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---+ Development Meeting Project Activity - 2009-11-04

Please fill in activity for _Last Month_ and intended activity for _This Month_ for projects you are responsible for. For reference the intended activity for _Last Month_ as reported at the _September_ development meeting is included (it is considered unhelpful to alter this to match what actual activity was :). It is acceptable to change devproj milestones as part of this process, however if you do please indicate that you have done so below, for example by adding a _Change of Plan_ bullet point, so that the meeting is alerted to the changes.
 
   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/2][AFS file system]]
      * _October_: Test DB server on KDC, prepare to switch fileservers
      * _Last Month_: Further testing of deployment of DB servers to KDC and component management of DB server processes
      * _This Month_: Deployment of new component to file servers

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/4][Review of Backup Technology]]
      * _October_: Probably not much due to holidays.
      * _Last Month_: Not Much
      * _This Month_: Depends on project prioritisation meeting

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/13][Improved RPM submission tool]]
      * _October_: Will deploy early this month (15/09/09) HOWTO documentation to be fleshed out.
      * _Last Month_: Deployed and Documentation completed
      * _This Month_: Propose drop enhancements from scope: misc development later. Planning for signoff (incl report) at December meeting

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/25][Infrastructure for New Informatics Forum]]
      * _October_: Hoping for signoff (but aware of UPS issues!)
      * _Last Month_: UPS framework in place
      * _This Month_: Signoff

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/26][Infrastructure for Appleton Tower Refurbishment]]
      * _October_: Hope to be able to move back in!
      * _Last Month_:Slow progress by contractors
      * _This Month_:Who knows...

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/36][Review of user documentation]]
      * _October_: Collate various input and produce a revised document.
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/46][Replacement of LPRng with CUPS]]
      * _October_: finish e-financials + persuade non-CUPS self-managed to goto CUPS
      * _Last Month_: Persuaded non-CUPS self managed to go to CUPS
      * _This Month_: Signoff

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/48][Transition of Informatics staff mail services to Staffmail]]
      * _October_: Try again to move the shared boxes. The deadline was to have done the move by this meeting, do we let it slip or move?
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/71][Logging policy and centralised logging]]
      * _October_: Get some other-unit perspectives in the table
      * _Last Month_: Not a lot
      * _This Month_: Get some other-unit perspectives in the table

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/73][Cluster Parallel filesystem]]
      * _October_: Not a lot
      * _Last Month_: cleared out most of the dead 530's and added new (old) rackmount kit.
      * _This Month_: rebuild the filesystem with the new servers

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/75][Revisit Account Management]]
      * _October_: refactor storage object primary key structure; more conduit development; general framework enhancements/bug-fixes
      * _Last Month_: Very little happened, beyond reviewing some existing changes.
      * _This Month_: refactor storage object primary key structure; more conduit development; general framework enhancements/bug-fixes

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/78][LCFG Core Refactoring]]
      * _October_ : Switch package building to =Module::Build=. Run code through perltidy. Remove all pre-processed Perl files, replace macros with a module to handle configuration.
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/82][Desktop Virtualization]]
      * _October_: Deploy Opensource version of Virtualbox with separate PUEL header for academic licensed version. Write article for newsletter. Propose for sign off.
      * _Last Month_: Reviewed OSE package.
      * _This Month_: The OSE package for Fedora11 has complex and numerous dependencies that will be difficult to sort in SL5 and should be a lot simpler in RHEL6. Propose leaving the situation as is with the PUEL header deployed until RHEL6. On that basis write newsletter article and propose for sign off at next meeting.

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/84][DICE SL5 Services]]
      * _October_: Not known: work remains for the Services Unit.
      * _Last Month_: Maelcum decomissioned
      * _This Month_: remainging servers (powell & linotype) decomissioned

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/93][Future direction for the main Informatics web service]]
      * _October_: Finish the ISS site integration. Need to look at HTML and style restrictions for IIAB.  Skin improvements: login form, add conditionals banner template. Really want to get header file done and possible component.
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/94][Develop power management solution for DICE desktops]]
      * _October_: If test deployment continues to prosper, deploy on all Student Lab HP dc7900s.
      * _Last Month_:Deployed on all student lab HP dc7900s. Added <a href="http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/systems/sleep/">an explanatory web page</a>. Added <a href="http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/systems/support/FAQ/#F2">some questions</a> to the Support FAQ. Wrote a <a href="https://coltex.inf.ed.ac.uk/repos/Newsletter1109/">newsletter</a> article.
      * _This Month_: Hopefully moving to signoff.
      * _Change of plan_: September's meeting added three new goals to the project: "May be useful to have user commands to disable sleep. Wake up on keypress/mouse still desirable. !WakeOnLAN work from IS could be incorporated." The MPU wants to tackle these as separate independent small tasks later on as time and project prioritisation permits rather than adding them to this project. Is this acceptable?

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/97][Informatics Commercialisation Website]]
      * _October_: I don't see there being any commercialisation specific effort this month. Put milestones back 3 months (they were already 2months behind).
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/101][OpenVPN Service]]
      * _October_: Hoping to move to a "proper" service; some documentation enhancements
      * _Last Month_: More testing by more users; Forum endpoint has ether bonding on "inside"
      * _This Month_: Improve Linux documentation

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/110][EUCLID Informatics Enhancements]]
      * _October_: Probably nothing.
      * _Last Month_: Some work moving PAVD/PGT to the next admission cycle suggests some improvements to the process may be necessary.
      * _This Month_: Nothing.

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/111][EUCLID Interoperability]]
      * _October_: Propose stalling until start of 2010.
      * _Last Month_: Proposed generic interface data set reviewed.
      * _This Month_: Nothing.

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/112][School Database Revamp]]
      * _October_: Likely to be not as much again due to the normal effort associated with the start of a new academic session. Migration of triggers and procedures to PostgreSQL. Finish benchmarks. Ingres -> Postgres sync and load for initial QA of GUI and reporting.
      * _Last Month_: All functions and triggers (including core assessment processing functions and the unit event queue processing mechanism) have been migrated to PostgreSQL. Much work done on the Ingres -> PostgreSQL content migration which is now mostly complete bar correction of actual content errors and conflicts which need to be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Work on the PostgreSQL account creation and automated role (from LDAP) assignment, also largely complete. Deployment of PostgreSQL version of GUI. Productisation of the "genrep" and "conduits" framework for deployment as a package.
      * _This Month_: Setup of regular Ingres -> PostgreSQL DDL, GUI data content and infdb content sync. Conversion of all "live" conduits to PostgreSQL (approximately 400). Completion of "conduits" framework with conversion of incoming feeds and automated conduit generation process. QA of conduits and assessment processes. Conversion of direct interfaces (account management and inventory). ITO QA starts on transferred database and content (via GUI and genrep).

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/118][Forum Information Display Screens]]
      * _October_: Document requirements for the large screens; do some investigation of how the requirements might be realised. Finalise the work related to the small screens, and hand over to User Support. Milestones for this project slipped in July; I have revised them accordingly.
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/119][AV facilities]]
      * _October_:
      * _Last Month_: No progress other than ventilation added to GZ.11
      * _This Month_: Complete documentation in collaboration with Admin.

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/120][Moving kit from sites to Forum]]
      * _October_: BP move completed, FH planning finalised
      * _Last Month_:Move out of 2501 completed. BP nearly completed
      * _This Month_: BP move completed, FH planning finalised

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/121][Upgrade Twiki]]
      * _October_: finalisation and completion (hopefully)
      * _Last Month_:
      * _This Month_:

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/122][Progress TiBS to full service]]
      * _October_: Upgrade RPMs and LCFG component for latest version of !TiBS. Deploy RPMs and LCFG component on !TiBS server. 
      * _Last Month_: Upgraded RPMs and LCFG component for latest version of !TiBS. Realised that further development work was necessary before v1 deployment. The development work is now mostly done. 
      * _This Month_: Deployment on the !TiBS server and on Linux clients is expected to be completed in the next couple of weeks.
      * _Change of plan_: The 'v1 deploy' milestone has slipped by one month to 17 November.

   * [[https://devproj.inf.ed.ac.uk/project/show/126][inSpace]]
      * _October_: Testing MDP Mac using IS managed LCFG devolved service. Can login with A/D account. Have work to do to get AFS client working so DICE users can access their AFS home/group space. Need to install software for managing content to go onto displays (ACE should be able to provide this), although they use Cold Fusion.
      * _Last Month_: Not much progress as it's been unclear when/if new media scotland are vacating the space. Most work centered round adding software to the existing MDP-MAC amchine. Started working on a component to manage Henrik's CMS client.
      * _This Month_: ship component, inventory the machines in inspace. Since it appears that NMS are a permanent fixture we need to work out some way of coordinating things.

-- Main.TimColles - 30 Oct 2009
Topic revision: r9 - 03 Nov 2009 - 13:03:38 - AlisonDownie
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