2024-08-27.rst

Open Source WG: 8/27/2024

Recording: A recording of the meeting is available in the Linux Foundation https://openprofile.dev/ profile. If you are a member of the Working Group you can access this through your account.

Meeting Minutes

Summary of Main Takeaways:

• Progress updates on CI infrastructure and repository migrations.
• Discussions on the organizational move to the UXL Foundation.
• Version macros for programmatically checking version support.
• Open Source Best Practices across projects.
• RFCs for process and implementation improvements.

Key Discussion Points

1. CI Updates
   • Speaker: Aaron Dron
   • Key Points:
     • Objectives for the current project and changes in naming conventions.
     • Focus on non-Intel participants and improving contributions.
     • Plans for the remaining year, including repository migrations and improving security.
     • Specifics on hardware contributions and experiments, including GP Max systems.
     • Discussion on private documentation and security for the public test infrastructure.
   • Action Items:
     • Aaron: Complete current goals and address security concerns for public test infrastructure.
     • Discussion with IDC for more GPU nodes and potential private documentation solutions.
2. Organization Moves
   • Speaker: John Melonakos & Robert Cohn
   • Key Points:
     • Reviewing each project's timeline for moving to the UXL Foundation.
     • Emphasized the importance of public CI and role specification.
     • Specific updates from multiple projects, including oneTBB, oneMKL, oneDNN. Projects are generally on track for end-of-year completion.
     • Addressing concerns about custom roles and branch protection.
   • Action Items:
     • Pavel: Finalize plans for roles and contributor processes.
     • Robert: Coordinate logistics for oneDNN migration; ensure teams have necessary privileges.
3. Version Macros Discussion
   • Speaker: Robert Cohn
   • Key Points:
     • Programmatic access to versioning for specification implementation.
     • Importance for projects to confirm versions supported by different libraries.
   • Action Items:
     • Raj Malia & Mkl Team: Finalize the discussion and implementation strategy for version macros.
4. Open Source Best Practices and RFCs
   • Speaker: John Melonakos
   • Key Points:
     • Review of tracker status for various projects.
     • Emphasis on regular release processes and leadership roles documentation.
     • Specific focus on the RFCs in-flight, including:
       • oneMKL – uxlfoundation/oneMath#551 (RFC to develop RFCs)
       • oneCCL – oneapi-src/oneCCL#134 (RFC for new API)
       • oneDPL – uxlfoundation/oneAPI-spec#564 & uxlfoundation/oneAPI-spec#567 (not RFCs, but significant PRs)
   • Action Items:
     • Rod: Split CI tasks into multiple steps for better clarity and ownership.
5. Miscellaneous Topics / Open Questions
   • General consensus on progress and moving towards the next phase.
   • Encouragement to ensure representation in future meetings for a comprehensive discussion.

Action Items:

• Aaron Dron: Complete current CI goals and security guidelines.
• Pavel Kumbrasev: Implement final roles and migration plans post-org move.
• Robert Cohn: Assist oneDNN and other teams with organizational logistics.
• Raj Malia & Mkl Team: Configure version macros as needed.
• Rod Burns: Break down CI tasks for better manageability.