News: ICS update; gh_enable, etc. are slow, P08

• ICS update

  To match the changes in the corresponding Door interface a new ICS version has to be installed.

  Changed authentication process with Door, requires user name and password for: enable manual search, start manual search and at P02/P06 when accessing the other beamline in the sector.

• gh_enable, gh_disable, etc. are slow, P08:

  yes up to now, because HasyUtils.getPackageVersion() calls apt.cache() which takes some time. Now apt.cache() is called only once per packages, solves the problem.

  Comment-1: why are hooks affected? Hooks have been invented by DESY (TN). At some point Sardana officially upported the hooks with 'standard' macros, defgh, udefgh, lsgh. The gh_ interface works for the old and new syntax, but it requires an apt.cache() call which may take some time.

  Comment-2: Why is apt.cache() so slow? Because the PC was using swap space, maybe because of a memory leak, could be a ATK panel.

  To avoid the ATK panel you may use jive and test device. Another way is to execute e.g. taurus form p99/motor/eh.01. This application makes device attributes also conveniently accessible. An example can be found here