duplicate mlogger watchdog timeout
Issue #170
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mlogger watchdog timeout is duplicated in two places: /programs/logger/watchdog timeout, and /logger/watchdog timeout. do we need it in both places? can we leave just /programs/logger/ like all the other programs and remove the special /logger/watchdog timeout? K.O.
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This is the actual use: after connecting the experiment, mlogger sets the watchdog timeout to the value of “/logger/watchdog timeout”, after this, watchdog timeout is never changed again. Unless I am missing something, this makes it completely redundant with “/programs/logger/watchdog timeout”? K.O.
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Perhaps “/logger/watchdog timeout” was used by the now-removed code for writing to tape storage? (Operations like mounting a new tape, rewind, etc took a long time and needed a special timeout). K.O.
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Since now “/logger/watchdog timeout” does not thing except overriding the value of “/programs/logger/watchdog timeout”, I think I would like to remove it. K.O.
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fixed in commit 1acf368. K.O.
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From discussion with Stefan - /logger/timeout is the long timeout for use with i.e. tape operations. this is still relevant today - for writing to NFS storage or “to the cloud”. probably this long timeouty should be renamed to remove confusion with the normal timeout in /programs. K.O. & S.R.