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[Richard Carlson <>]

Hi Tom;

Jason fixed the web site and uploaded the new tarballs into the  
download dir so yes, everything is now accessible.  The source code is  
stored in a sourceforge SVN repository so you should be able to access  
that as well.  I would be happy to see this used more extensively by  
others using the standard SVN functions to create branches and other  
more formal release functions.

As for changes:  I'll need to figure out how to get the svn-to- 
changelog function to work, but until then

Most of the recent changes have been to support the M-Lab deployment.   
These include:
) limiting the number of clients that can wait in the queue.
) The client was updated to handle 'are you alive' queries, this  
allows the quick removal of queued clients when the user leaves
) changes in the way the server processes/queues clients to handle  
this new 'alive' function
) handling multiple simultaneous clients (this is still being worked on)
) changes to the log file structure.  If detailed logging is enabled  
then these log files are stored in the /usr/local/ndt/serverdata/yyyy/ 
mm/dd structure
) new meta-data file is now written containing log results, and other  
info from the client (IP, FQDN, detailed log file names, etc)
) changed the Applet version number to match the main NDT version number

Those are the main things that have changes.  As noted, the multi- 
client code is still being developed so you can expect a couple of new  
releases in the next few weeks.

Rich

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Tom Throckmorton wrote:

> On 8/28/09 8:25 AM, Richard Carlson wrote:
> > Hi Chris;
> >
> > Sorry about that.  There is a bug in the 3.5.0 release.  You can
> > download the latest version (3.5.6 which will be posted soon)...
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> Glad to hear there is a new release coming - can you give us a preview
> of what other fixes/changes are in this version?
>
> Also, is the NDT source available in a public repo anywhere, so that  
> we
> can follow/try (heck, possibly even *contribute* to) pre-release  
> changes?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -tt
>
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