Toolserver-announce September 2010

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Please respect the rev_deleted-field
by DaB. 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

Hello all, I was noticed today by a steward that one tool (I will message the author separately) does not respect the rev_deleted-field and displays revisions, which are already deleted, to the world. Our rules forbids displaying of data which is not visible on the Wikimedia- wikis any more. I know that the usage of the rev_delete-field by mediaiwiki is quite new (the mediawiki-devs didn't update their documentation until now AFAIS), so please look at your tools. If you use the revision-table and do showing single edits, then add a "AND rev_delete=0" to the where-clause where needed (it's of corse ok to ignore the field if you just display abstract data like "How many edits have a wiki"). Please always remember: Just because you can see the data in the database, that is no allowance to show it to the world (if in doubt: ask a root). Sincerly, DaB. -- Userpage: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] — PGP: 2B255885

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Perl 5.10 removed
by River Tarnell 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Perl 5.10 has now been removed from the Solaris login servers. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkycQ3YACgkQIXd7fCuc5vIoxQCgo5+uWmAWXMZEKNsKxOSxNl6Q wNsAn1ugrNCzBtmBhckvfjTpFLExnu9Q =9o8F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Python 3.1
by River Tarnell 24 Sep '10

24 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Python 3.1 is now available on the Solaris login servers as /usr/bin/python3 (or /usr/bin/python3.1 to require a specific version). The only module installed so far is "oursql", to provide MySQL connectivity. (MySQLdb is not installed, since it does not work with Python 3.) - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkycQpYACgkQIXd7fCuc5vIRrQCfQIuLAfVLAcPDlMDHGW7lZTNm mWYAoLr89cgB3VMW1X3zAEtTgTGrYsUA =zjqB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Maintenance notice for Tuesday, 21st
by River Tarnell 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is a maintenance notice for today, Tuesday the 21st. Service | Expected impact - ----------------------------------+------------------------------------- ptolemy: OpenStreetMap | Complete outage for under 10 minutes PostgreSQL (sql-mapnik), | mod_tile, Tirex, | http://toolserver.org/tiles/ | All other services | No impact Start time: Wednesday, 21st September, 12AM (0000h) UTC End time: Wednesday, 21st September, 1AM (0100h) UTC Details: We will upgrade the OS on ptolemy, the OSM database and tile server, to Solaris 10 Update 9. This will require downtime for a reboot after the upgrade is completed. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyYrFYACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLObwCcClnsS0iHGXc5owmXlHNNJuBS xdAAn2sd2HRT6OnRqIzKHh7s/EQ2GCIG =J9wf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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nightshade reboot
by River Tarnell 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, nightshade was rebooted at 5:05 AM on Tuesday (UTC) for a kernel update. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyYPR4ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLpAQCeNEff17OzRYlfvIXhunm+3+xU QnAAnjByPEDEijD1Pm7waivrNUdhX5QI =N3th -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Mono upgrade on Solaris
by River Tarnell 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Mono on the Solaris login servers has been upgraded from 2.4.2.2 to 2.6.7. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyX/5MACgkQIXd7fCuc5vJ7fACfVJDz3q/ZhLtHmfbaqmDjbXMZ kGAAnjqs6m699q31R0LmDTvQcgpFxLwc =GOnY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Perl upgrade to 5.12.2
by River Tarnell 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Perl on the Solaris systems will shortly be upgraded from 5.12.1 to 5.12.2. This should have no impact on users. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkySPGEACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLuPQCfawQtGLeDnCqTHC/3kdU/gPCF 1+MAmwdVvKK4tpYdimOeye8iivjvDEVM =5Hr4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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google analytics (and similar services)
by DaB. 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Hello all, I was noticed by a user today that a few web-tools on the toolserver (at least 3) uses google analytics and violates our rules with that. No user is allowed to "publish connection data, especially IP addresses, of other people " [1]; "publish" means also "give data away to (other) companies or webpages". I will message these users separately, so that they can remove the problem themself soon. If you (because of nescience or ignorance) include a service like google analytics in your tools too, please remove it too very soon. Sincerly and good night, DaB. [1] https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Rules#Privacy_Policy - point 2 -- Userpage: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] — PGP: 2B255885

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Conversion of nightshade to Solaris
by River Tarnell 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, After some internal discussion and previous consultation with users, we have decided to standardise on Solaris for the login and web servers. We will therefore be converting nightshade from Linux to Solaris at some point in the future. There is no fixed time frame for this at moment, but it won't happen sooner than a month from now, and we won't do anything until we are satisfied that all tools (and users) are ready for the migration. To start with, we want to identify and fix any issues which prevent users from moving their tools to Solaris. This will mainly include: * Software which needs to be installed or updated * Behaviour differences between Linux and Solaris where the Linux behaviour is more correct or preferable. Please take a moment to test your tools on willow, the existing Solaris login server. If you find any issues, please open a ticket in JIRA, and include [solaris] in the subject line so we can easily identify them. Software on Solaris is often newer than the software on the Linux login server. This isn't a problem that can be fixed (since the software will eventually be updated anyway), but during the migration period, we can install more recent versions on Linux as well to allow interoperability. The easiest way for users to migrate is probably to ensure your tools work on both systems; you can then continue to run them on Linux for now (if you want), and there will be no work required once the conversion is done. Some differences between the two operating systems are documented on the wiki at <https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Solaris>. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyOOnsACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLvAwCgj5P6LFyP0aAxod1NrUfYncsT P1IAoIjzptaK7pQbDncna5rlIshVGSDE =r4o1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Removal of Perl 5.10 on Solaris systems
by River Tarnell 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Some time ago we changed the default Perl on Solaris login servers to 5.12. Since then, no one has reported any problems with 5.12; we will therefore be removing Perl 5.10 later this week (that is, /usr/bin/perl5.10 and /opt/ts/perl/5.10/bin/perl). Applications that use /usr/bin/perl will not require any changes because of this. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkyONE8ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vKT0wCfab2WDZbRcGTSE5RidytNxbxJ IEsAni3jzrsn9kdCJ+kWukv49zXAlbvB =iEv0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Toolserver-announce September 2010