V1.4+ is not compatible with previous version due to removed vendor/branch and new format default.yaml

• Prepare default.yaml and api.yaml for each project and group
  
• Develop wrapper script to generate ifp.cfg.yaml (launch file for each user's IFP) and define variables/blocks/yaml path so that user can run tasks by IFP without any operations, for example:

# A ifp.cfg.yaml example, user launch IFP under the same directory of ifp.cfg.yaml

VAR:    
    BSUB_QUEUE: training
    MAX_RUNNING_JOBS: 10
TASK:
    blockA:
        version01:
            flowA:
                taskA: {}
                taskB: {}
                taskC: {}
PROJECT: demo
GROUP: dft
DEFAULT_YAML: ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/config/default.dft.yaml
API_YAML: ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/config/api.dft.yaml

IFP (ic flow platform) is an integrated circuit design flow platform, mainly used for IC process specification management and data flow control.

Need python3.8.8, Anaconda3-2021.05-Linux-x86_64.sh is better. Install python library dependency with command

pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy install package into install directory. Execute below command under install directory.

python3 install.py

• ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/config/config.py : default system configuration
• ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/config/default.yaml : default flow/task and corresponding action attribute (Main flow, can be distinguished by project and user group)
• ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/config/api.yaml : default API setting (Customized functions to support daily work and can be distinguished by project and user group too)
• ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/config/env.* : default user environment setting

IFP will enter demo mode when you set ${IFP_DEMO_MODE}=TRUE, such as (bash env):

export IFP_DEMO_MODE=TRUE

• Step 1 : Create working path and enter into the directory
• Step 2 : Execute ${IFP_INSTALL_PATH}/bin/ifp to run IFP with GUI mode
• Step 3 : Enter Project_name and User_group in CONFIG-Setting interface to match admin's default flow setting and API setting

• Step 4 : Create your tasks in CONFIG-Task interface and adjust task detailed settings

• Step 5 : Adjust task actuating logic in CONFIG-Order interface, if you select Enable user order interface

• Step 6 : Adjust IFP internal variables in CONFIG-Variable interface, if you select Enable user variable interface

• Step 7 : Enable/Disable API functions in CONFIG-API interface, if you select Enable user API interface

• Step 8 : Execute actions and monitor the progress in MAIN interface

More details please see "docs/IFP_user_manual.pdf" and "docs/IFP_admin_manual.pdf"