Hi all,
I got this tonight. It seems that except for VC and XML3D (with minor
details) non of our GEs has passed the test.
It seems that there is some work that needs to be done. This is getting
really serious now and we should put specific emphasis on fixing this, ASAP.
Unfortunately, I will be at our twice-yearly meeting with our Scientific
Architecture Board today and tomorrow. I will try to skip some of this
and join but no guarantees.
Torsten can you please join the meeting so we definitely have a
guaranteed continuous presence there. Due to the importance, I suggest
that maybe Toni can join as well for the Oulu partners?
Best,
Philipp
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Betreff: [Fiware-chapter-architects] URGENT: FIWARE coordination
confcall - response to technical assessment by HLRS on FIWARE GEris in
the Catalogue
Datum: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 02:03:19 +0200
Von: Juanjo Hierro <juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com>
An: fiware-chapter-leaders at lists.fi-ware.org,
fiware-chapter-architects at lists.fi-ware.org
Kopie (CC): fiware-wg-leaders at lists.fi-ware.org
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 K€ 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>
To:
<juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com><mailto:juanjose.hierro at telefonica.com>,
<stefano.depanfilis at eng.it><mailto:stefano.depanfilis at eng.it>
CC: <nuria.delama at atos.net><mailto:nuria.delama at atos.net>,
<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>,
<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>
(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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