python-kid on buildsys server
by Michael Schwendt
$ rpm -q python-kid
python-kid-0.9-2.centos4
on buildsys.fedoraproject.org would benefit from an update to 0.9.5 which
includes xml related fixes and makes it possible to create pages that
don't fail in the w3c validator.
$ rpm -q --whatrequires python-kid
repoview-0.5.1-1.centos4
16 years, 7 months
Infrastructure projects.
by Peter van der Does
I was just looking at our schedule and was wondering if that's all there
is to do. I just read in an other thread there's a lot of development
needed, but I can't really see it in the schedule nor the ticket system.
Unfortunately it's very hard for me to attend the IRC meetings due to
other responsibilities so maybe it's discussed there.
I'm also wondering what the status is of some of the projects. Where is
help needed? I can't really tell from the schedule page.
--
Peter van der Does
YIM: petervanderdoes(a)yahoo.com
16 years, 7 months
Need for Extras -> Koji import
by Jesse Keating
I thought we had a python snippit somewhere for dealing with owners.list.
Does one exist or will I have to recreate one?
Mike, can I get file (read only) level access to the extras repos? Here is
what I plan...
Crawl each arch directory, getting header information about each package such
as name, version, and release, as well as what srpm they came from. Create a
dictionary of such. For each srpm, query owners.list to figure out
who "owns" it.
Query koji for all the koji builds, get all the builds tagged with
extras-import ( a temporary tag to manage the imports ) and all the koji
users.
Iterate through the Extras base builds (n-v-r). If it doesn't exist in koji,
check to see if the package itself exists in koji. If the package doesn't
exist, check to see if the package owner exists. If not, create the owner.
Then create the package, then import the build, then tag it for
extras-import. Various other short cutting logic applies here.
This is much like what I'm doing for Core -> Koji imports, however since the
data is in a koji like db/api already it is much easier to do this.
--
Jesse Keating
Release Engineer: Fedora
16 years, 7 months
Why Python?
by Peter van der Does
Just out of curiosity but why are our webapps written in Python and not
in Perl for example?
I have a feeling there is more Perl knowledge among infrastructure
specialists as there is Python.
--
Peter van der Does
YIM: petervanderdoes(a)yahoo.com
16 years, 7 months
Ambassador Aliases
by Mike McGrath
So the firstname.lastname removal has been done and went fairly well
with one exception. Many of the ambassadors use firstname.lastname when
dealing with other people. They like a good, professional looking email
address. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks of this when they're
creating their account name and trying to be an ambassador with
fluffyone23(a)fedoraproject.org may cause issues.
I've added a few exceptions but I really don't want our group
maintaining this list. We're not in the business of user
administration, that always gets delegated to the specific group
owners/admins. This puts us in an awkward position because of the
sensitive nature of the alises file we can't just let everyone edit this
file. Here's what I'd like to propose:
Thomas Chung has offered to maintain this list for the ambassadors.
Since its a manual intervention we're not as open to attack/collisions
as we were when it was automated. We'll continue to use CVS so we get
notifications when a change goes out. Additionally I've given the
following guidelines to Thomas should we chose to go this route:
* All alises for the ambassadors must be firstname.lastname(a)fp.o
* Exceptions are made by Thomas Chung for the ambassadors only. He has
the final say as to whether someone is eligible for the alias
* Careful precautions must be made to not cause collisions. (This would
include looking out for suspicious aliases like
senior.admin(a)fedoraproject.org
Does anyone have any issues / concerns with this?
-Mike
16 years, 7 months
sponsored vs volunteers
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
I think it would be useful to understand how much contributions of any
form in Fedora are sponsored vs volunteers doing it. As a first step can
we add in a field in the package database to note down that information?
Rahul
16 years, 7 months
update announcement modifications
by Luke Macken
I modified our update announcement template to show Bugs and CVE's.
Below is an example of what it looks like. Let me know if you have
any comments/suggestions for improvements (nitpicking welcome).
luke
- - -
Subject: [SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Test Update: mutt-1.4.2.2-5.fc6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2007-0001
2007-04-25 12:57:27
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Name : mutt
Product : Fedora Core 6
Version : 1.4.2.2
Release : 5.fc6
Summary : A text mode mail user agent.
Description :
Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent. Mutt supports color, threading,
arbitrary key remapping, and a lot of customization.
You should install mutt if you have used it in the past and you prefer
it, or if you are new to mail programs and have not decided which one
you are going to use.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:
blah blah blah
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChangeLog:
* Wed Dec 6 2006 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar(a)redhat.com> 5:1.4.2.2-5
- use correct fcc folder with IMAP (#217469)
- don't require smtpdaemon, gettext
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References:
Bug #123 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=123
Bug #1234 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1234
CVE-2007-0001 - http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0001
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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/6/
15849ed63fdb68096748a08b2e4d3d33855e2b80 ppc/mutt-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.ppc.rpm
c3287aeb9793072f770e4cae6344c9bb3adfdd36 ppc/debug/mutt-debuginfo-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.ppc.rpm
6d34ee31084b8c59416d27716c3cd1cccb4cbeb4 x86_64/mutt-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.x86_64.rpm
77e92e4b85922a71432b584eb13b6db1b716f17a x86_64/debug/mutt-debuginfo-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.x86_64.rpm
ff49f9237c5563d50598a9cd6d2efe38c56be2fb i386/mutt-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.i386.rpm
a5ee13f13fb37d4b1ecf0ec424268510c0cd06d2 i386/debug/mutt-debuginfo-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.i386.rpm
c3e2582d8d703a3b03d779056fede294e85db497 SRPMS/mutt-1.4.2.2-5.fc6.src.rpm
This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
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16 years, 7 months
Hey There
by Mauricio Pretto
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Hey guys,
I just subscribed my self to the list, as one of the steps in
gettingstarted. :)
So now im doing the next step, introduce my self at the list.
Im Mauricio Pretto, Brazilian, i was part of the Fedora Ambassadors
before but went out for backpacking for almost one year, now im getting
back and starting all over again.
Already started working at the Fedora Project Brazil as
infrastructure responsible (just a few things to do), and would like to
help at the global fedora project infrastructure as well.
So, i have been working with linux for more then 10 Years now,
started running my own bbs back at the 90's, working with ISPs, and then
working as Linux Engeneer. Im Redhat Certified Engeneer, and a have a
few more certs. Have lot of experience with Oracle, MySQL and
Postgresql running servers, and all network services that can run in a
linux box.
Well thats it, if you have any questions, just let me know.
I hope i can help somehow.
Regards
- --
Mauricio Pretto
e-mail:hash@fedoraproject.org
Brazilian Fedora Ambassador
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MauricioPretto
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16 years, 7 months
Web configuration audit
by Paulo Santos
Hi all,
In preparation for F7 release and some upgrades Mike is going to perform on
our servers, i will be doing an audit to our own configuration files, for
everything that supports fp.org.
In the next few days, i'll be writing a report and sending to the list, for
proper review, before doing any actual change. In the end we hope to improve
the stability, performance and end-user experience in our beloved
infrastructure.
Please dont hesitate to send any comments, observations, and/or requests.
Thanks,
Paulo
16 years, 7 months
