu). By then, I hope that all dependencies will be included
>>> in both RHEL and Ubuntu. The only dependencies not included yet are:
>>> * xrootd (qserv-specific changes should be on mainline in ~2 years)
>>> * scisql (probably easy to package)
>>> * nearly-forgotten lua-related libs
>>> Eliminating the problem lua packages is on the roadmap for qserv. Xrootd
>>> is already there, and the right version should land soon. I am willing
>>> to maintain RPMs for scisql.
>>>
>>> So the vision is not too far. If we add sconsutils, we would need to see
>>> that packaged in .deb or .rpm. The LSST stack has complex versioning and
>>> sandboxing requirements that I think are less appropriate for qserv.
>>>
>>> Indeed, during the hack week, we decided on a directory layout that is
>>> somewhat more complex than the LSST layout, so we wouldn't be able to
>>> reuse that part of sconsutils. Don't worry about the scons
>>> complexity--it is already much simpler than before (though I have not
>>> yet cleaned the obsolete parts out).  I am also not ruling out Cmake.
>>>
>>> Can you clarify what functionality you are hoping to get? My instinct is
>>> that our needs are so much simpler that whatever redundancy is smaller
>>> and simpler than the adaptation needed to use sconsutils. I'd rather not
>>> tie any part of the build process to eups, any more than building SWIG,
>>> Python, or boost is dependent on eups.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> -Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/10/2014 12:43 AM, Fabrice Jammes wrote:
>>>> Hello Daniel,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot for your answer on my previous email (cf. [QSERV-L] Some
>>>> questions about building Qserv in branch  u/danielw/modules1)
>>>>
>>>> Here's below an usefull answer from Jim Bosch about sconsUtils.
>>>> It seems it may be suitable to detect and link Qserv dependencies.
>>>> We may use this in order to remove this code from Qserv scons scripts
>>>> and lighten them ?
>>>>
>>>> K.T., could you please give your opinion about sconsUtils use, it
>>>> would be very usefull ?
>>>> Indeed, it would allow that Daniel and I to fit to LSST architectural
>>>> requirements ;-), and work in the right direction.
>>>>
>>>> Have a nice day,
>>>>
>>>> Fabrice
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: 	Re: [QSERV-L] [LSST-data] Some more question about Qserv
>>>> packaging with eups.
>>>> Date: 	Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:14:03 -0500
>>>> From: 	Jim Bosch <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: 	Fabrice Jammes <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> CC: 	Kian-Tat Lim <[log in to unmask]>, qserv-l
>>>> <[log in to unmask]>, LSST Data <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll limit my responses to questions about sconsUtils, as that's the
>>>> only area where I'm really an expert here.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Fabrice Jammes<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> - Do you think Qserv build should relies on sconsutils ?
>>>> I don't think this is as important as relying on EUPS; I personally
>>>> think Qserv should use sconsUtils only if it is convenient to do so.
>>>> It basically provides a configuration system and convenience functions
>>>> that allow SCons scripts to be much more concise if the package is
>>>> laid out in a certain way and you're willing to commit to creating
>>>> .cfg files that describe all of your dependencies.  In particular, it
>>>> will be most helpful if:
>>>>      - You have a lot of compiled code; a lot of what sconsUtils provides
>>>> is configuration of various compiler build variables (include
>>>> directories, library directories, etc).
>>>>      - You organize the package in the same way as most DM packages, with
>>>> doc, include, lib, python, src, and ups directories.
>>>>      - You use Swig to build Python wrappers for C++ code and need to
>>>> build against Swig modules created by dependencies.
>>>>
>>>>> - Do you thinks sconsutils may be compatible with rpm format ?
>>>> Most of it is, and possibly all of it.  The part I'd be concerned with
>>>> is the need for .cfg files not just for your own package but for all
>>>> your dependencies as well.  So if your dependencies come from other
>>>> rpms, you'd need .cfg files for those too.  But they wouldn't need to
>>>> be installed with those dependencies; you could package them directly
>>>> with Qserv too.  Other than that, using sconsUtils with rpm shouldn't
>>>> be any different from any other SCons-based build system.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
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