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OSTEP Team Meeting

== Equipment Reorganization ==

Phase I:

* Arngales need eSATA (ctyler -> oatley)

* Monitoring: ???

** Oatley to decide direction and implement (2013-08-02)

* Update Pidora builder f18v6 chroot (oatley+fossjon+agreene) -> Update to ks-based environment

** Need for 2013-07-19 (URL: http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Armv6hl_bootstrap)

* Upstream or figure out carry-forward plan for modified packages (ctyler)

** Wiki page posted (fossjon) (URL: http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Armv6hl_bootstrap)

== Pidora ==

ToDo

* SOPs

** Ansible SOP (oatley) (done)

** Pidora sign mash rsync SOP (oatley) (done)

** Sigul SOP (oatley)

** Koji-follow SOP (fossjon) (done?)

** Document chroot process SOP (v6 specific package changes) from blog (fossjon)

** Pidora repo sym link setup SOP (oatley)

* Pidora repo sym link double space rsync (oatley)

** In process (oatley)

** Need to schedule SOP tests (Aug/Sep)

* Build f19 + f18 updates is being built (agreene)

* Automate the vc-firmware packages (agreene)

Release status and feedback--

* Monitor trac

* Blog posts for pidora x2 each week

** Choose a day and start blogging together

** Schedule publishing to start Monday 2013-07-22 (ctyler)

Issue Tickets

* /etc/hostname file conflict? overriding sysconfig value? (agreene) (Possible solutions) (Ticket ###)

** modify firstboot to write hostname file

** delete file in post of kickstart

* Legality of a pidora miniDLNA package? where can we include it?

** agreene (Ticket ###)

* Camera support testing (agreene) (Ticket ###)

Building F18-updates, F19, Rawhide:

* f19 is building (agreene)

* agreene is buildmaster

** qt-webkit, gstreamer-bad-free, perl-crypt-ssl, and more! (done)

* start building by 2013-06-28

* F19 Timeframe - Need to look at package set issues

** Estimate by 2013-08-06 (agreene)

Infra Duties

* A pidora-team group email address so chris doesn't get all the complaints (place on pidora.ca) (ctyler -> fossjon 2013-07-17)

* Safe guarded sign/mash/rsync script for better automation and less manual user error (oatley)

** Needs testing of email (2013-07-19)

* A main site to post updates or feedback or announcements? (pidora.ca site && #pidora channel && blog)

** pidora irc not a OP can't change topic (get Dan to set auto-op on OSTEP team members)

** Post this info to forums

** Start a pidora mailing list? (<--- hold for now)

Pidora blog--

* Need 2 articles per person by EOW

Blog Posts

* Ask the community forums about what people might want to do?

* How to set a static ip networkmanager (fossjon) (done)

* How to install and use scratch

* How to make a basic python scrypt

* Use yumex for a graphical install

* Turn the raspberry pi into a media centre?

* Setup some servers, httpd, sshd, etc

* Configure firewall and selinux

* Changing XFCE theme or layout

Firstboot module changes -- jon

* Need to look at F19+ firstboot and i18n code in there (agreene 2013-08-06)

** ex usage: _("This is some text")

** check modules from upstream, add to our modules

Optimizations

* Needs folder reorg (oatley 2013-07-19)

== Openstack ==

* x86_64 OpenStack setup

** packstack allinone on the iraq

** packstack nova compute to australia

** Stalled

* Reinstall fedora 18 on all computers

** Iraq reinstalled

** Australia needs to be redone

** Hold Japan for now

== Calxeda Hardware ==

* Coming! Real Soon Now! Really!

== Bluetooth Audio Project ==

* Automated RPi->Bluetooth Audio connection with sound file playback (ctyler 2013-07-19)

== OpenStack on ARM ==

* While waiting for Calxeda hardware, experimenting with KVM on Cortex-A15 hardware (Arndale) (ctyler 2013-08-07)

* With Calxeda hardware, experiment with OpenStack Nova bare-metal (ctyler ????-??-??)

== TeX Live ==

* Can build on Calxeda builders

** Needs chroot updates to 1.8.0+

** Needs hub updates to 1.8.0+

** Hold for Calxeda hardware

== Priorities ==

* Jon: Happy trails! Keep the Internets running!

* Andrew Oatley-Willis: backups, repo config, builder updates, builder capacity; Flock talk

* Andrew Greene: Pidora builds

* Chris Tyler: Bluetooth audio, OpenStack; Flock talks

=== Schedule ===

* ctyler away: July 22-Aug 5

** Reachable July 22-26

** Unreachable July 26-Aug 5

* oatley and ctyler at Flock Aug 8-12

* End-of-summer closure: August 26-30

* Aug 5 is statutory holidays

** ctyler may work August 3/4/5 if Calxeda hardware is here

* oatley: ???

* agreene away: Aug ___ - ____
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