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NAUG News: |
New: I have started compiling drafts of Beta Patch 4 versions of scripts. (5/27/09)
New: In preparation for the June 1 release of Beta Patch 4 (Version 2.4.0), I have posted a draft of the Beta Patch 4 Edition of the CASA Cookbook (PDF). (5/27/09)
The "devel" release build has been renamed to "active", so at AOC you would access this via source /home/ballista/casa/active/casainit.csh for example. See the updated build versions guide. (1/21/09)
The CASA Beta Patch 3.1 (version 2.3.1) has now been released. (1/21/09)
The CASA Beta Patch 3.0 has now been released. (12/1/08)
There was a NAUG meeting on Wed 27 Aug 2008. [Agenda] [Minutes] (8/27/08)
There is an updated Beta Patch 2 Release Edition of the CASA Cookbook (PDF). (8/21/08)
Beta Patch 2.1 (build 5654) has been updated here. See the release notes for changes. (7/25/08)
There is no NAUG meeting on Wed 23 Jul 2008. Enjoy the break. (7/23/08)
Beta Patch 2.0 (build 5653) has been released here (7/7/08)
There is no NAUG meeting on Wed 25 Jun 2008. Enjoy the break. (6/19/08)
Beta Patch 2 Synthesis Imaging School versions of scripts have been posted here. (6/13/08)
There was a NAUG meeting on Wed 28 May 2008. [Agenda] (5/28/08)
There was a NAUG meeting on Wed 23 Apr 2008. [Agenda] [Minutes] (4/23/08)
There was a NAUG meeting on Wed 26 Mar 2008. [Agenda] (3/26/08)
There is a Beta Patch 1 Release Edition of the CASA Cookbook (PDF). (3/17/08)
The Beta Watch List has returned, now for Patch 1. (2/6/08)
David King has put together a viewer testing Wiki page containing manual testing instructions for viewer functionality. NAUG tester might also find this useful. (1/28/08)
Development this cycle will cease on 1 Feb 2008. Targets are posted in the Plan of Record. In addition to these items, CASA JIRA issues with "Fix Version" of Patch 1 and due dates of 01Feb08/02Feb08 etc. are being worked on. Planning for the next cycle "Patch 2" will start shortly. (1/18/08)
Note that the CASA testing versions have changed. Use casapy for the release and casapy-test for the most recent stable. These are found in /usr/bin. (12/13/07)
There is a curriculum posted for the 1-day CASA Training session held in Socorro Dec 4, 2007. (12/04/07)
With the release of Beta Patch 0.5, there is a Beta Release Edition of the CASA Cookbook (PDF). (11/10/07)
Here are links to the Jupiter 6cm Continuum UVFITS data file and usecase script. There are also scripts broken up by area: flagging, calibration, and imaging, (these can be run sequentially). (10/16/07)
There is a curriculum posted for the CASA Boot Camp, which will be held in Socorro Oct 16-18, 2007. (10/16/07)
There is a CASA ALMA Simulator Cookbook Wiki that Rob Reid put together. (10/10/07)
There is now a Beta Release to test! Use the stable build (see below) at AOC. Use the daily (which is close to the beta) in CV until we get a real beta build there. (10/01/07)
There was a NAUG meeting on
Wed 26 Sep 2007.
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was on the
Beta Release status.
(9/26/07)
There is now a Beta Watch List tracking the status of beta issues. (9/25/07)
I have sequestered the older Alpha Release Edition (PDF). (9/20/07)
Dana Balser has posted his Testing Notes on the internal wiki. (8/24/07)
There was a NAUG meeting on
Wed 8 Aug 2007.
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was on
testing of upcoming Alpha Patch 2.
(8/8/07)
There is an annotated script for VLA 6cm Jupiter reduction. (6/29/07)
There was a NAUG meeting on
Wed 27 Jun 2007.
[Agenda]
The Main Event was on testing for the
Alpha Patch 1.
(6/27/07)
There is an annotated script for NGC5921 reduction. (6/16/07)
Sanjay has posted a CASA Memo (HTML) (PDF) describing the MSSelection syntax he is developing. (6/16/07)
There was a special NAUG meeting on
Wed 30 May 2007.
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was an
update on Alpha Patch and tasking development and
data selection.
(5/30/07)
NAUG Testing Information: |
NOTE: We have changed the versions at the AOC and in CV for testing. Testers are recommended to use either the latest Beta release casapy or casapy-test. The latter replaces the daily in that it has been specially selected to be stable, and is updated regularly.
CASA Versions for Testing:
General:The latest working versions of the CASA Cookbook (PDF)
The CASA Toolkit Guide is now deprecated and no longer supported.
The list of assignments for NAUG task leaders.
Summary list of relevant requirements and testing related documents:
ALMA:Older CASA Stuff: |
There was a NAUG meeting on
Wed 9 May 2007.
[Agenda]
The Main Event was an update on Alpha Patch and
Beta Release development.
(5/9/07)
There was a Special NAUG meeting on
Thu 19 Apr 2007.
The Main Event was a continuation of the discussion on the
Alpha patch status and Beta planning.
(4/19/07)
There was a Special NAUG meeting on
Wed 11 Apr 2007.
The Main Event was an
update of the Alpha relese status and Beta planning.
(4/11/07)
Joe has set up a Beta Planning page. (4/5/07)
There was a Special NAUG meeting on
Wed 4 Apr 2007.
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was a series of
discussions of the Beta release plans including the
assignment of NAUG task mentors.
(4/5/07)
Sanjay has written up some examples of MS selection. Note that these are presented from the perspective of the software underneath, not from the casapy environment! Stay tuned for casapy user examples. (4/4/07)
The regular NAUG meeting was held
Wed 28 Mar 2007.
The Main Events were a demo of Urvishi's flagging upgrades,
and a discussion of the
draft Alpha patch schedule and Beta release plans.
(3/28/07)
The regular NAUG meeting was held
Wed 28 Feb 2007.
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Events were a
status report for the upcoming test, discussion on progress
of the
new cookbook, and a presentation on the
prototype SD tasks that Steve put together.
(2/28/07)
The CASA Project Scientist (Steve Myers) has issued his 2007 State of the CASA Package report. (2/21/07)
There was a special NAUG meeting
Wed 21 Feb 2007.
[Agenda]
The Main Event was a
status report for the upcoming test and the
ms selection scheme currently under development.
(2/21/07)
The Wed 14 Feb 2007 NAUG meeting
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was a
status report for the upcoming ALMA test.
(2/19/07)
There was a special simulator focus group held at the AOC 5-9 Feb 2007 A trial simulator task proposal and a sketch for simulator task parameters is available. (2/9/07)
There was a special NAUG meeting Wed 7 Feb 2007 [ Agenda] . (2/7/07)
There was a special NAUG meeting Fri 2 Feb 2007 [ Agenda] . (2/2/07)
There was a special NAUG meeting Fri 26 Jan 2007 [ Agenda] . (1/24/07)
The Wed 17 Jan 2007 NAUG meeting
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was a
summary of progress.
(1/17/07)
The Wed 10 Jan 2007 NAUG meeting
[Agenda]
[Minutes]
The Main Event was a
summary of progress.
(1/10/07)
The Wed 3 Jan 2007 NAUG meeting
[Agenda]
The Main Event was a
summary of issues brought up in the recent
EVLA test and future plans.
(1/03/07)
The Wed 13 Dec 2006 NAUG meeting
[Agenda]
The Main Event was a discussion of the state of
Alpha Release Patch 4 and readiness for the
EVLA test led by Joe McMullin.
(12/13/06)
The Wed 29 Nov 2006 NAUG meeting:
[Agenda]
[Minutes].
The Main Event was a discussion of the
current state of the Alpha Release led by Joe McMullin, and
of the calibration
improvements by George Moellenbrock.
(11/29/06)
The Wed 25 Oct 2006 NAUG meeting:
[Agenda]
[Minutes].
The Main Event was a discussion of the
current state of the Alpha Release led by Joe McMullin.
(10/25/06)
The alpha release of CASA is now available. There is a regression test script available also. (10/16/06)
The Wed 11 Oct 2006 NAUG meeting:
[Agenda]
[Minutes].
The Main presentation was a
demo of the CASA Alpha interface by Joe McMullin.
(10/11/06)
The Wed 27 Sep 2006 NAUG meeting: The Main presentation was a demo of the CASA interface by Joe McMullin. (9/27/06)
The User Interface Working group info is available here. The draft UIWG report is available as a PDF (232K) (3/30/06)
The Wed 26 Jan 2006 NAUG meeting:
[Agenda].
[Minutes].
The Main presentation was a kickoff by Joe McMullin of the
NAUG pre-testing for
ALMA Test 4.
(1/26/06)
The Wed 14 Dec 2005 NAUG Meeting featured a presentation by Joe McMullin on the second CASA demo. (12/14/05)
The Wed 23 Nov 2005 NAUG meeting featured a main presentation by George on frequency dependent calibration issues. (11/23/05)
The Wed 26 Oct 2005 NAUG meeting featured a presentation and first demo by Joe McMullin on CASA and its Python interface. (10/29/05)
Old AIPS++ Stuff: |
AIPS++ NAUG Testing: The testing logs archive
AIPS++ Scriptorum: The script archive
In addition to the testing logs in this archive, various NAUG members maintain their own aips++ web pages:
Some useful AIPS++ Links:
Other Docs Links:
Steve's testing log for the EVLA AXAF field test has been posted, along with an aips++ script. (7/29/05)
I have posted Ed's testing log for the EVLA AXAF field test, along with his aips++ script and AIPS script. (6/23/05)
I have posted Ed's testing log for AW602 (plus correspondence from the SSG), along with his aips++ script and AIPS script. (7/6/04, 8/17/04)
There is a new draft of the AIPS++ Cookbook available at Debra's ALMA Test site. There are also some scripts there also. (12/05/03)
Stable Snapshot 3 (SS3, v1.9 Build 275) was released on 03 Dec 2003. SS4 is due for release on 15 Jan 2004. (12/03/03)
There is a proposal to unify and expand the data selection (MS) capabilities in AIPS++. See the Data Selection Documentation for details. (11/12/03)
Debra has updated her ALMA Test Plan, latest version dated 21Oct03. (10/21/03)
Interested NAUG members should check out Sanjay's documents on the performance of imager and calibrater, which are also linked under the first two items on the Current Release Status table on the Project Office page. Many thanks to Sanjay, George, and Kumar for working hard on these improvements! (8/13/03)
The AIPS++ "Version" number has been up-reved from 1.8 to 1.9, and the AIPS++ Build number now continues as 19.xxx. We are numbering the Stable Snapshots starting with SS1, which are to be issued every 2 months, giving 3 for each 6-month ALMA release (only 2 for R1). (8/13/03)
NAUG Reloaded - Reorganization of NRAO software, in particular AIPS++, has been completed (for now). The AIPS++ IPT is now under Socorro Ops with Jim U. and Brian G. at the helm. This buys some much-needed stability for the developers, and also gives us strong advocates (who also want results!) up above. Since software development at NRAO is now "project driven", the activities of the NAUG now need to be coordinated with the relevant testing groups of the ALMA and EVLA projects, for example. There is still an important role for the NAUG in pre-testing functionality before the projects (particularly ALMA) do their more official testing, to help with documentation, and to guide development in a broader sense. See the minutes from the 13-Aug-2003 NAUG meeting for more details. (8/13/03)
NAUG Membership Info |
Steve Myers currently organizes the NAUG meetings.
The group currently consists of: Walter Brisken, Crystal Brogan, Claire Chandler, Mark Claussen, Ed Fomalont, John Hibbard, Steve Myers, Frazer Owen, Michael Rupen, Debra Shepherd, Jim Ulvestad, Gustaaf van Moorsel, David Whysong
Others are welcome to attend!
An email exploder aips2-naug has been set up.