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10/07/09:

23:45 Changeset [24063] by geofft
In gdm-config: * Don't make errors in reloading gdm's configuration …
23:36 Ticket #405 (Uninstalling debathena-thunderbird-config breaks thunderbird) created by kchen
I installed thunderbird and debathena-thunderbird-config, and shortly …
18:18 Changeset [24062] by broder
Begin gathering metrics on cluster machines.
14:22 Changeset [24061] by geofft
alpine-config:  imaps://po10.mail.mit.edu is fixed now. This reverts …
12:52 Changeset [24060] by broder
In alpine-config: * Revert 1.12 and 1.13 pending fixing of …
12:12 Ticket #401 (thunderbird-config should support krb5 auth) closed by broder
fixed: This is now in production.
12:11 Ticket #158 (distinguish cluster from workstation machine on login screen) closed by broder
fixed: This is now in production.
12:11 Ticket #380 (grenew FTBFS on releases without krb4) closed by broder
fixed: This is now in production.
12:11 Ticket #205 (ssh changes behavior from Athena 9, does not delegate tickets by default) closed by broder
fixed: And now in production.
12:06 Changeset [24059] by broder
In cluster-login-config, only declare machtype in the dependency list …
12:05 Changeset [24058] by broder
Add the new sudo/su warnings for when you don't have root.
11:45 Changeset [24057] by broder
In cluster-login-config: * Unset the root password if the machine is a …
00:45 Changeset [24056] by broder
In bugme: * Use machtype -q to determine if a workstation is a …

10/06/09:

15:14 Changeset [24055] by broder
In metrics: * Switch to facility local0. * Remove an extraneous space …
14:48 Changeset [24054] by broder
Add irb to thirdparty-languages.

10/05/09:

15:31 Changeset [24053] by broder
In machtype: * Add machtype -q, which outputs whether or not a …
13:42 Ticket #404 (Research and report regression in OO.o) created by broder
The 3.0.1-9ubuntu3.1 security release for openoffice.org appears to have …
11:10 Changeset [24052] by broder
In alpine-config: * Disable GSSAPI on the command line if the user …
10:12 Changeset [24051] by broder
In reactivate: * Change back to mounting the login snapshot as ext3, …
08:57 Changeset [24050] by broder
Removing KDE from extra-software again. I still don't understand exactly …
04:28 Changeset [24049] by broder
In thunderbird-config: * Kill the Kerberos settings stolen from the …
03:34 Ticket #403 (mitmailutils should use krb5) created by broder
mitmailutils are currently using krb4 and Hesiod. Instead they should use …
03:33 Ticket #402 (evolution-wrapper should support krb5 auth) created by broder
The evolution wrapper currently uses krb4 authentication and Hesiod. …
03:30 Ticket #401 (thunderbird-config should support krb5 auth) created by broder
We need to figure out what configuration option corresponds to the "Use …

10/04/09:

23:56 Changeset [24048] by broder
In metrics: * Fix a typo in the install-pkg script.
22:32 Changeset [24047] by broder
Incorporate the debathena/metrics/connector.pxd file into connector.pyx …
22:25 Ticket #400 (disable nm-applet on clusters) created by geofft
Cluster machines have no wireless card and have wired networking …
22:08 Changeset [24046] by broder
In the metrics connector interface, don't use a potentially blocking loop …
22:03 Changeset [24045] by broder
Add logic to metrics code to wait for 1ms before actually reading events …
21:37 Changeset [24044] by broder
Add a missing dependency on debathena-gdm-config to metrics.
21:34 Changeset [24043] by broder
Create debathena-metrics package for gathering information on how Athena …

10/03/09:

23:25 Changeset [24042] by broder
In grenew: * Support building on systems where krb5 no longer comes with …
16:56 Ticket #399 (look at f-u-s-a change to indicator-applet-session) created by geofft
fast-user-switch-applet went away in Karmic to be replaced by …

10/02/09:

19:39 Ticket #398 (Use CUPS by default) created by geofft
We're currently defaulting users to LPRng /etc/debathena-printing.conf; …
19:35 Ticket #397 (CUPS should probably support lpr -Pprinter2) created by geofft
For backwards-compatibility reasons, we should continue to support …
15:17 Changeset [24041] by broder
Incorporate alexp's changes to the thirdparty packages.
12:50 Ticket #396 (Rename "Locker Software" in the Applications menu) created by jdreed
"Locker Software" is meaningless to anyone new to MIT. Something like …
10:37 Ticket #395 (Ability to set AFS permissions from Nautilus) created by jdreed
I don't know how extensible Nautilus is, but it would be awesome if I …

10/01/09:

22:53 Changeset [24040] by broder
In linerva: * Don't accept the root password over ssh.
18:22 Changeset [24039] by broder
In ssh-server-config: * Put a blank line before and after any …
17:50 Changeset [24038] by broder
Miscellaneous, minor cleanups in shell-config.
17:45 Changeset [24037] by broder
In ssh-server-config, conditionalize the no tickets/tokens warning based …
15:59 Ticket #394 (xcluster on login screen) created by geofft
Athena 9 had a thing to launch xcluster without logging in; we should …
12:52 Ticket #393 (remove renew and add from debathena-dotfiles) created by broder
The renew and add shell functions are being provided by …

09/30/09:

18:00 Changeset [24036] by rbasch
In reactivate: * Mount the login snapshot file system as ext2, with …
17:20 Changeset [24035] by broder
Change the version number of alpine-config to something less dumb.
17:17 Changeset [24034] by broder
Don't actually punt the alpine dependency in alpine-config, just the …
17:10 Changeset [24033] by broder
In alpine-config, mutt-config, and thunderbird-config, use …
16:16 Ticket #392 (test current LDAP clients (address books) against ldap-too) created by geofft
ldap-too.mit.edu is a better and more intentional version of ldap.mit.edu, …
15:50 Ticket #391 (Stop debathenifying bash and tcsh because no one uses double-tilde) created by jdreed
I assert that no one uses the double-tilde notation anymore for lockers, …

09/29/09:

15:55 Ticket #390 (Figure out empathy support) created by broder
Karmic has switched from pidgin to empathy/telepathy as its default IM …
15:15 Changeset [24032] by broder
You need kdebase-workspace on Ubuntu to actually get offered a KDE session …
11:17 Ticket #389 (LiveCD Windows app lacks Debathena branding) created by jdreed
The Windows app that the LiveCD launches when inserted into a Windows …
04:29 Changeset [24031] by broder
Add debathena-language-support to workstation.
04:12 Changeset [24030] by broder
Create debathena-language-support to depend on all input methods …
03:26 Changeset [24029] by broder
Fix a dumb typo in reactivate's control file.
02:58 Changeset [24028] by broder
In order to let gdm-config add the new diversions at approximately the …

09/28/09:

18:29 Changeset [24027] by geofft
gdm-config 1.15: Make the code break less, and add Trac closer
17:58 Changeset [24026] by geofft
Add -branding packages as dependencies of their metapackages.
17:57 Changeset [24025] by geofft
In gdm-config: * Display the OS version and Debathena metapackage in the …
15:25 Changeset [24024] by broder
Use /usr/share/debathena-gdm-config/{Pre,Post}Session.d instead of …
14:49 Changeset [24023] by broder
In reactivate: * Use the new /etc/gdm/{Pre,Post}Session.d directories in …
14:49 Changeset [24022] by broder
In gdm-config: * Provide /etc/gdm/{Pre,Post}Session.d directories so …
14:30 Changeset [24021] by broder
A 2G build chroot isn't big enough for building the live DVD, so make the …

09/27/09:

23:50 Changeset [24020] by broder
Change the autolivebuilder to write into a configurable directory, and …

09/26/09:

19:18 Ticket #388 (config-package-dev maintainer scripts don’t undivert on deconfigure) created by andersk
We currently undivert on prerm when [ "$1" = "remove" ]. This should …
15:49 Changeset [24019] by geofft
In alpine-config: * Suppress a Hesiod error when running alpine on a …

09/25/09:

15:27 Ticket #387 ("chmod 755 ~" dialog should offer to do so for you) created by geofft
This involves changing a message prompt to a zenity --question.

09/24/09:

22:54 Ticket #292 (debathena-cluster should turn sound off differently) closed by geofft
fixed: Tested by reinstalling lola-granola and hacking up the installer to work …
22:51 Ticket #368 (Change umask to 022 in /usr/lib/init/{ba,c}shrc) closed by geofft
fixed: I've heard no objections; moved to production.

09/22/09:

14:37 Ticket #386 (bugme isn't always always on top) created by geofft
I'm not sure why, but I've regularly been able to make my Firefox or xterm …
12:31 Ticket #385 (debathena-misc-glue has undeclared conflict with acroread) created by geofft
The debathena-misc-glue package installs a /usr/bin/acroread attachandrun …
12:21 InterMapTxt edited by geofft
add help.mit.edu (diff)
02:08 Ticket #384 (lpr.debathena should find the cups default printer, and prioritize it ...) created by mitchb
If the owner of a machine uses the GUI printing administration application …
00:38 Changeset [24018] by broder
In moira: * Add patch to fix builds without krb4.
00:16 Changeset [24017] by broder
In moira: * New CVS snapshot.

09/21/09:

02:00 Ticket #383 (config-package-dev quoting bug fails to disallow transformation of ...) created by andersk
Our original intention with the config-package-dev API was to disallow …

09/20/09:

20:57 Changeset [24016] by broder
In msmtp-config: * Replace shell script with Perl script that respects …
20:13 Changeset [24015] by broder
Add kdebase to extra-software. (kdebase installs the window manager …
20:09 Changeset [24014] by broder
Drop the version number on libmail-expandaliases-perl to 0.46-0debathena1.
20:02 Changeset [24013] by broder
Create a package for the Mail::ExpandAliases? Perl module. This will be …
16:10 Changeset [24012] by geofft
In reactivate: * Avoid sound during first login (Trac: 292). Patch by …
15:53 Changeset [24011] by broder
In dotfiles: * Stop setting umask in dotfiles. (Trac: #368) Patch by …

09/19/09:

13:29 Changeset [24010] by geofft
installer: Change the sudo recommendation heuristic to checking its …

09/18/09:

16:22 Changeset [24009] by geofft
Two user-friendliness tweaks to the installer. - If you have …
10:01 Changeset [24008] by geofft
In ssh-server-config: * Add a warning if a user logs in without tickets …

09/17/09:

14:56 Ticket #382 (Quickstation login times are unacceptable) created by jdreed
This is a separate issue from the fact that login chroots are slow. …
14:07 Ticket #378 (Distribute a gtkrc that enables the LPR backend) closed by broder
fixed
13:46 Ticket #381 (people who try to disable bugme should not have athena accounts) created by kcr
Or at _least_, should get logged out if they kill -STOP it.

09/16/09:

13:56 Ticket #380 (grenew FTBFS on releases without krb4) created by broder
grenew needs to have the appropriate ifdefs added to allow it to build …
13:40 Ticket #214 (/etc/{bash.bashrc,csh.cshrc}.debathena should not set environment ...) closed by broder
fixed: Moved to production today.
11:46 Ticket #379 (debathena-kerberos-config depends krb4-config, which is gone in squeeze) created by andersk
[…] […]

09/15/09:

14:47 Changeset [24007] by broder
In printing-config: * Enable the file, cups, and lpr printing backends …
14:21 Ticket #378 (Distribute a gtkrc that enables the LPR backend) created by jdreed
There are apparently still enough Kerberized printers out there that we …

09/14/09:

02:45 Ticket #377 (^C confuses discuss in the middle of a too-long listing) created by geofft
[…] (discuss hangs at this point)

09/13/09:

19:47 Ticket #376 (lpq claims jobs are from cups rather than from the workstation) created by geofft
This might be heading towards being irrelevant depending on how the CUPS …
17:12 Ticket #229 (CUPS should not scan the local network for printers) reopened by geofft
WONTFIX is not CANTFIX. This is an actual problem in deployment, and the …

09/12/09:

19:07 Changeset [24006] by geofft
I have got to stop using Ubuntu's dch.
19:04 Changeset [24005] by geofft
In shell-config: * Make sure that 'add' etc. are still available in …
14:31 Changeset [24004] by geofft
command-not-found: Fix typo in changelog.
14:23 Changeset [24003] by geofft
In command-not-found: * Move /usr/bin/whichlocker to …
00:40 Ticket #375 (packages punted from live CD are also punted from installed system) created by geofft
I ran the "what packages could satisfy unsatisfied dependencies but aren't …
00:13 Ticket #374 (clean up redundancies in debathena-thirdparty) created by geofft
This is a separate issue from removing unwanted packages from …
00:10 Ticket #373 (figure out how to tell apt to reattempt to satisfy recommendations) created by geofft
If a recommendation isn't satsifiable when a package is installed, as far …

09/11/09:

23:44 Ticket #372 (debathena-thirdparty prevents install of newer, conflicting package ...) created by geofft
For instance, libboost-dev is version 1.34, and there's a …
16:17 Changeset [24002] by geofft
Ubuntu's dch sucks.
15:43 Changeset [24001] by geofft
In printing-config: * Insert LPROPT at the beginning of the options, …

09/10/09:

21:13 Ticket #349 (Replace help displayed by panel question mark icon with Athena help) closed by broder
fixed
20:00 Ticket #371 (Graphical Installer should suggest use of athena username.) created by afarrell
Desired behaviour: during installation, when the user is asked for a …
15:31 Ticket #370 (Update pyhesiodfs snapshot to add /mit/.locker support) created by geofft
[…]
13:53 Ticket #189 (greeter design improvements) closed by jdreed
wontfix: We need to completely redo gdm-config for Karmic, and we're unlikely to …
13:39 Ticket #369 (gdm-config needs to be entirely rewritten for Karmic’s gdm) created by andersk
GDM was rewritten from scratch after Jaunty’s 2.20, and works completely …
11:09 Ticket #368 (Change umask to 022 in /usr/lib/init/{ba,c}shrc) created by jdreed
As per  http://diswww.mit.edu/menelaus/release-team/6393, lets move forward …

09/09/09:

16:59 Changeset [24000] by geofft
Add the debathena-command-not-found package. Patch from Jessica Hamrick …
15:56 Ticket #367 (nss-nonlocal should disallow numeric group names) created by andersk
Currently, chown 0:0 file or chgrp 0 file causes the file to end up …
15:53 Ticket #366 (moira disagrees with glibc’s nss_hesiod about grplist format) created by andersk
glibc is expecting the Hesiod grplist to be a colon-separated list of …
08:58 Ticket #342 (Non-GNOME sessions' terminals are broken in Jaunty) closed by broder
fixed: […] Just went into jaunty-updates today, so this should be fixed.

09/08/09:

17:43 Changeset [23999] by broder
Add the new debathena-help-config package to debathena-workstation.
17:26 Ticket #111 (sapgui doesn't work on debathena) closed by alexp
fixed: I copied libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so into the locker from an Athena 9 …
17:22 Changeset [23998] by broder
15:38 Ticket #365 (do-release-upgrade should check installability of Debathena) created by jdreed
At release-team today, we talked about the possibility of diverting …
15:35 Changeset [23997] by broder
Source the system default dotfiles before sourcing our own, so that we can …
14:38 Ticket #321 (AFS cache should not be snapshotted) closed by jdreed
wontfix: We want to fix slowness by fixing LVM snapshots, not via the AFS cache.
12:50 Ticket #364 (Tab completion for athinfo) created by broder
It would be cool to add tab completion to athinfo. You could use the …
10:36 Changeset [23996] by andersk
‘source’ is a pointless bashism for ‘.’; you can’t use it in /etc/profile. …

09/07/09:

23:36 Changeset [23995] by geofft
In shell-config: * Don't set environment variables in …
21:25 Ticket #363 (No tickets on login with identical passwords in debathan-login) created by jhamrick
If your local password and athena passwords are the same, you don't get …
18:30 Changeset [23994] by broder
In kerberos-config: * Cleanup after a filename typo in 1.7.1 …
18:18 Ticket #337 (Create a cronjob on debuild so the LiveCD is rebuilt automatically) closed by broder
fixed: This successfully ran this morning, so modulo the outstanding quota …
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