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[Frank Geurts <geurts AT rice.edu>]

Thank you, Gene. 

-f.


> On Sep 12, 2024, at 2:37 PM, Van Buren, Gene <gene AT bnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Clarifying a few (hopefully uncontentious) points...
> 
>> On Sep 12, 2024, at 1:00 PM, Richard Witt <Star-tpc-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>>  In response to a request from Frank at today’s TPC meeting, here is a 
>> short summary of the status of the ongoing work to incorporate the new TPC 
>> alignment for the FXT production.
>> 
>> == The next step toward production for the FXT is the processing of a 
>> sample for dE/dx calibration.
> 
> That's the next step _after_ an official library is built, a calibration 
> production of the high priority datasets (3 or 4 FXT energies) for TPC 
> dE/dx + BTOF + ETOF.
> 
>> 
>> == A new library, incorporating the new alignment has been produced.
>> 
>> == The S&C group must approve that library before production of the 
>> calibration sample can proceed.
> 
> I built a test library for the purpose of running the nightly test suite, 
> not an official library.
> 
>> 
>> == The S&C group needs approval of the changes made in response to the 
>> current pull request associated with the new alignment code before they 
>> can approve the the library for use in the calibration production.
>> 
>> ==  Due to the number of comments submitted on the PR, it is unclear to 
>> the TPC group what further work is needed to receive such approval or even 
>> what form that approval takes since the code will not be merged when the 
>> PR is resolved (to avoid undesired effects in producing older data sets).
> 
> The concern with merging into DEV currently is to avoid any impact on 
> FastOffline for the next ~5.5 weeks.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Gene
> 
>> 
>> ==  The TPC group, therefore, requests a path to approval of the changes 
>> made for the PR be defined so we can proceed with requesting S&C approval 
>> and subsequently produce a dE/dx calibration sample using the new library.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>>  Richard 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> -- 
>> "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change
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>> 
>> --Nelson Mandela
>> 
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