Ticket #124 (closed task: wontfix)

Opened 15 years ago

Last modified 13 years ago

De-crustify the CellServDB

Reported by: broder Owned by: broder
Priority: low Milestone: The Distant Future
Component: -- Keywords:
Cc: Fixed in version:
Upstream bug:

Description

The CellServDB we ship currently is pretty crusty.

There are MIT cells that should stay in in the off chance that the world (i.e. DNS) ends while we're not looking.

There are some non-MIT cells that have AFSDB records, and we should just use those. (Some of these records have no overlap with the servers listed in our CellServDB)

There are some non-MIT cells that still exist, but don't have AFSDB records. We should leave those in the CellServDB, but probably only after considering whether anyone's likely to use them.

There are some non-MIT cells that no longer exist, at least at the particular vlservers in our CellServDB. We should punt those.

Change History

comment:1 Changed 15 years ago by broder

  • Status changed from new to accepted
  • Owner set to broder

Since this apparently wasn't clear, I realize that ops maintains the CellServDB, but its crustiness creates a bad user experience for anyone who tries to access other cells, so I want to take responsibility for figuring out what the necessary cleanups are.

comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by broder

  • Priority changed from major to minor
  • Type changed from defect to task

comment:3 Changed 15 years ago by jdreed

  • Component set to --
  • Milestone set to The Distant Future

comment:4 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

  • Status changed from accepted to closed
  • Resolution set to wontfix

This is a daunting task, and ops now regularly updates from GCO. It is not our job to clean up GCO's CellServDB. If there are specific records that are causing people to lose, we could maybe advocate for change. But this ticket is too broad in scope.

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