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Important LOFAR dates
Collection of important dates regarding the LOFAR system. This collects known Stopdays, Software releases, etc. Subject to change, so if you need to stay up-to-date, subscribe to this page (use 'Manage Subscriptions' in the little menu on the right side).
This dates at this page should be in sync with the LOFAR activity agenda: LOFAR Google Calendar maintained by Science Operations & Support ( sos (at) astron.nl ).
Please, let us know if you find any discrepancies ( ro_wiki (at) astron.nl ).
LOFAR stop days
Note: The dates are links to pages with planned changes/activities.
2019 | Coordinator |
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Feb 5-6 | Teun |
Mar 19-20 w/ LCUs reboot | Jasmin |
May 7 | Reinoud |
Jul 9-10 w/ LCUs reboot | ? |
Postponed to sep 24-25 | |
Sep 24-25 | Jasmin |
Nov 5-6 w/ LCUs reboot | ? |
Please note:
- The dates and activity logs of previous years can be found here: Archived stop days
- The stop-day procedure is described here: LOFAR Stop days
\\ ===== Major LOFAR Software Deployments =====
2016 | Version | 2017 | Version | 2018 | Version | 2019 | Version | 2020 | Version | ||||
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Jan 25 | 2.15 | Feb 13 | 2.20 | Feb 12 | Skipped | Jan 23 (Wed!) | 3.2.7 (Minor rollout) | Mar 16 | |||||
Mar 14 | 2.16 | Mar 13 | Skipped | Apr 23 | 3.1 | Apr 23 (Tue!) | 4.0.0 (Major release) Reverted | Apr 20 | |||||
May 23 | 2.17 | 2.21 | Jun 18 | Skipped | Jun 24 | 4.0.0 (Major release) | Jun 22 | ||||||
Jul 4 | Jul 10 | 2.21.5 (Minor rollout) | Sep 10 | 3.2 | Sep 16 | Skipped | Oct 5 | ||||||
Sep 12 | 2.17.6 | Sep 11 | 2.22 | Nov 5 | Skipped | Nov 18 | Nov 23 | ||||||
Nov 7 | 2.19 | Oct 16 | 3.0 | Dec 10 | Skipped | ||||||||
Dec 5 | Skipped | Dec 11 | Skipped |
Note: Semester planning by SOS will be done half April and half October for the coming semesters; be sure to get in touch with M. Iacobelli (or S. ter Veen) around that time to properly synchronize all plannings (incl stopdays, etc.)