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# 20210902 meeting notes

* date & time: Thu September 2nd 2021 - 2pm CEST (12:00 UTC)
  * (every first Thursday of the month)
* venue: *(online, see mail for meeting link, or ask in Slack)*
* agenda:
   - Quick introduction by new people
   - EESSI-related meetings in last month
   - Progress update per EESSI layer
   - 2021.06 version of pilot repository
   - AWS/Azure sponsorship update
   - Update on EESSI journal paper + S4 NeIC project proposal
   - Q&A

### Slides

* *(coming soon)*

### Meeting notes

*(by Kenneth, Bob)*

#### Quick introduction by new people

- ...

#### EESSI-related meetings in last month

- CVMFS coordination meeting (Bob)
    - Kenneth: can/should we bundle module files and corresponding installation directories?
        - this would trigger probably too much stuff being downloaded on 'module load'...
    - Dennis: can bundles also be used to control what part of the CVMFS repo is downloded on a Stratum 1?
        - no, but it does affect what's being cached
- meeting with SURF on leveraging Azure credits for EESSI

#### Progress update per EESSI layer

##### Filesystem layer

- ...

##### Compatibility layer

- Kenneth: how do we know when the security bot has issues?
    - Terje: can be part of the monitoring framework
- Kenneth: how many custom ebuild files do we still have in our overlay?
    - Bob: only a few: archspec, ReFrame

##### Software layer

- ...

#### 2021.06 version of pilot repository

- ...

#### AWS/Azure update

- There will be a public Slack channel for requesting access to Azure resources.

#### Update on EESSI journal paper + S4 NeIC project proposal

- ...


#### Q&A

- Thomas has been working on a document that lists the risks of (using) EESSI. He will share the document, and maybe present a few slides about the topic during the next monthly meeting.