EPICS Roadmap Where Do We Go From Here?

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EPICS RoadmapWhere Do We Go From Here?
Ned Arnold 5/2/2004 12/10/2004 4/29/2005
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EPICS Roadmaps(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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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
• iocCore (and Channel Access)
• Core Tools/Extensions
• Collaboration Support Issues
• Ideas and RD 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 ltappropriategt 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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Categories/Topics/Working Groups
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One last thing

• Reports from the category leads at each
  Collaboration Meeting
• Dear Steve (hunt_at_psi.ch),
• We really missed hearing about the current work
  and future plans for EPICS RD 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 FTEs available now at our facility to
  assist you. Please contact us as soon as possible
  to let us know how we can help.
• Sincerely,
• ltyour namegt