User:AndrewJohnson/Collaboration Support

Support Provided by APS Controls Group

Resources

• Mailing list
  • Subscription management
  • Searchable archive
• Version control
  • CVS Repository
  • Browser interface
  • Statistics
• Bug tracker
• Website
  • About, news and other static pages
  • Software downloads
  • Wiki
  • Supported Hardware list
  • Documentation
  • Training
    • Getting Started videos

Effort

• Maintain all the above resources
• Maintain core code
  • Build system and tools
  • Common library and OSI interface
  • Static database access and tools
  • Runtime database
  • Record support and soft device support
• Incorporate fixes/features from elsewhere
• Investigate and fix problems
• Manage release process
  • Test builds
    • Solaris, Linux, Windows, MacOS, RTEMS, vxWorks 5.x
  • Run mrkSoftTest regression tests
    • Solaris, Linux, vxWorks, RTEMS
  • Run mrkHwdTest hardware tests
    • vxWorks
  • Test CAS and CAC libraries using Gateway, MEDM etc.
  • Release generation and packaging
    • Update website, documentation, bug tracker
• EPICS licensing issues and questions
• Maintain many extensions
  • MEDM
  • ALH
  • PV Gateway
  • Striptool
  • Probe
  • BURT
  • Other minor tools...
• Maintain various support modules
  • Asyn
  • synApps
  • IPAC
  • Allen Bradley
  • directNet
  • TDS3000
  • Others ...
• Provide training
  • USPAS
  • Others by invitation

Additional Support Desired

• Release testing
  • Additional regression tests
  • Automated test suite
• New/updated documentation
  • Record reference manual
  • Developer guidelines
  • Device support
• Supported devices database