[SAC] OSGeo SAC Surge Day

[John Graham]

Howard

I will be available most of the day ... and nearby the rest ...

John

Howard Butler wrote:
> Shawn (and any others who can participate),
>
> I propose that this Friday, February 9th be SAC Surge Day.  I propose 
> that we collaborate on IRC in #telascience (we don't want logging of 
> somewhat sensitive things, or disrupt normal #osgeo discussion) during 
> the day.  If we can get these four items done, we'll have made a great 
> day:
>
> 1) True virtual hosts for everything.  I have a framework of what to 
> do done for Trac, and I know how I want to layout Subversion's Apache 
> config (a little different than currently -- files stay in the same 
> spot though).  We need to identify what we need to respond to and 
> anybody else can just be forwarded to the main website.  If there is a 
> list of priorities from the CN days, that would be great.  The web of 
> aliases and rewrites we've woven is not sustainable and merely 
> prolongs our misery.
>
> 2) Get a real SSL cert.  Our CN cert expires on 2/24/07 anyway.  I 
> propose that Tyler handle the money side, with Shawn and I handling 
> the implementation (key generation, installation, testing).  After up, 
> I will handle making LDAP allow SSL binding with it (a critical 
> component for TelaScience integration).
>
> 3)  Yank our wildcard DNS.  This goes in line with item #1.
>
> 4)  Migrate subversion to FSFS or do a hand-build of Subversion with a 
> new BDB (looks like we're using a pretty old one ... I propose 4.4 
> instead of the 4.2 that we're currently using).  This might even be 
> priority number one, as our subversion issues are causing a lot of 
> hardship.
>
> I propose that we put tickets in OSGeo's Trac for each of these items, 
> and follow the implications and issues with each in there.
>
> Shawn, will this work with your schedule?  We'd need to send out some 
> notification emails to folks to let them know there would be some 
> disruptions on Friday if we do undertake this event.
>
>
> Howard
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