changeset 1241:6801451a86bb

Add a point I brought during the last architecture meeting.
author Pascal Lamblin <lamblinp@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:02:58 -0400
parents 317049b21b77
children 316410a38f6f 7b86c1772932
files doc/v2_planning/requirements.txt
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/v2_planning/requirements.txt	Thu Sep 23 12:02:16 2010 -0400
+++ b/doc/v2_planning/requirements.txt	Thu Sep 23 12:02:58 2010 -0400
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
 This requirement is aimed at enabling process migration and job control as well
 as post-hoc analysis of experiment results.
 
+PL: I'm not sure it the job should have to return its current state. I think
+it would be enough that it returns a consistent checkpoint, even if it is from
+some time in the past (ideally, not more than a few minutes ago).
+
 OD asks: When you say "The experiment cannot assume that resources written by
 the experiment will still be there", do you mean we should be able to recover
 the exact same output after interrupting an experiment, wiping its expdir, and