Hi all...

> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:49:27 +0200
> From: "DaB."
> Subject: [Toolserver-l] SQL-S2 down and new status-files
> To: "Toolserver-ML"
> Message-ID: <200709032249.31619.WP@daniel.baur4.info>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hello all,
>
> perhaps anybody (someone?) didn't notice it: The msql-db on zedler (=S2 and
> userdatabases) crashed. The restore is in progress, please wait a bit.
>
> We get many questions from tool-user "The tool xyz does not work" or "Why is
> the toolserver defect/crashed/explode?".
>
> To inform our tool-user better in future, I created some files:
>
> http://tools.wikimedia.de/status_s1 (same for s2 and s3).
>
> I think that ERRO and DOWN should be compulsive for tools, INFO and WARN is
> optionally.
>
> I plan to update the rules for this at October 1, so please use the time to
> update your tools. Suggestion are of corse very welcome :).
>
> Sincerly,
> DaB.

A small typo in these files... several times it says "planed" such as

"#A Information (like a planed maintaince in far future)."

The correct english word here is "planned"... there is also some a/an confusion and some other minor typos....

In fact here is the entire http://tools.wikimedia.de/status_s1 file,  but with my suggested corrections incorporated into it...
# This file shows the status of S1
#
# The format is
# STATUS;Text
#
# Lines with # at the beginning are comments.
#
# The following STATUSes are possible:
#
# OK:
# All Ok, nothing to show.
#
# INFO:
# An Informational message (like a planned maintenance activity in the far future).
# Please show the line in your tools as information to give users notice.
#
# WARN:
# A Warning (like a planned maintenance activity in the near future).
# Please show the line in your tools as information to give users notice.
#
# ERRO:
# An Error (like a unplanned maintenance activity or some other issue)
# Please show the text instead of your tools
# (or be very sure that your tools do work).
#
# DOWN:
# Like ERRO, but planned.
#
OK;
#EOF
#

Hope that is of some help. I think being able to show canned status from the system is a nifty idea, thanks for making it happen.

Larry Pieniazek
Hobby: lar at miltontrainworks.com