perfsonar development work

[Roman Lapacz <>]

Hi Candido,

Cándido Rodríguez Montes wrote:
> Hi Szymon,
> I've finished to move all authn libraries to perfsonar base (in the 
> new structure) and the authentication service to the new structure too.
> But, how I saw, updating the perfsonar base could be a critical 
> process, so I want to describe the steps that I'm going to do and 
> advise me if I'm doing something wrong:
> 1. Updating the svn branch. Changes are:
> + Updating all authn libraries. It's not a critical process.
> + Updating jar dependencies. The most interesting thing is some 
> updates in XML libraries: xerces to version 2.8.0

I propose you can update the version in the base (antlib.xml). After the 
change I can test if it does not harm (or if you want you can test it 
with some service)

> and xalan to 2.7.0. I've tested with the AuthService and it's all right.

this version is already used and downloaded by the base

> + Updating the class org.perfsonar.service.base.web.RequestHandler 
> <http://web.RequestHandler>. It contains the authentication component 
> but it was in the trunk version and it was ok. So, I think it's not a 
> critical change.  I've tested with the AuthService and it's all right.
ok, so update it
> + Moving the Authentication Service.
> 2. Upload to jar-repository the new perfsonar-base-ant and 
> perfsonar-base jars.

please keep the naming schema of the files

> 3. ¿Remove the previous version of those jars?

no, it's up to a developer what version they want to use

> Any other step that I would have forgotten?

What about the configuration? I understand that if I don't have authN 
config in my service.properties file then the authN functionality is 
switched off.


Roman



> Szymon, Roman, tell me if I can do these steps.
>
> Thanks!
>
> El 07/09/2007, a las 13:53, Szymon Trocha escribió:
>
> > Cándido Rodríguez Montes wrote:
> > > Hi Szymon,
> > > I'm moving the AuthService and all authn libraries to the new SVN 
> > > structure. But, I have the following doubt: how I should name the 
> > > AuthService folder: geant2_java-as or rediris_java-as?
> >
> > Loukik,
> >
> > Could you advise from rel mgmt point of view?
> >
> > Regards,
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