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Important LOFAR dates
Collection of important dates regarding the LOFAR system. This collects known Stopdays, Software releases, etc. Subject to change, so if you need to stay up-to-date, syubscriube to this page (use 'manage subscriptions' tab at the top of this page).
This dates at this page should be in sync with the LOFAR activity agenda: LOFAR Google Calendar maintained by Science Operations & Support ( sos (at) astron.nl ).
Please, let us know if you find any discrepancies. ( ro_wiki (at) astron.nl )
LOFAR stop days
The stop-days procedure can be found on this page
Note: The dates are links to pages with planned changes/activities!
| 2019 | Coordinator |
|---|---|
| Feb 5-6 | Teun |
| Mar 19-20 w/ LCUs reboot | Jasmin |
| May 7 | Reinoud |
| Jul 9-10 w/ LCUs reboot | ? |
| Postponed to sep 24-25 | |
| Sep 24-25 | ? |
| Nov 5-6 w/ LCUs reboot | ? |
| 2017 | Coordinator |
|---|---|
| Jan 3 | Teun |
| Feb 7 | Reinoud |
| Mar 7 | Teun |
| Apr 4 | Reinoud |
| May 2 | Teun |
| Jun 6 | Reinoud |
| Jul 4 | Reinoud |
| Aug 1 | Teun |
| Sep 5 | Reinoud |
| Oct 3 Skipped | |
| Nov 7 | Reinoud |
| Dec 5 | Teun |
| 2016 | Coordinator |
|---|---|
| Apr 5 | |
| May 3 NEW DATE | |
| Jun 7 | |
| Jul 12 | |
| Aug 2 | |
| Aug 30 | |
| Oct 4 | |
| Nov 1 | Teun |
| Dec 6 | Teun |
After a stopday, software support will go through a checklist before handing over the system to Science Operations and Support and operators. That list is here.
The coordinator reports OBS, SOS and SDOS by mail that the stopday has finished.
LOFAR Software Releases
| 2016 | Version | 2017 | Version | 2018 | Version | 2019 | Version | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25 | 2.15 | Feb 13 | 2.20 | Feb 12 | Skipped | Jan 23 (Wed!) | 3.2.7 (Minor rollout) | |||
| Mar 14 | 2.16 | Mar 13 | Skipped | Apr 23 | 3.1 | Apr 23 (Tue!) | 4.0.0 (Major release) | |||
| May 23 | 2.17 | | 2.21 | Jun 18 | Skipped | Jun 24 | ||||
| Jul 4 | Jul 10 | 2.21.5 (Minor rollout) | Sep 10 | 3.2 | Sep 16 | |||||
| Sep 12 | 2.17.6 | Sep 11 | 2.22 | Nov 5 | Skipped | Nov 18 | ||||
| Nov 7 | 2.19 | Oct 16 | 3.0 | Dec 10 | Skipped | |||||
| Dec 5 | Skipped | Dec 11 | Skipped |
Note: Semester planning by SOS will be done half April and half October for the coming semesters; be sure to get in touch with M. Iacobelli around that time to properly synchronize all plannings (incl stopdays, etc.)