OSTEP Meeting 2013-07-17

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 ___ - ____