[Difx-users] Bug fix in trunk ; DiFX 2.6.1 is coming...

[Walter Brisken]

Hi users of DiFX,

Over the weekend I put a fix into the development branch (trunk) of DiFX 
for a bug that I introduced shortly after DiFX 2.5.1 was released.  No 
released versions are affected.

The nature of the problem was out of order logic that caused a job to end 
early.  This only affected multi-scan jobs and was triggered at the end of 
a scan if that scan was longer than the observe time remaining in the job. 
For example, if a job had 5 scans with lengths 2, 3, 2, 3, 2 minutes, the 
job would have ended just before beginning the last scan.  If the scan 
lengths would have been 2, 3, 6, 3, 2 minutes, then the last two scans 
would have been lost.


DiFX developers are working toward a new version with new features.  The 
DiFX 2.6.1 release will be announced as soon as testing is in good shape. 
If you would like to help with testing, please make sure you are on the 
difx-developers mailing list and send a note to difx-developers at nrao.edu.

Some information on pending DiFX releases can be found at 
https://www.atnf.csiro.au/vlbi/dokuwiki/doku.php/difx/nextrelease and at 
the changelog page referenced from within.

 	Cheers,

 	Walter


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Walter Brisken
NRAO
Deputy Assistant Director for VLBA Development
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