Re: [mpi-21] Several administrative items

[Richard Graham <rlgraham@xxxxxxxx>]

Added you as the 3rd reviewer :-)


On 11/27/07 4:50 PM, "George Bosilca" <bosilca@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Please add me as the second reviewer for the chapter 5.
> 
>    Thanks,
>      george.
> 
> On Nov 27, 2007, at 4:39 PM, Rusty Lusk wrote:
> 
>> I will do Chapter 5.
>> 
>> Rusty
>> 
>> On Nov 26, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Richard Graham wrote:
>> 
>>> MPI 2.1:
>>> ********
>>> 
>>> As we agreed to in Reno, I am soliciting for people who are willing
>>> to be
>>> responsible for a careful reading of a chapter the MPI 2.0
>>> standard.  The
>>> intent is to have a deliberate effort to fix obvious errors, and
>>> find items
>>> that need clarification so that we can finish the 2.1 process by
>>> mid year
>>> 2008.  What we need to have as an outcome is a list of proposed
>>> changes to
>>> the standard that can for the basis for an e-mail discussion, and
>>> then
>>> eventually a vote.  All are encouraged to review the standard, and
>>> participate in this process.  It at all possible, it would be nice
>>> to have a
>>> first draft for review by the Jan 14-16 meeting.  Note that there
>>> is already
>>> a list of changes, as well as proposed changes on the MPI 2.1 web
>>> site.
>>> Please send the list a note, if you are willing to be responsible for
>>> reading a chapter.
>>> 
>>> Chapter 2: MPI-2 Terms and Conventions
>>> Chapter 3: Version 1.2 of MPI
>>> Chapter 4: Miscellany
>>> Chapter 5: Process Creation and Management
>>> Chapter 6: One-sided Communications
>>> Chapter 7: Extended Collective Operations
>>> Chapter 8: External Interfaces
>>> Chapter 9: I/O
>>> Chapter 10: Language Bindings - Jeff Squyres
>>> 
>>> MPI 2.2
>>> *******
>>> I would like to publish an agenda in the next couple of weeks for
>>> the Jan
>>> 14-16 meeting.  Please send in items that you would like to
>>> discuss.  Please
>>> remember that 2.2 is intended to be "small" fixes to the API that
>>> do not
>>> change the nature of the standard itself.  Sending in an item also
>>> implies
>>> that you will come prepared for a detailed discussion of the
>>> proposal - why
>>> this change is needed, pros and cons, impact on users, impact on
>>> implementers, impact on other stake-holders.  I expect to spend
>>> about one
>>> day on MPI 2.2 items, so we can most likely handle up to four such
>>> items.
>>> It would also be good to discuss these items via e-mail, just like we
>>> discussed the "const" issue that was raised, so all of us can come
>>> prepared
>>> to discuss these items.
>>> 
>>> MPI 3.0 (?)
>>> ***********
>>> Again, I would like to have items for the agenda in the next could
>>> of weeks.
>>> The first item will be a discussion of what the MPI 3.0 (if this is
>>> what it
>>> is called) be, and I will set aside a half day for this
>>> discussion.  If you
>>> have opinions on what MPI 3.0 should include, please send these to
>>> the list
>>> - I will start the discussion with a summary of the issues raised,
>>> to give
>>> us a concrete starting point.  Please send in items that we can
>>> consider,
>>> based on the out come of the initial discussions.  These should
>>> include only
>>> items that people have already some experience with implementation
>>> and
>>> usage, or will be working on this in the process of this effort
>>> (speculative
>>> items should not go into the standard).
>>> 
>>> Administrative items:
>>> *********************
>>> As of now, we don't have sufficient commitment to attend the
>>> meetings to
>>> reserve a block of rooms for the meeting (we will make meeting room
>>> arrangements).  I expect this is just because people have not had
>>> time to do
>>> this.  If we can get on the order of 30-35 commitments, ORNL will
>>> go ahead
>>> and write a contract with the hotel, so please let me know in the
>>> near
>>> future if you plan to attend, and would like to reserve a hotel
>>> room for
>>> this.  This is the current list of people who have indicated they
>>> will
>>> attend the first two (some only one) meetings (does not include
>>> people local
>>> to Chicago, who will not need rooms):
>>> 
>>> Will Attend                          August meeting in Europe     Org
>>> ***********                          ************************
>>> ********
>>> Purushotham Bangalore                                             UAB
>>> Gil Bloch/others                         yes - no weekend
>>> Mellanox
>>> George Bosilca (1st meeting)                                      UT
>>> Ron Brightwell                           yes                      SNL
>>> Edgar Gabriel                            yes                      UH
>>> Patrick Geoffray
>>> Myricom
>>> David Gingold                            yes
>>> SiCortex
>>> Rich Graham                              yes
>>> ORNL
>>> Bill Gropp     
>>> Illinois
>>> Erez Haba                                yes
>>> Microsoft
>>> Torsten Hoefler (or others)
>>> Indiana U
>>> Matt Koop      
>>> Ohio State
>>> Quincey Koziol
>>> HDF/Illinois
>>> Kannan Narasimhan/                                                HP
>>> David Solt
>>> Yarek Nieplocha                          yes
>>> PNNL
>>> Jeff Squyres (1st, ? on rest)            yes
>>> Cicso
>>> Alexander Supalov                        yes
>>> Intel
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rich
>>> 
>> 
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