Project Development Meeting (IF-4.31 10:00 - 12:00) - Agenda 2011-11-02

1. Minutes of last meeting

The minutes of the last meeting are here: DevelopmentMeetingMinutes-2011-10-05.

2. Matters arising

Update on actions from last meeting.

• inf-unit SL6 server platform work
  • Add a list of specific work/components to be done to project description. Make a wiki page with todo/done and notes of interest. [Action George]
• inf-unit SL6 desktop/development
  • Check what used perl-krb5-admin. We still need it for Prometheus among other things. There has been an API change. It is no longer maintained. We could take it over. Stephen has CPAN access. [Action Stephen]
• inSpace
  • Progess final infrastructure work. [Action George/Iain]
• Improvements in mirror management
  • Add mirror failure email alerts. [Action Neil]
• Implement print quotas via Pcounter
  • Change print "quota" to "allowance" in documentation. [Action Craig]
• loghost implementation
  • Add basic LCFG level config for use outside of the School (e.g. Maths). [Action George]
• Virtualised DICE image - scoping
  • Add link to talk slides onto project descriptor and/or final report. [Action Iain]
• Course in a Box
  • Signed off, take to CEG. [Action Tim]

3. Approved Projects

See Activity with annotated comments from meeting.

4. Project Status Changes

• Course in a Box - Roger - Sign off - Final Report
• Teaching/Research Software Requirements Framework - Roger - Sign off - Final Report
• Review/Update Submit Practical Submission System - Chris - Sign off - Final Report
• SL6 Desktop - Iain - Sign off - Final Report

5. New Proposed Projects

• SL6 upgrade for RAT Unit - Graham
• Collaborative LaTeX System - Remedial Work - Iain
• Password Strength Checks - George
• Migration of Mailing Lists to Central Service - Roger

6. System Blog Articles

• AFS - Craig
• Theon - Tim
• Prometheus - Toby

7. AOCB

-- TimColles - 26 Oct 2011