[ofw] OpenFabrics Windows 1.0 release questions and thoughts

[Fab Tillier]

Hey Stan,

I've always thought of the Windows project as "OpenFabrics Windows", or
OFW (like the TLA in the mailing list name).  What about OFWED
[O-fwed]for the "Enterprise Distribution"?

For the help docs, it would be cool to have them in help file format
instead of HTML.  There are tools to help author HTML help files.
Here's a link to the MSDN page for the Microsoft HTML Help SDK:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhel
p/html/vsconhh1start.asp

Cheers,
-Fab
 
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ofw-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Smith, Stan
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 4:32 PM
To: Erez Cohen
Cc: ofw at lists.openfabrics.org
Subject: [ofw] OpenFabrics Windows 1.0 release questions and thoughts


Greetings,
  I wanted to talk about OpenFabrics Alliance Windows (OFAW?) release
1.0 topics in order to save some time at the next OFAW release meeting.

DAPL status

Testing of the 1.0.0.566 DAPL code has revealed no show-stopper
operational issues. I will reduce the default DAT error level so as to
reduce console noise. Additionally I'm adding some documentation for
post_install validation  using 'DAPLtest.exe'.

OpenFabrics Alliance Windows release 1.0

A few thoughts on a single file installer features.

After an OFAW install, I believe the newly created path should reveal
the following items:
Program Files -> OpenFabrics Windows 1.0 ->
  Release notes	(in .html format) 
  User's Manual	(in .html) Manual offers a brief usage description of
all OFW .exe commands
  OFAW Command Window	(shortcut to %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe)
starting up in the default
                         OFAW install folder (%ProgramFiles%\OFAW).
Idea here is to give the
                         user's an easy link to where interesting OFAW
user mode executables live.

I'm willing to develop the user's manual which would describe or point
to URLs which describe all user mode commands embodied in the OFAW
release package. Would Mellanox be willing to allow use of text from
your .msi install package 'user commands' documentation?

What's your current thinking on the availability of a OpenFabrics
Windows Release Candidate (RC0)?
Is it reasonable to consider an RC sometime in March?

What's your thinking on dates for the next OFW release meeting?

Ok, last but not least - 'the release name' 

OpenFabrics Alliance Windows - OFAW	#cumbersome but passable 'O'-faw
('aw' as in saw).
OpenFabrics Windows - OFW  # looks better, another 3-letter acronym
(TLA), long form is a mouthful.
Windows OpenFabrics - WOF  # 'wof' as in woof, what dogs do.
OpenFabrics Windows - OW   # 'OW', 2-leter acronym, short form of
'ouch'.
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution Windows # OFEDW - OFED 'W'.

What say you?

Stan.






 
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