2021 01 11.devel

release status:

• RP

  • goes out w/o env isolation (again)

• RE

  • demote name pattern exceptions to warning for a while
  • rediscuss dependency keys release plan release February

• RP February:

  • env isolation
  • MongoDB removal for local execution

• RE February

  • comm failure resilience

• TODO AGENDA: discuss https://github.com/radical-cybertools/radical.entk/discussions/521

• delay between RE stages

  • closing issue for now

• Roadmap

  • reconnectivity for RP
  • agent partitioning
  • raptor integration / function alignment

• function focus

  • is task focused programming model still appropriate?
  • will pose requirements to latencies
  • distinguish cleanly between programming model and execution model
  • hard to estimate timelines
  • features / promises: may need additional abstractions beyond individual tasks (bag of tasks, stages)
  • control flow abstractions
  • alternatives to Futures / AsyncIO?

• TODO AGENDA: raptor integration

• TODO AGENDA: Task Description

• TODO AGENDA: config system

• clean up munch / config / description in RU (MTi / AM)

• we need to pick up test coverage (component test, unit test, integration tests)