sPHENIX EMCal discussion

[EdwardOBrien <eobrien AT bnl.gov>]

    Hi John,
     If we can get a version of the pCDR with all the parts but some
    missing figures by Fri Sept 18 then I'd be satisfied.  I have finally
    had a chance to meet with the authors of each
    chapter and everyone now has their writing assignments. The Sept 18 
version I
    plan to show to Berndt.  On this project he has insisted that he
    sees all our works in progress. He'll likely share this with his 
Project Management
    committee. Then by Fri Oct 2 I'd like a
    completed version which will also go to Berndt. I expect that there 
will
    be a final short round of editing, perhaps 1 week, after that 
before it shown to those outside
    the project or the lab.
     By the way, should I send a specific invite to Dick Majka and 
Nikolai to attend the
    sPHENIX Tracker meetings? Do you know if they signed up to the
    sphenix-tracking-l list, or even the general sphenix list? Let me know.
    Thanks.

    Ed



On 9/4/2015 4:31 PM, John Harris wrote:
> Ed,
>
> Thanks for sending out the message. Since I am leaving for two weeks, 
> I have zipped the entire document at present and will work on the 
> Science Objective and Performance Chapter locally on my laptop. I 
> would like to get it in condition to send it to a few people in 
> sPHENIX to review and suggest changes. Jamie and Dave have been 
> helpful in getting the figures together and some editing already.
>
> I guess I am still unsure as to when you wish to have a version that 
> satisfies sufficient standards to be sent outside the collaboration. 
> Is that the end of September to Berndt?
>
> Thanks and sorry for the repeat question, but the date did not sound 
> decided upon yet.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> On 9/4/15 3:48 PM, EdwardOBrien wrote:
> >     Hi John and Brant,
> >      I agree. I just sent around a message to the authors.
> >     Hopefully they will be more careful and check for errors
> >     before ending their editing session.
> >
> >     Ed
> >
> >
> > On 9/3/2015 6:40 PM, Brant Johnson wrote:
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Yes, this is an issue with multiple people editing the same document.
> > > I have not had time to investigate what errors have been introduced, 
> > > but
> > > yes, I encourage Ed to send a messge to the writers to make sure that
> > > any changes introduced do not cause compile errors.  One approach is to
> > > follow the instructions on doing a git clone, and then only do git add,
> > > git commit when all errors are corrected.  When people edit directly in
> > > overleaf, they may not be aware of making such errors.
> > >
> > > Brant
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, John Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > > Guys,
> > > >
> > > > Someone has edited the pre-CDR file and has left text in with a LaTEX
> > > > compile error since mid-afternoon today. This also happened last
> > > > Sunday, and I had to correct the error for whomever before I could
> > > > compile my text and see the .pdf
> > > >
> > > > I presume people have been warned about this or someone goes in and
> > > > cleans things up from time to time. This sort of thing prevents some
> > > > progress in that it is impossible to check a compiled version if
> > > > someone else has introduced errors.
> > > >
> > > > Now maybe there is a way to do it, i.e. only compile my .tex file, of
> > > > which I am unaware. If so, maybe someone could let me know if that is
> > > > possible?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and sorry for the complaint.
> > > >
> > > > John