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Andrew Dacey reported that
a new form was being built for inclusion in the distribution that
would accept a problem description, and collect system information,
which would be together submitted by mail to
bugs@csuite.chebucto.ns.ca
"bugs" will be an alias mail-list until a routine is built to
extract the information into a bug reports database.
After discussion it was decided that the form should be organized
to place the most important information first, decreasing in
likely importance down the report, in order to aid human interpretation.
- problem description
- uname -a
- CS_CONF/vars
- host-name
- version string, md5sum, closure, modification state
Sean and James are investigating use of MSQL and checking the
distribution terms to see if we can distribute it under our terms.
A support database is urgently needed to track the installation
and help issues, and bug reports, with capability to review
the history and search for issues, and track progress.
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Landon is experimenting with
the
patcher capability. Currently he has the system fetch the patch from http://csuite.chebucto.ns.ca/~landon/patches/. More results to come.
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David Murdoch, Landon Boyd, and Ed Dyer attended an introductory seminar
on production of CD's at the Dalhousie Digital Video Centre (DVC). It
appears that it would be possible to make useful trial versions using the
centre's equipment. Landon reported that he was working on a boot disk
that could bring the system up using Linux. He is leaning toward Red Hat
Linux at this point, and we need to check out whether we can distribute a
useful subset of (Red Hat or other) Linux on the CD along with our CSuite
distribution. A floppy disk might be distributed with the CD to boot
right into the installation process.
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Three routes to upgrading CCN are under consideration.
- New Machine
- provides an opportunity to do a CSuite install to a new
system,
while preserving the existing user/data environment.
- Split load
- Install an Intel machine to handle httpd,
- NFS mount the "info" file system to CCN.
- can be relatively transparent
- possibly transfer other services as well, such as terminal service.
- CD Ethernet/PCMCIA server - most flexible
- terminal server - most expensive
- multi-port boards - internal, difficult to service
- CD SCSI server - least desirable
- prove scalability of CSuite for larger sites.
- Processor upgrade
- multi-processor
- requires Solaris
- significant changes, will probably break some functions.
We need to explore these options in more detail, and prepare a proposal
for the Board.
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Submitted by
Ed Dyer
aa146@chebucto.ns.ca
Workshop Coordinator
David J
Murdoch
djm@chebucto.ns.ca