2022 McStas McXtrace hackathon @ ESS DMSC

Practical information:

• Takes places November 7th-11th 2022
• McXtrace team members arrive late monday afternoon, most ESS McStas members not present friday
• Scheduled coffee breaks at 10, 14:30 daily
• Dinner on Thursday
• Morning SCRUMs, afternoon retrospectives
• Board at https://github.com/orgs/McStasMcXtrace/projects/2

Build instructions etc.

• Use login.esss.dk, then quarkcompile for builds

git clone https://github.com/McStasMcXtrace/McCode.git
mkdir McStas
mkdir McStas/mcstas
mkdir McXtrace
mkdir McXtrace/mcxtrace
ln -s ~willend/McStas/mcstas/miniconda3/ McStas/mcstas/miniconda3
ln -s ~willend/McStas/mcstas/miniconda3/ McXtrace/mcxtrace/miniconda3
export PATH=$HOME/McStas/mcstas/miniconda3/bin:$PATH

• master branch:
  • mcstas-2.x (build_loc_2.x_tree)
  • mcxtrace-1.x (xbuild_loc_1.x_tree)
• mccode-3 branch:
  • mcstas-3.x (build_loc_3.x_tree)
  • mcxtrace-3.x (xbuild_loc_3.x_tree)
• Can afterwards be loaded using e.g. $HOME/McStas/mcstas/3.x-dev/environment
• Further cluster hints will be given at event

Compute

• A100 GPU's plus CPU-nodes at ESS
• If need be, supplemented by DTU infrastructure for those with VPN capability (refer to 2022 notes)