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== Agenda ==
 
== Agenda ==
  
 
* Next Meeting Date
 
* Next Meeting Date
**  
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** June 7th
 
* Releases
 
* Releases
 
** 5.2.x -- dts12
 
** 5.2.x -- dts12
 
** 5.4.x -- dts12
 
** 5.4.x -- dts12
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** Combined notes for the above:
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*** '''Been delayed due to windows testing'''
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*** '''rc3 versions just released'''
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*** '''Full versions this friday?'''
 
** 5.6 -- hardaker
 
** 5.6 -- hardaker
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*** '''would like to start 5.6.pre1 end of next week'''
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*** '''hardaker has a patch for internal openssl support to commit'''
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*** '''dts12 has the desire to make a HAL-based FileSystem modules (reworking of hr_filesys and ucd/disk) before 5.6 so it can be default in 5.7
 
** Release Testing
 
** Release Testing
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*** '''hardaker will try and hack together a testing results mailer before 5.6.pre2'''
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*** '''dts12 suggests default to mailing (with prompt) for .pre and .rc and default not to for full releases'''
 
** Binary Releases
 
** Binary Releases
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*** '''need to bring binary releases up to date'''
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*** '''need to document how to do anything'''
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*** '''We should fill out [[Release Instructions]] with ''how-to'' type information'''
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*** '''We need to:'''
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***# to document things in [[Release Instructions]]
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***# to build things more frequently, and possibly assign archicture "builders" if possible
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***# create a new download page that describes how the packages were actually built
 
* Administrative
 
* Administrative
 
** Test server updates
 
** Test server updates
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*** '''Now serving TLS/DTLS support on port 10161 and 10162, which is the IANA assigned ports'''
 
* Technical Discussions
 
* Technical Discussions
 
** Test infrastructure -- hardaker
 
** Test infrastructure -- hardaker
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*** perlability -- perl required for full suite at the moment
 
*** perlability -- perl required for full suite at the moment
 
*** documentation -- coming this week
 
*** documentation -- coming this week
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*** '''random statements by hardaker; discussing Harness requirements'''
 
** Whether or not the triple build infrastructure should be unified to a single build infrastructure.
 
** Whether or not the triple build infrastructure should be unified to a single build infrastructure.
 
*** Anyone have time to look into feasibility of other config systems?
 
*** Anyone have time to look into feasibility of other config systems?
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*** '''No one has; moving to cmake would be painful (but maybe worth it) and it still wouldn't be a complete solution'''
 
** Net-SNMP V5 get/set request handler documentation [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2973053&group_id=12694&atid=112694].
 
** Net-SNMP V5 get/set request handler documentation [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2973053&group_id=12694&atid=112694].
 
*** old taken off yet?
 
*** old taken off yet?
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*** '''We need a architectural description of the handler system'''
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*** '''tabled due to time'''
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* Tabled entirely due to time:
 
** Perl
 
** Perl
 
*** NetSNMP::agent regression test 5 fails [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112694&aid=2972726&group_id=12694].
 
*** NetSNMP::agent regression test 5 fails [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112694&aid=2972726&group_id=12694].
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** Cygwin --enable-shared build [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3002290&group_id=12694&atid=112694]: only possible if the circular dependency between libnetsnmpagent and libnetsnmphelpers is resolved -- see also [http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Library_layering]. What is the status of this last issue ?
 
** Cygwin --enable-shared build [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3002290&group_id=12694&atid=112694]: only possible if the circular dependency between libnetsnmpagent and libnetsnmphelpers is resolved -- see also [http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Library_layering]. What is the status of this last issue ?
 
* Round Table -- What are ya up to?
 
* Round Table -- What are ya up to?
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** magfr: fix up the transport dependency information, remove UDP/IP requirement
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** rstory: (D)TLS in the agent
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** hardaker: (D)TLS in the library and testing
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** dts12: releases and hardware/fsys
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** tanders: catching up on nightly builds, OBS builds/packages

Latest revision as of 20:21, 17 May 2010

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This is the meeting agenda/notes for the Meeting held on 2010-05-17.

Date and Time: 2010-05-17 20:00 UTC

Agenda

  • Next Meeting Date
    • June 7th
  • Releases
    • 5.2.x -- dts12
    • 5.4.x -- dts12
    • Combined notes for the above:
      • Been delayed due to windows testing
      • rc3 versions just released
      • Full versions this friday?
    • 5.6 -- hardaker
      • would like to start 5.6.pre1 end of next week
      • hardaker has a patch for internal openssl support to commit
      • dts12 has the desire to make a HAL-based FileSystem modules (reworking of hr_filesys and ucd/disk) before 5.6 so it can be default in 5.7
    • Release Testing
      • hardaker will try and hack together a testing results mailer before 5.6.pre2
      • dts12 suggests default to mailing (with prompt) for .pre and .rc and default not to for full releases
    • Binary Releases
      • need to bring binary releases up to date
      • need to document how to do anything
      • We should fill out Release Instructions with how-to type information
      • We need to:
        1. to document things in Release Instructions
        2. to build things more frequently, and possibly assign archicture "builders" if possible
        3. create a new download page that describes how the packages were actually built
  • Administrative
    • Test server updates
      • Now serving TLS/DTLS support on port 10161 and 10162, which is the IANA assigned ports
  • Technical Discussions
    • Test infrastructure -- hardaker
      • portability -- sub-tests shouldn't require execution from the full test suite
      • perlability -- perl required for full suite at the moment
      • documentation -- coming this week
      • random statements by hardaker; discussing Harness requirements
    • Whether or not the triple build infrastructure should be unified to a single build infrastructure.
      • Anyone have time to look into feasibility of other config systems?
      • No one has; moving to cmake would be painful (but maybe worth it) and it still wouldn't be a complete solution
    • Net-SNMP V5 get/set request handler documentation [1].
      • old taken off yet?
      • We need a architectural description of the handler system
      • tabled due to time
  • Tabled entirely due to time:
    • Perl
      • NetSNMP::agent regression test 5 fails [2].
      • Status of CPAN (5.4.1)
    • jsafranek: hrFSTable and hrStorageTable persistent indexes - partially implemented in new host/hrh_filesys.c and hardware/fsys/*, but I miss some pieces :(
    • Cygwin --enable-shared build [3]: only possible if the circular dependency between libnetsnmpagent and libnetsnmphelpers is resolved -- see also [4]. What is the status of this last issue ?
  • Round Table -- What are ya up to?
    • magfr: fix up the transport dependency information, remove UDP/IP requirement
    • rstory: (D)TLS in the agent
    • hardaker: (D)TLS in the library and testing
    • dts12: releases and hardware/fsys
    • tanders: catching up on nightly builds, OBS builds/packages