[Rts-2-devel] Recent changes to RTS2 head

[Petr K. <pe...@ku...>]

Hi,

there were numerous changes to RTS2 HEAD in last week or so. The main
are outlined below:

- HARD OFF is state mask, meaning observatory can have HARD OFF night
etc.. state. This cleaned code which deals with resetting various
counters before night stars (dome opening allowed during a night,..)

- messages can have arguments,.. messages are used to distribute
information. Currently INFO_OBSERVATION_START,_SLEW,_END.. are allowed,
with string having $x for arguments (e.g. "observation of target #$1
started"

- various tables were changed to support distributed scheduling

I am about to finish PhD. (last lines of distributed scheduling code was
written today, and I am just testing and debugging) and I already
started to look for a job. There are reasonable chances I will get one
in Prague, but if you happen to know about something, I will be happy to
learn about possibilities. As the majority of jobs I am considering are
not RTS2 related, it is expected my involvement in RTS2 will drop
significantly in next weeks. I will be happy to provide help and
consultations if needed and I will get paid for them - but I expect the
community will be able to help on most cases. Also my experiences show
that I am no longer "the only one who knows RTS2" and others can install
and understand it.

Petr