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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:51:56 -0500
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Subject: Re: Direct Application Executions through the API
From: Amila Jayasekara <thejaka.amila@gmail.com>
To: dev <dev@airavata.apache.org>
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+1, please.

Regards
Thejaka Amila


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Saminda Wijeratne <samindaw@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Devs,
>
> We've noticed that most of the gateways we've came across use only a
> single application execution for an experiment/task. Thus our Airavata API
> forcing them to create a workflow even for a single application execution
> is an inconvenient step. Based on the offline discussions we are thinking
> of allowing single application executions through the API. WDYT?
>
> Note that here a single application is meant as the abstract application
> which can have more than one deployment. We need to discuss more on how the
> new API execution function translates to the actual application execution
> at the GFac end.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Saminda
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">+1, please.<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Thejaka A=
mila</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e">On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Saminda Wijeratne <span dir=3D"ltr">&l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:samindaw@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">samindaw@gmail.co=
m</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi Devs,<br><br><=
/div>We&#39;ve noticed that most of the gateways we&#39;ve came across use =
only a single application execution for an experiment/task. Thus our Airava=
ta API forcing them to create a workflow even for a single application exec=
ution is an inconvenient step. Based on the offline discussions we are thin=
king of allowing single application executions through the API. WDYT?<br>


<br>Note that here a single application is meant as the abstract applicatio=
n which can have more than one deployment. We need to discuss more on how t=
he new API execution function translates to the actual application executio=
n at the GFac end.<br>


<br><br>Thanks,<br></div>Saminda<br></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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