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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2005-04-19 15:31:17
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I have just done another full release of all the public Arusha Project stuff. Wander to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ark for the bits, or to http://ark.sourceforge.net/ for slightly-tweaked Web pages. This is a maintenance release with a year's worth of bits. It includes support for Solaris 10 and Fedora Core (3, at time of writing), including the latter on x86_64. There is initial support for NFSv4, and for ARK repositories kept under Subversion. In case you've forgotten: the Arusha Project (ARK) provides a framework for collaborative system administration of multi-platform Unix sites with many dozens of machines. If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2004-05-29 10:07:19
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I have just done another full release of all the public Arusha Project stuff. Wander to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ark for the bits. The sole reason for this release is to change from the GPL to the BSD license. In case you've forgotten: the Arusha Project (ARK) provides a framework for collaborative system administration of multi-platform Unix sites with many dozens of machines. If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2004-05-26 13:48:38
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I have just done a full release of all the public Arusha Project stuff (teams: ARK, arksf1, glasli1, sample1, sidai, simple1, verilab2). The release notes are below. Wander to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ark for the bits. In case you've forgotten: the Arusha Project (ARK) provides a framework for collaborative system administration of multi-platform Unix sites with many dozens of machines. Between October and now, there has been normal-ish ongoing and undramatic progress. The main impending change is from the GNU Public License (GPL) to the standard BSD license; this is the last [planned] release under the GPL. I have been unable to think of anyone who will be adversely affected by this change. If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will == release notes ======================================= This is the last version of the core teams' code licensed under the GPL; the next and subsequent versions (soon?) will be under the BSD license. In the Sidai code, we have the first code to manipulate ARK state events (event-utils/lsevents); the 'sync-replica' tool can now use rdiff-backup as well as rsync; we have new packages to install Mozilla and Eclipse binaries, and for Subversion and (retro-tool...) DVIutils from source; plus many small enhancements. In the Verilab2 code, we have sample CUPS support. |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2003-10-13 11:16:38
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I have just done a full release of all the Arusha Project stuff I could get my hands on (teams: ARK, arksf1, glasli1, sample1, sidai, simple1, verilab2). The release notes are below. Wander to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ark for the bits. In case you've forgotten: the Arusha Project (ARK) provides a framework for collaborative system administration of multi-platform Unix sites with many dozens of machines. Thanks to Joel Shprentz for useful input in this iteration. If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will == release notes ======================================= In the ARK engine, host context is tracked better. We attempt to satisfy new constraints with chosen-earlier constraints. Added 'may-fail' constraints. In the Sidai code, networking info has been generalized and sample packet-filter code changed to match. General support for RH Linux 9 added. A 'clean' method added to most packages. In individual teams' code, there are now examples of using rdiff-backup and of how to kickstart an RH Linux box into ARK-readiness. Over 150 package specifications are new or updated to current software versions. |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2003-03-10 14:16:35
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I have just done a full release of all the Arusha Project stuff I could get my hands on (teams: ARK, arksf1, glasli1, sample1, sidai, simple1, verilab2). The release notes I sent to freshmeat are something like those below :-) Wander to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ark for the bits. I would describe the last six months' work as steady but undramatic development; the 'core' hasn't changed at all. In case you've forgotten: the Arusha Project (ARK) provides a framework for collaborative system administration of multi-platform Unix sites with many dozens of machines. If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will == release notes ======================================= Our LISA 2001 paper is now available. 'Tooldoc' supports easy location of non-standard documentation. 'Toolenv' supports careful intermingling of environment variables when tool versions are being controlled. Password distribution tools now work with shadow files. A new `device' thing (anything except a host) has been introduced. HP-UX11 support refreshed. Newly supported packages include: gaim, SML-NJ, Jakarta XML/Java tools (initial support), and GNOME 2 tools (ditto). Plus many other package updates, minor improvements and a few bug fixes. |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2003-02-05 14:09:08
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Gentle Arusha persons - we've all been very quiet lately; I will break the silence with what I know. * The ARK configuration "language" and the "engine" that interprets it continues to be very stable, and likely to remain so. * I continue to develop configuration-y things _with_ ARK, which I check in to the Sidai team's CVS or which will appear in the 'verilab2' team tarball. For example, I am presently trying to build Mr Project (a tool fairly high up on the hideously-tall GNOME 2 food chain). * I continue to muse on "configuration languages done right", and try to do so without (many) ARK preconceptions. If I have anything to say, it will probably be on the lssconf-discuss mailing list (currently flagged up as a news item on http://ark.sourceforge.net/). I don't see any of that impinging on ARK life anytime soon. * Like Jonathan H (last time I heard from him...), I am trying to take seriously what's happening with "XML technologies". Again, this may never have anything to do with ARK, and I reserve the right to run away kicking and screaming after one too many gratuitous pointy brackets. * I am entirely in the dark as to what others may be up to, Arusha wise, if anything. * I will try to release a fresh set of tarballs soon; relentless hounding might help :-) Always happy to hear what people are thinking/doing, discuss, and/or collaborate in sensible ways. Warm regards to all, Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2002-11-16 13:00:48
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Folks, I've updated the Arusha Project "papers and talks" page [http://ark.sourceforge.net/papers-and-talks.html] to reflect present reality. Most notably, last year's LISA paper is now online (for those of you who do not keep a copy of LISA proceedings under your pillow). Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2002-10-05 20:09:54
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Folks, gmane.org is a mailing lists portal, where you can get access to 2000+ mailing lists as nntp newsgroups (there's a web interface, too). It is run by the unstoppable Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, author of Gnus (the Emacs newsreader). Details via http://www.gmane.org/, and point your newsreader at news.gmane.org to get down to business... The ark-announce and ark-dev lists are now available as the groups gmane.comp.sysutils.ark.announce and gmane.comp.sysutils.ark.devel, respectively. I can do the ark-commits list, too, if anyone cares. *NB:* I sent Lars a faintly-plausible set of archives, which he's dropped in. If you want to browse the full history, particularly of ark-dev, this would be a convenient way to do it. Regards to all, Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2002-10-01 20:13:08
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Folks, I have just done a full release of all the Arusha Project stuff I could get my hands on (teams: ARK, arksf1, glasli1, sample1, sidai, simple1, verilab2). The release notes I sent to freshmeat are something like those below :-) Wander to http://sourceforge.net/projects/ark for the bits. The main thing is improvement on bootstrapping the system (and documentation about it); many thanks to Joel Shprentz for his help with this. *MAILING LISTS CHANGE*: We are putting the `ark-users' mailing list into storage for a while, and reverting to `ark-dev' as the only ARK discussion list. I have subscribed the few of you who were on `ark-users' but not `ark-dev', so no action is required on your part. I do not anticipate any difference in quantity or quality of messages that will come your way. Full mailing lists' info: http://ark.sourceforge.net/mailing-lists.html If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will == release notes ======================================= ARK bootstrapping, and its documentation, is much improved and internally consistent. ARK now admits 'external' things, those it knows about but does not operate on. In the Sidai team: A new 'client' thing has been introduced, the opposite of a 'vendor' thing. FlexLM licensing setups now work directly from 'license' things. Newly supported packages include: GnuPG, Icarus Verilog, LPRng, Quixote, Roundup, SpamAssassin, TightVNC. Plus many other package updates, minor improvements and bug fixes. |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2002-07-21 10:26:36
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Folks, I have just done a full release of all the Arusha Project stuff I could get my hands on (teams: ARK, arksf1, glasli1, sample1, sidai, simple1, verilab2). The release notes I sent to freshmeat are something like those below :-) The main development, as reflected on the freshly-dusted web pages at http://ark.sourceforge.net/, is that much of the ARK content for team 'verilab2' (my day job) is now available. It is a Sidai-style team, so not wildly different from `glasli1', which has been available from the beginning. Arusha Project status: alive and well. It is a scratch-those-itches project, and the present set of itches are comparatively undramatic. I am quite happy with the present ARK design, but am reasonably sure a new revision (ARK2? ARK3?) will happen -- no time soon, however. There continues to be interesting work going on in how to describe infrastructures in useful ways (including the PAN and "Environmental Acquisition" papers at this year's LISA conference ... be there, by the way :-), and I am not inclined to spring forward with ARK<N> unless we know it will be a qualitative leap forward. If any of you need help exploring or thinking about Arusha Project stuff, or have "it would be great if..." ideas, please speak up or get in touch. Will PS: I heartily commend the Limoncelli/Hogan book, "The Practice of System and Network Administration" (TPOSANA) [http://www.sysadminfocus.com/] to you all. It is a *companion* to, not a replacement for, the more how-to books, such as the "Unix System Administration Handbook" or Frisch's O'Reilly book. TPOSANA is a whys, wherefores, and accumulated-wisdom book. It is (surprise!) Arusha-compatible in its general outlook. (Disclaimer: I have no personal interest in whether you buy or read this book.) == release notes ======================================= The ARK engine provides more precise control over the user and group that it runs as. It works better in the context of down or pending hosts. ARK methods may be marked as 'dangerous' (e.g. applying OS patches). The standard `deploy' and `reveal' methods now work from the manifest file. The --force-reveal flag is gone. The normalDate module (by Jeff Bauer) updated to version 1.2. In the Sidai team, a `verify-source' method was added to the standard package flow. `Disk chunks' have been reworked to allow multiple replicas. New packages supported include: abiword, accent, averant-solidify, chkrootkit, cyrus-imapd, cyrus-sasl, exmh, expect, hugs98, ipfilter, john-the-ripper, nessus, openoffice-bin, php-config, roundup-config, squirrelmail, texinfo, and valgrind. Plus many minor improvements and bug fixes. |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2002-02-25 12:26:09
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Folks, I've just released a full set of tarballs for all public ARK teams, and updated the http://ark.sf.net/ web pages. Here's the blurb I submitted to freshmeat.net: ARK team: Long-running ARK applications now notice changes to ARK data (.xml files). Added better support for multiple admins maintaining a site. The ARK engine now works sensibly when hosts are down or unavailable. A new flavor of constraints ('general') has been added. Mac OS X is now supported, including AppleScript ARK methods. Sidai team: The 'un'-methods (uncompile, undeploy, uneverything, etc.) have been added for packages. New ARK packages: LPRng, antiword, various Cadence EDA tools, cfengine, ispell, ns2 (network simulator), Sun packages and patch bundles. Newer version of existing ARK packages: openssh, samba, tiff, and xemacs. Documentation: Jonathan Hogg's UKUUG talk slildes have been added to the Web site. I will also announce it on comp.unix.admin. This is a "steady as you go" release, mainly intended to keep us out of "your tarballs are old" trouble. I still strongly advise ARK users and potential users to use CVS as their primary access mechanism. Please shout about any problems you may encounter. Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2001-11-29 21:36:51
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Folks, I had planned to do a pre-LISA "release" of all current ARK stuff, but I *know* there are still grievous bugs in the making-caches-go-stale code in the ARK engine, so I haven't. This is not a big deal. The best way to play ARK is to use CVS anyway. Also, the existing release tarballs (off SourceForce) should be fine for noodling around. As for the known stale-caches bug(s?), I just checked in *hacks* that stop the caches going stale for a long time :-) Oh yes, I checked in everything else I have. *Really* nothing interesting (oddments of documentation, ...). I am mostly out of action in December, but don't let that stop you playing amongst yourselves. Regards to all, Will |
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From: Will P. <pa...@dc...> - 2001-11-03 16:06:54
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Folks, I saw a mention of sweetcode.org ("Sweetcode reports innovative free software. ... Software reported on sweetcode should surprise you in some interesting way.") on the Red Rock Eater News Service, and was pleasantly taken aback to see the Arusha Project made it the very first month! http://sweetcode.org/archive/2001-09.html Thanks to whoever turned us in :-) Will PS: Sign up for the LISA conference in San Diego! See Matt surf! |
