Working Group meeting minutes 2024-08-27 (#150)

* added files for August 2024 meeting. renamed some presentations.

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* added slides from August

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meetings/notes/2024-07-23.rst

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+===========================
+ Open Source WG: 7/23/2024
+===========================
+
+Recording: A recording of the meeting is available in the Linux Foundation https://openprofile.dev/ profile. If you are
+a member of the Working Group you can access this through your account.
+
+
+Meeting Minutes
+===============
+
+Highlights:
+
+* Recognition of Request for Comments (RFC): established to improve collaborative decision-making.
+* oneCCL API Changes Alignment with NCCL for easier integration.
+* Repository Migration Conversations: includes updates to URLs for oneAPI specifications.
+* Focused Efforts on CI Proof of Concept to enable community contributions and support members' self-hosted test
+  hardware.
+
+Key Discussion Points:
+======================
+
+1. Open Discussions:
+
+   * John Melonakos invited open items from members before starting the primary agenda.
+
+2. Review of Project Feedback:
+
+   * Highlighted the need to improve decision-making processes.
+   * Emphasis on public/open discussions for collaborative and transparent decisions.
+
+3. CCL IPP API Changes:
+
+   * Presenter: Gengbin Zheng
+   * Objective: Align oneCCL API with NCCL APIs to improve user adoption and compatibility.
+   * Key Points:
+
+     * Motivation includes user preference for NCCL-like APIs and easier migration.
+     * Proposal for C-based API by wrapping SYCL queue.
+     * Explicit memory handling and scoped future considerations for out-of-order queue support.
+     * Suggestions were made against stateful API design to avoid multi-threading complications.
+
+4. API Spec Changes by Robert Cohn:
+
+   * Migration of oneAPI repository to UXL organization.
+   * Updates to the published spec URLs and the removal of Level Zero spec from the oneAPI spec.
+
+5. CI Proof of Concept Progress:
+
+   * Presenter: Aaron Dron
+   * Objective: To create a conducive environment for community contributions, supporting members' self-hosted hardware,
+     and encouraging development in UXL repositories.
+   * Key Points:
+
+     * Implementation of security best practices for testing environments.
+     * Intel Developer Cloud collaboration for providing test nodes.
+     * Emphasis on secure setup and guidance documentation for member-enrolled hardware systems.
+
+Action Items:
+=============
+
+* Maria Garzaran: Draft and propose (the RFC utility TBD in follow-on conversations) documentation to gather feedback on
+  oneCCL API from UXL members.
+* Aaron Dron: Continue security and implementation practices for CI proof of concept.
+* All Members: Provide feedback on CI Proof of Concept and possible documentation repositories.
+
+Decisions/Agreements Made:
+=============
+
+* The RFC process is recommended when projects have substantial changes to bring the community along in the
+  decision-making process.
+* Proceed with frameworks and NCCL API alignment for oneCCL as the preferred path, with feedback integrated through
+  follow-on discussions.

meetings/notes/2024-08-27.rst

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+===========================
+ Open Source WG: 8/27/2024
+===========================
+
+Recording: A recording of the meeting is available in the Linux Foundation https://openprofile.dev/ profile. If you are
+a member of the Working Group you can access this through your account.
+
+
+Meeting Minutes
+===============
+
+Summary of Main Takeaways:
+
+* Progress updates on CI infrastructure and repository migrations.
+* Discussions on the organizational move to the UXL Foundation.
+* Version macros for programmatically checking version support.
+* Open Source Best Practices across projects.
+* RFCs for process and implementation improvements.
+
+
+Key Discussion Points
+======================
+
+1. CI Updates
+
+   * Speaker: Aaron Dron
+   * Key Points:
+
+     * Objectives for the current project and changes in naming conventions.
+     * Focus on non-Intel participants and improving contributions.
+     * Plans for the remaining year, including repository migrations and improving security.
+     * Specifics on hardware contributions and experiments, including GP Max systems.
+     * Discussion on private documentation and security for the public test infrastructure.
+
+   * Action Items:
+
+     * Aaron: Complete current goals and address security concerns for public test infrastructure.
+     * Discussion with IDC for more GPU nodes and potential private documentation solutions.
+
+2. Organization Moves
+
+   * Speaker: John Melonakos & Robert Cohn
+   * Key Points:
+
+     * Reviewing each project's timeline for moving to the UXL Foundation.
+     * Emphasized the importance of public CI and role specification.
+     * Specific updates from multiple projects, including oneTBB, oneMKL, oneDNN. Projects are generally on track for
+       end-of-year completion.
+     * Addressing concerns about custom roles and branch protection.
+
+   * Action Items:
+
+     * Pavel: Finalize plans for roles and contributor processes.
+     * Robert: Coordinate logistics for oneDNN migration; ensure teams have necessary privileges.
+
+3. Version Macros Discussion
+
+   * Speaker: Robert Cohn
+   * Key Points:
+
+     * Programmatic access to versioning for specification implementation.
+     * Importance for projects to confirm versions supported by different libraries.
+
+   * Action Items:
+
+     * Raj Malia & Mkl Team: Finalize the discussion and implementation strategy for version macros.
+
+4. Open Source Best Practices and RFCs
+
+   * Speaker: John Melonakos
+   * Key Points:
+
+     * Review of tracker status for various projects.
+     * Emphasis on regular release processes and leadership roles documentation.
+     * Specific focus on the RFCs in-flight, including:
+
+       * oneMKL – https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneMKL/pull/551 (RFC to develop RFCs)
+       * oneCCL – https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneCCL/pull/134 (RFC for new API)
+       * oneDPL – https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneAPI-spec/pull/564 &
+         https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneAPI-spec/pull/567 (not RFCs, but significant PRs)
+
+   * Action Items:
+
+     * Rod: Split CI tasks into multiple steps for better clarity and ownership.
+
+5. Miscellaneous Topics / Open Questions
+
+   * General consensus on progress and moving towards the next phase.
+   * Encouragement to ensure representation in future meetings for a comprehensive discussion.
+
+
+Action Items:
+=============
+
+* Aaron Dron: Complete current CI goals and security guidelines.
+* Pavel Kumbrasev: Implement final roles and migration plans post-org move.
+* Robert Cohn: Assist oneDNN and other teams with organizational logistics.
+* Raj Malia & Mkl Team: Configure version macros as needed.
+* Rod Burns: Break down CI tasks for better manageability.