Minutes of the code management group meeting 15/5/2012

Minutes of the code management group meeting 15/5/2012

Location: Cambridge

Present (for all or part of the meeting): Nick Savage (Met Office), Mohit Dalvi (Met Office), Colin Johnson (Met Office), Luke Abraham (Cambridge University), Alex Archibald (Cambridge University), Graham Mann (Leeds University)

1. Code management. The code management guidelines were discussed. The following amendments to the guidelines were agreed.
   1. The purpose section should be amended to make it friendlier and more focussed on UKCA as a community model implying common working practices. Following the guidelines is required for code to be lodged in the main UKCA code base. All developers are encouraged to follow this advice.
   2. It was agreed that the previous of jobs was a responsibility of the whole
   3. There was a long discussion about what we mean by "standard jobs" and it became clear that NS and the NCAS scientists were using the term to mean something different!
2. code ownership.
   1. Formal code owner at Met Office. It was agreed to propose to the next UKCA executive meeting that Nick Savage takes over formal responsibility as code owner. He is already representing UKCA at UM Project Board Meetings.
   2. subsection experts - names and responsibilities
3. Plans for the next year
   1. vn8.3 - minor technical changes only
   2. Met Office science changes f
   3. NCAS science changes
4. Setting up new UKCA wiki
   1. templates for code review and ticket summary
   2. tickets
5. Configuration management
6. Code testing external to Met Office
   1. configurations to undergo routine testing
   2. UTF on postproc and alternatives
   3. External reviewers for NCAS changes
7. Location for minutes of these meetings and access policy
8. date/time of next meeting

Also discussed more informally were:

1. Optimisation
2. Validation suite
3. IRIS