EPICS Roadmap
Where Do We Go From Here?
Ned Arnold
5/2/2004
12/10/2004
4/29/2005
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EPICS Roadmap
(Plan C)
Ned Arnold
4/29/2005
The submitted manuscript has been created by the University of Chicago as Operator of
Argonne National Laboratory (“Argonne”) under Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38 with the
U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government retains for itself, and others acting on
its behalf, a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in said article to
reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly
and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government.
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U.S. Department of Energy
A U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science Laboratory
Operated by The University of Chicago
Summary of EPICS 2010 Discussions :
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Where Do We Go From Here?
• But it is not all bad news!
- The EPICS Collaborative Community is alive and well and we will
still develop/contribute/support/evolve/enhance the EPICS toolkit.
- Much evidence at this meeting
• As discussed at the December meeting, there are some clear
benefits to promoting better communication/collaboration of
these efforts
• A plan was proposed …
… and no one voted “no”
• The two-page plan …
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Divide & Conquer
• Define four categories of efforts/topics
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iocCore (and Channel Access)
Core Tools/Extensions
Collaboration Support Issues
Ideas and R&D for EPICS 5.0 and beyond
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How can we build momentum?
• For each of the four categories, identify …
- A category “lead” – the person(s) responsible for knowing what is
going on or making something happen
- This person is also responsible for ensuring that all effort is kept
“collaborative”, i.e. ideas, designs, implementations, etc are
sufficiently exposed for comments and <appropriate> reviews
- i.e. responsible for keeping the community informed
- A category “team” – a collection of people that are committed to
contributing both ideas and effort
- Web pages that clearly describe the activities (Current plans, future
plans, wild ideas, current status) occurring in that category.
• At each collaboration meeting …
- Each category “lead” reports on current activities (peer pressure)
- “What have you done for me lately?”
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One last thing …
• Reports from the category “leads” at each Collaboration
Meeting
Dear Steve (hunt@psi.ch),
We really missed hearing about the current work and future plans
for EPICS R&D activities. I will be checking your website
regularly to stay attuned to all the neat things you will be
reporting on and initiating.
We have 3 FTE’s available now at our facility to assist you. Please
contact us as soon as possible to let us know how we can help.
Sincerely,
<your name>
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