
RELEASE NOTES for AMBER pipeline 4.4.5
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==> DFS COMPONENT NAME:     AMBER pipeline

==> DFS COMPONENT RELEASE NUMBER:    4.4.5

==> DFS RELEASE TYPE: Annual release for PSO

==> DELIVERED BY: Marc White     ON: 2021-02-26

==> MAIN REASON OF THE DELIVERY: Scheduled delivery

==> DEADLINE FOR DELIVERY OUTSIDE DFS GROUP: 2021-05-01

==> CONFIGURATION REQUIRED FOR INTEGRATION TESTS:
    - Standard VLT pipeline workstation.
    - VLT & DFS latest software releases.

==> LIST AND LOCATION OF SPECIFIC TEST DATA TO BE RETRIEVED AND USED FOR
INTEGRATION TESTS:

==> POINTS ALREADY CHECKED DURING UNIT TESTS:
    - Successful build on VLT target platform(s)
    - Regression tests of recipes
    - Correctness of pipeline products
    - Integration with gasgano

==> POINTS TO BE CAREFULLY CHECKED DURING INTEGRATION TESTS
    - Verify that the new DO correctly classifies files for all the rules
    - Verify regression test on creation of reduction blocks
    - Verify that each reduction block causes a pipeline recipe to be triggered
      and that the recipe terminates in a controlled manned
    - Verify that the pipeline products do not cause errors in the subsequent
      data flow

==> COMPLETE LIST OF ACTION ITEMS/PROBLEMS REPORTS ADDRESSED BY THIS RELEASE:

    - Many compiler warnings were removed

==> COMPLETE LIST OF RECIPES POTENTIALLY AFFECTED:

    - All recipes, as the removed compiler warnings were spread over
      the entire codebase.


==> COMPLETE LIST OF ACTION ITEMS/PROBLEMS REPORTS WHICH ARE NOT SOLVED
YET:

	- PIPE-5175 Inconsistent use of _POSIX_SOURCE causes conflicting
	  types (when creating Debian packages) 

==> LIST AND ISSUE OF UPDATED DOCUMENTS:

==> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

