==> DFS COMPONENT NAME:	P2PP

==> DFS COMPONENT RELEASE NUMBER: 2.6beta1

==> DFS RELEASE TYPE: minor

==> DELIVERED BY: User Support Systems team ON: 16-Jun-03

==> MAIN REASON OF THE DELIVERY: 

    This is a beta OHS 2.6 release.

==> DEADLINE FOR DELIVERY TO USERS: 
    
    15-JUL-2003

==> CONFIGURATION REQUIRED FOR INTEGRATION TESTS:

    Standard test plan.

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

    N/A

==> POINTS ALREADY CHECKED DURING UNIT TESTS:

==> POINTS TO BE CAREFULLY CHECKED DURING INTEGRATION TESTS: 

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



RELEASE NOTES FOR P2PP 2.6beta1
****************************************


* [1616] ObsBLock atatus events are captured in the OT (Service Mode)
         and P2PP Visitor mode. At the moment there are only visible
         from within the OT. Please see Nicks spec document on the 
         Web. I will give a demo of the workflow tomorrow


* [1740] Externalised execution time for VLT instruments. Put in
     infrastructure code so exectime is now called from a script.
     in a directory called exectime off the instrument package
     definiton.

     For performance reasons the execution time is no longer updated
     immediately the user changes a parameter. The user needs to
     run the report or hit the ExecutionTime button in the OBView.


     Before a user checks in an OB the exectime script is run to 
     ensure the correct OB is placed in the database

     As FLAMES needs the exectime ob the BOB side it also 
     recalculates the exectime when the OB is sent to BOB. For FLAMES
     the OB exectime is also stored in the acquisition template
  

* [2017,2063] NEW: Target and Constraint Set properties are now
  configurable and setable from paramfiles.
  See the documentation of the XXX.YYY.PARAM keywords in site.cf

* [2119] NEW: Attempting download of non-existent IPs in now
  avoided.

* [2121] NEW: Now dealing correctly with "carryunders" and
  "carryovers".

* [2126] NEW: AppServer can be configured to accept check-in
  of OBs only for some predefined periods.

* [2152] NEW: Level 3 implementation of "paramfile" parameters
  support: added support for PAF.CHCK.CHECKSUM.

* [2237,2239] NEW: Applications and stored procedures can now support
  Observing Run descriptors A-Z.

* [2294] NEW: Added support for ~ (tilde) in configuration files, 
  meaning the user's home directory.

* [2131] NEW: Applications now handle more gracefully Database
  Connection errors (time-outs, etc.)

* [2285] NEW: initial size of Database Browser made small enough
  to fit on a laptop screen.

* [2100] NEW: External verification is now disabled.

* [2287/DFS01257] Fixed bug: could not save NACO parameter file
  from 'OB view' window.

* [2288/DFS01262] Fixed bug: Browser closure error.

* [2291/DFS01284] Fixed bug: wrong message when Copy/Paste an OD.

* [2292] Fixed bug: dealing with absolute pathnames in EngMode
  reports.

* [2295/DFS01287] Fixed bug: file browser for INS.FOCF.SETUP.TYPE.

* [2301/DFS01288] Fixed bug: problem when checking-in many OBs.
  See description of P2PP.IPVERSIONING.SHOWCONVERSION in site.cf.

* [2158] Fixed bug: char "\" at end of line was not handled
  correctly when importing an OB.

* [2196] Fixed bug: in a database browser it was possible to select a
  sort criterion without selecting the corresponding column, leading
  to unexpected result sets.

* [2154] Fixed bug: applications now report an error message if the
  database configuration file is missing.

* [1894] Fixed bug: no more
  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException messages.

* [2039] Fixed bug: EVM Header and Footers were badly placed

* [2075] Changed Linux runtime setup

* [1932,2015]: Removed own implementation of JSpinner and multi-line
  text widgets, now using Java 1.4 native widgets.

* [2065] Code cleanup: removed Eclipse compilation warnings.

* [2508] Update SQL documentation (file obrep2-create-tables.sql).


==> LIST AND ISSUE OF UPDATED DOCUMENTS:

    None.

==> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:	

    None.

$Id: SEG-RELEASE-NOTES-p2pp,v 1.35 2003/06/16 09:35:35 tcanavan Exp $