[HTCondor-users] PyDagman - a convenience library for writing DAGs

[Branden Timm <btimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Condor Users,
  I'm writing to announce a Python package I've written to simplify the 
programmatic creation of DAG files in Python.  The package is called 
PyDagman, and is available on github at 
https://github.com/brandentimm/pydagman

The package is born from frustration writing one-off scripts to create 
DAG files for the users I support.  We regularly assist users in 
creating DAG workflows to their specifications, usually by reading in 
parameters from a parameter file and then programmatically buidling the 
DAG file using loops and conditionals.  This package takes care of some 
of the more annoying aspects, such as string formatting and circular 
dependency checking.  We've had good feedback from our user base so far, 
so I hope this can help others out there.

It currently supports all possible DAG directives besides CONFIG. If 
there's a reason or need for that directive it can certainly be added.

Questions, comments, feature and/or pull requests welcome!

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Branden Timm
Wisconsin Energy Institute
btimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx