[Fiware-chapter-architects] [Fiware-wg-leaders] URGENT: FIWARE coordination confcall - response to technical assessment by HLRS on FIWARE GEris in the Catalogue

Javier Soriano (FI-UPM) jsoriano at fi.upm.es
Tue Sep 30 09:51:53 CEST 2014


Hi Juanjo, Miguel, all,

We are done with the Apps section.

BR,
Javier

2014-09-30 5:43 GMT+02:00 Philipp Slusallek <philipp.slusallek at dfki.de>:

> Done,
>
>         Philipp
>
> Am 29.09.2014 um 18:57 schrieb MIGUEL CARRILLO PACHECO:
> > Dear all, dear Philipp,
> >
> > We have received several reports by email. Please follow the procedure
> > agreed in the call: put it at the end of the minutes of meeting in the
> > section of your chapter. We are simply unable to process so many
> > messages and we ask this for something.
> >
> > I see that Philipp has correctly added this to the minutes of meeting
> > but it will be much more readable/useable if he integrates it in the
> > document instead. Can you please do so?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Miguel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > El 29/09/2014 15:28, Philipp Slusallek escribió:
> >
> > Hi Juanjo, all,
> >
> > The analysis has been done rather shallow. All issues are mainly small
> > issues. Some more detailed comments in general and on each of the GEs in
> > the document below.
> >
> > Here is the analysis document for the WebUI chapter:
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/15PVyt79c7gTmKIskg00opdhXXFdf1tYRBiF9fmSTMyg/edit
> >
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> >        Philipp
> >
> >
> > Am 29.09.2014 um 02:03 schrieb Juanjo Hierro:
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Starting today and as agreed during our Munich meeting, we will have a
> > weekly coordination confcall involving FIWARE Chapter/WG leaders on
> > Mondays from 14:30 until 16:00.
> >
> > In today's confcall, there is a hot topic to address that has to do
> > with the response to a new technical assessment report produced by HLRS
> > by request of the EC.   Please find it attached to this mail.
> >
> > As you will see, the assessment cannot be more negative, mostly
> > considering the crucial point at which we are.   Almost no FIWARE GEri
> > has passed the tests for the local installation of the software using
> > available installation and admin guides.
> >
> > Please try to arrive with an analysis of the status of GEris in your
> > chapter.
> >
> > Besides the implementation of immediate remediate action that can only
> > be taken by each owner of FIWARE GEris, we would like to propose an
> > overall 3% of cut on the budget/funding of partners to fund the
> > subcontracting for aprox. 600 KEUR of some organization(s) that can
> handle
> > the testing of manuals and tutorials linked to each GEri.   Based on the
> > experience from the previous phase (FI-WARE project) and the recent
> > assessment nows look evident that we cannot continue like this, trusting
> > on the internal QA procedures of partners as we had done in the past.
> >
> > Due to the inherent technical nature of the matter, FIWARE Architecture
> > Chapter Leaders are also requested to join.
> >
> > Other topics will be covered if there is time during the allocated
> > slot, from 14:30 to 16:00.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > -- Juanjo
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject:        FIWARE: Rubio report - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED
> > Date:   Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:42:16 +0000
> > From:
> > <Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu><mailto:
> Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Arian.ZWEGERS at ec.europa.eu>
> >
> > To:
> > <juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com><mailto:juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com
> ><mailto:juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com><mailto:
> juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com>,
> >
> > <stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:
> stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:stefano.depanfilis at eng.it>
> >
> > CC:
> > <nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:
> nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:nuria.delama at atos.net>,
> >
> > <Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu
> ><mailto:Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu><mailto:
> Jesus.Villasante at ec.europa.eu>,
> >
> > <Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu
> ><mailto:Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Peter.Fatelnig at ec.europa.eu>,
> >
> > <Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu><mailto:Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu
> ><mailto:Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu><mailto:
> Ragnar.Bergstrom at ec.europa.eu>,
> >
> > <Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu><mailto:
> Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu><mailto:
> Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu><mailto:
> Maria-Concepcion.ANTON-GARCIA at ec.europa.eu>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (with apologies for the long email. Please read all)
> >
> >
> > Dear Juanjo, Stefano,
> >
> > We have received the FI-WARE Generic Enabler Assessment report by Daniel
> > Rubio (attached). The report presents an assessment of the ease of
> > getting started, i.e. downloading and installing the GEs or using
> > FI-Lab, rather than an assessment of the actual functionality of the
> > GEs. In other words, it assesses the FI-WARE GE implementations from a
> > third party point of view; any phase 3 subgrantee could and would have
> > similar experiences.
> >
> > Just like the previous report by Lutz Schubert one year ago and the
> > Engineering report from April 2014, the Rubio report highlights several
> > issues that question the readiness of FI-WARE GEis for take-up in the
> > FI-PPP phase 3. A summary of the main Rubio findings is as follows:
> >
> >
> > *         Documentation
> >
> > o   The documentation is often not updated or refers to GEi versions
> > that are no longer available.
> >
> > o   The documentation fails, in most cases, in explaining how to install
> > the dependencies and libraries or other software the GEi needs to work
> > correctly.
> >
> > o   There are big differences in documentation. Installation guides
> > follow different writing styles and enter into different levels of
> detail.
> >
> > *         Installation
> >
> > o   In many cases the download section or the download links in the
> > installation documentation are broken so the software cannot be
> > downloaded. In other cases, no stable version is offered and there is
> > only the possibility to download a source code snapshot from the
> > development repository.
> >
> > o   No common installation approach is given. Some GEis come with a
> > clean automatic installation procedure while others have a tedious long
> > manual installation which is almost impossible to revert and that might
> > break other software on the system.
> >
> > o   Of those GEis that use scripts for installation, the scripts are
> > often only working on very specific system configurations and are not
> > able to automatically install the dependencies.
> >
> > o   Many of the GEis require a very specific system to work, and are not
> > able to install or run if it is slightly changed. Sometimes the required
> > system is old and no longer supported with security updates.
> >
> > *         FI-Lab
> >
> > o   Documentation is poor and needs an introduction presenting the aim
> > and purpose of the platform, so that newcomers can clearly understand
> > for what purpose they can use FI-Lab and what they can expect.
> >
> > o   Several open source example applications must be included. They must
> > be very well documented and the documentation needs to explain how to
> > make these applications. Newcomers should be able to use these
> > applications and compile them. These applications should be coded and
> > documented by other people than the developers of the Generic Enablers.
> >
> > o   A FI-Lab forum must be created with a wide community of users where
> > everybody developing with FI-Lab can join and resolve problems, share
> > experiences, improve applications, etc. People would be more inclined to
> > use the forum than (for instance) the helpdesk if a large, responsive
> > and knowledgeable community is active.
> >
> > o   For each section, it should be possible for newcomers to understand
> > their aim and capabilities via a "quick start guide" or tutorial
> > followed by a set of references for the user to continue learning how to
> > use the platform. Most of the information is not organized and is
> > difficult to find.
> >
> > o   There is a need for more tutorials that build on each other to teach
> > the users to build complex applications from scratch.
> >
> > o   The documentation (and videos) should be maintained accordingly with
> > the platform updates. Changes in the functionality or the user interface
> > of the platform should be reflected in the documentation.
> >
> > Third parties are looking at FIWARE right now. They will encounter the
> > same issues as Daniel Rubio. They will leave and never come back.
> >
> > Urgent action is necessary now.
> >
> > Therefore, the following is necessary:
> >
> >
> > *   Documentation: hire external professional documentation writers for
> > making user-friendly installation (and user) guides. Such professionals
> > must be present in the consortium's partners, but the people involved in
> > the project will not have the authority to include them, certainly not
> > on short notice. Therefore, subcontracting is the only option.
> >    *   Documentation writers must be closely working with the
> > developers to guarantee that the latest GEi versions are used.
> >    *   For easy uptake the documentation needs to be complete and fully
> > comprehensive; it should be clear, give a uniform level of detail within
> > the same GEi and across all GEis, not skipping installation steps and
> > making sure that it is updated accordingly to the software versions
> > available for download.
> > *   Installation: hire external professional testers for testing the
> > dependencies, libraries or other software the GEis need to work. They
> > should work with the developers (who implicitly know dependencies),
> > test/develop installation scripts, and support the documentation writers
> >    *   Installations must be automated to a maximum degree, using the
> > Operating System repositories for resolving dependencies, when possible,
> > or giving extensions to repositories including in them all the necessary
> > extra dependencies as this would lead to clean, fast and easy
> > installations. The installation mechanisms, as well as the
> > documentation, should be tested in clean environments to be able to
> > correctly determine if the installation packages or scripts work
> > correctly and resolve the installation of dependencies.
> >    *   The GEis must be able to be integrated into existing frameworks,
> > making them integrate as smoothly as possible and they must be
> > configurable for a wide range of existing system setups. Users should
> > not be forced to use a specific software platform, in particular when
> > that platform is already obsolete and unsupported.
> >    *   Fix the download section or the broken download links in the
> > installation documentation.
> >    *   Offer a stable version for download, not a source code snapshot
> > from the development repository.
> > *   Create a FIWARE forum with a community of users of FIWARE where
> > everybody developing and using FIWARE technologies can join and resolve
> > problems, share GEis installation and configuration experiences, etc.
> > The forum would also allow FI-WARE developers to identify where users
> > have problems and take actions to solve them. This is part of FI-Core
> > activities.
> > *   FI-Lab
> >    *   The same as for documentation above applies to FI-Lab, and is
> > especially relevant related to "quick start guides", tutorials, training
> > guidance. The documentation (and videos) should be maintained
> > accordingly with the platform updates. Changes in the functionality or
> > the user interface of the platform should be reflected in the
> > documentation.
> >    *   Create several open source example applications. People will not
> > start from scratch but will modify an example. These examples must be
> > very well documented and the documentation needs to explain how to make
> > these applications. Newcomers should be able to use these applications
> > and compile them.
> >    *   A FI-Lab forum must be created with a wide community of users
> > where everybody developing with FI-Lab can join and resolve problems,
> > share experiences, improve applications, etc.
> > *   Clean the Catalogue from GEis that require unsupported Operating
> > Systems or port these GEis to newer OS versions.
> >
> >
> > Maximum priority to solve the above problems must be given now, whatever
> > resources are needed. In no other time in the life of the project have
> > we been confronted with a higher need for immediate action. The
> > credibility of FIWARE and the success of the whole FI-PPP phase 3 are at
> > risk. Today more than 150 proposals are being submitted to the
> > accelerators; they should not face the problems stated in the Rubio
> report.
> >
> > These issues must be solved with maximum urgency.
> >
> > We like to discuss this with you on Tuesday Sept 30, in the morning.
> > Please let me know your availability. If necessary, please clear your
> > agenda.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Arian
> >
> >
> >
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