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Yes, JRA1 are committd to producing deployment modules for all THEIR components, but gLite isn't a full middleware stack. Well perhaps with the new renaming it is but I doubt that JRA1 are committed to supporting the new enlarged gLite. > -----Original Message----- > From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Burke, S (Stephen) > Sent: 05 November 2005 11:26 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: installation tools situation > > Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gordon, JC (John) > said: > > What were the actions? Did anyone commit to integrating all the > > non-glite components into this framework? This is presumably an > > ongoing task as other tools develop in parallel. > > I think that's part of the point: jra1 are committed to > producing deployment modules for all the components, whereas > Oliver doesn't have time to re-code the python scripts in > bash. However, in principle that could presumably be done > elsewhere in the community. > > In the end it seems to me that the sysadmins are the > clients here and the system adopted should be one that they > are happy with. However, it should be an informed choice; so > far the admins on the testbed and PPS haven't raised any > fundamental objections to the new system, just some issues > about things like how the xml files are managed which have > been addressed to some extent. Also there are some potential > benefits from xml which we don't actually have so far, e.g. > editing with a GUI tool. > > Stephen >