[mpi3-ft] Picking up working group activities

[Yann K.]

Erez noticed the detail. Thanks. If somebody joins and is from Asia,
we're trapped !
In Europe, can't do anything if not between 9 and 11am EST.

Check this  example :
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingtime.html?month=1&day=21&year=2008&p1=64&p2=195&p3=-1&p4=-1


Yann

Erez Haba wrote:
> Thanks Rich,
>
> Wednesday's are okay for me; however 11am EST is too early. 1pm or 2pm EST would work better for me thought it might not for people from Europe.
>
> >From my pov, resolving the MPI_COMM_WORD FT behavior is the highest priority issue.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mpi3-ft-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu [mailto:mpi3-ft-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Graham
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:15 AM
> To: mpi3-ft at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: [mpi3-ft] Picking up working group activities
>
> I would like to start bi-weekly con calls to discuss Fault Tolerance and
> dynamic process support  in the context of MPI 3.0.  First, we need to find
> a time for the telecon that works for most people, so I will start by
> suggesting that we have the call on Wed's at 11 am EST, starting 1/30/2008.
> How does this work for people who plan to be active participants in this
> work ?
>
> The items I would like to start addressing next week are
>  - Does MPI provide FT, or enable FT work ?
>  - Do we need more than is available in the current standard ?
>  - If so, what are the use-case scenarios that we are aiming to support ?
>
> These seem to be a good starting point for discussions.  If you have a
> particular use-case you want us to consider in this working group, please
> write it up and circulate it to on the mailing list at least a day before we
> meet, to give people a chance to read these over.  Please keep the
> descriptions high-level, avoiding specific solutions, at this stage.  We
> will start to discuss specifics once we have defined the scope of the
> problem that needs to be addressed - if we agree that there is one in the
> first place.
>
> Same thing for dynamic process support - if you have specific use-case
> scenarios that are not supported under the current standard, and you would
> like to have these considered for inclusion in the 3.0 standard, please
> provide the use cases you would like the group to consider.
>
> We should continue to take input on use case scenarios until the next
> face-to-face meeting, but the sooner we get these, the more effective we
> will be in proceeding in a timely manner.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
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