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[Chris Hubing <>]

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On Mar 20, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Digant C Kasundra <>  
wrote:

> > 2 - Update on the release
> > * we're finding more and more issues - broader assistance in
> > finding and addressing the bugs would be appreciated!
>
> To expand on this a bit, I focused on getting the use-case with a  
> local idp up and running.  This is now mostly working but apache  
> needs a reboot along the way in a few different places that the code  
> isn't properly handling right now (it works fine for the TestShib  
> usecase but not when there is a local ajp connector).  There are  
> things like this that keep cropping up.  Here is a list of untested  
> or known problematic areas off the top of my head:
>
> * adhoc federation -- should be retested; known to be broken last  
> time I checked but that may have just been the larger "no hostname"  
> issue where the setup cannot go through any of the scenarios  
> properly if there isn't a hostname associated with the VM in the DNS.
> * InCommon -- untested; assumed broken since the code seems to rely  
> on knowledge of a wayf to properly configure the SP and wayf  
> information is not in the federations.ini file it relies upon.
>
> * Drupal -- known to be broken.  When one goes into the collabmin  
> interface and installs the co-drupal6 package, they would then go  
> to /install/drupal6 which is supposed to finish the drupal  
> installation but fails.  However, when carrying out the instructions  
> by hand, drupal does seem to work.
> * Sympa -- same as above.  Running the installer by hand untested.
> * Confluence -- known to be missing steps.
>
> So, here is the immediate plan of attack to get us out of this  
> quagmire:
>
> * [Digant] focus heavily on smoothing out the local idp use-case and  
> then get the adhoc federation use-case working.
> * [Chris] Chris has agreed to assist with Confluence.  I'm hoping  
> he'll be able to use the working TestShib usecase to write the  
> remaining code to get the Confluence install working.

I will work on this, however, I won't be on the call today.


> * [Jon Robertson] As above, use the TestShib use-case and writes  
> patches to the code to get Drupal and Sympa finished
>
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> --
> Digant C Kasundra 
> <>
> Technical Lead, ITS Unix Systems and Applications, Stanford University