Hi Peter, Kean and others,

> Seems to me that if we don't do anything, 
- I plan to give this 100% of my time starting next week.  Well, right after I 
clean the basement.

> we will have a flurry of support
> emails in 4.0.0 as soon as the NLM completes its roll-over. 
- I would call that optimistic  :^)

> 1.  offer a tar file containing the two needed jars with instructions on
> setting up new credentials and blanking out fields in the various xml
> resources.
> 2.  for 4.0.0 users that have done no customization whatsoever, 
- are good options for people that only ever install the binary.  
- This should be easy enough.  I will try to host it from the ctakes website.

>> 3.  for 4.0.0 users that compile their own, provide a tar file containing
> the sources plus instructions for modifying xml files and removing obsolete
> Junit file.
>+1 for Option 3! 
- This should also be easy enough.  I will try to host it from the ctakes 
website.

>> 4.  Create a new 4.0.0.x tag and build new binary and source packs with
> pre-blanked xml files 
- I plan to do at least this much, and I would hope that it covers everybody 
that uses the source directly.

>> Is it worth a quick email poll of 4.0.0 users?
-Go for it!  Just to warn you, users may not be very responsive.

Cheers,
Sean


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From: Kean Kaufmann <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: What to do about 4.0.0 and UMLS [EXTERNAL]

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>
> 3.  for 4.0.0 users that compile their own, provide a tar file containing
> the sources plus instructions for modifying xml files and removing obsolete
> Junit file.


 Is it worth a quick email poll of 4.0.0 users?


+1 for Option 3!  Thanks Peter (and everybody)...


On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 8:48 AM Peter Abramowitsch <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Sean et al
>
> Seems to me that if we don't do anything, we will have a flurry of support
> emails in 4.0.0 as soon as the NLM completes its roll-over.   I can see
> several options and wonder which of these would stem the most calls and
> provide the least work for source maintainers.
>
> 1.  offer a tar file containing the two needed jars with instructions on
> setting up new credentials and blanking out fields in the various xml
> resources.
>
> 2.  for 4.0.0 users that have done no customization whatsoever, offer a tar
> file containing the new jars plus pre-modified xml files in desc and in
> resources that can just overlay a virgin release.  This should just run as
> soon as the user has added the umls key to the environment or command line
>
> 3.  for 4.0.0 users that compile their own, provide a tar file containing
> the sources plus instructions for modifying xml files and removing obsolete
> Junit file.
>
> 4.  Create a new 4.0.0.x tag and build new binary and source packs with
> pre-blanked xml files   (Obviously this is the most work but may not be
> needed)
>
> Is it worth a quick email poll of 4.0.0 users?
>
> Peter
>

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