Presence and IntComm WG

[Steve Blair <>]

Ben Chinowsky wrote:

> *Action Items as of August 18*
>
> (high priority)
> [ACTION] All will review the new PIC-SER documentation and send comments to
> Candace.
> [ACTION] Steve will contact David at Penn to set up testing.
> [ACTION] Steve will look into the IP tables issue.
>  
Both are done. IP Tables was not an obstacle. Dave & I still do not receive
reliable presence updates. Given the short amount of time that remains, 
and our
need to re-purpose the test server, I do not think we will spend much 
more time
on this issue.

> [ACTION] On the August 18 call the group will identify someone to create a
> PIC-SER user feedback form, to be available by September 1.
> [ACTION] Rodger will pursue call-schedule consensus on the PIC list.
> [ACTION] Rodger and Ben T. will confer about recruiting participants for a 
> panel
> on open-source and commercial implementations of SIP.
>
> (medium priority)
> [ACTION] Ben T. will put Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on PALS, backing up the 
> SQL
> database so we can re-create accounts later; then Jamey will update SER on 
> PALS
> with the latest PIC-SER package.
> [ACTION] Anyone who has a BSD or other unusual Unix-like system on which they
> can do a test install of the PIC-SER package, will contact Candace.
> [ACTION] Candace will add a Wiki document on strict vs. loose routing.
>
> (low priority)
> [ACTION] Candace and Jamey will initiate an email discussion of their proposal
> to modify the SER PA module so it can do presence via SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFY, to
> accommodate clients that don't do PUBLISH.
> [ACTION] Jamey will enable eyeBeam to use presence info to decide
> whether messages should go straight to voicemail.
> [ACTION] Jamey will update the interface requirements document.
> [ACTION] Jamey will continue working on the future of the skiffs, and solicit
> opinions from PIC members as needed.
> [ACTION] People will research skiff-like offerings from various companies:
> - Dennis - Newbury
> - Steve B. - Airwave
>  
I'm not doing anything more on this issue.

> - Rodger - Airespace (now part of Cisco)
> - Jeremy - Eckehau (via Walt Magnussen)
> [ACTION] Candace will look into Tyler Johnson's H.350-enabled version of the
> NIST client.
> [ACTION] Ben T. will write a short document describing the motivation for the
> paths-in-the-snow approach to PIC development.
>
> *Attendees*
>
> Rodger Will (chair) - Ford
> Joe Rork - Ford
> Steve Blair - Penn
> John Stier - Stony Brook
> Candace Holman - Harvard
> Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2
>
> *Discussion*
>
> The group reviewed planned attendance at the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting.
> John, Rodger, and Rodger's boss will be there; Joe might be; Candace probably
> won't.
>
> The group reviewed PIC-SER status. Rodger noted that most outstanding issues 
> got
> resolved as a result of the August 4 call (see Candace's August 4 note to the
> PIC-SER list). Candace has posted a Testing Guide, Troubleshooting Guide ("how
> to unwedge the server"), and Bug Collection Guide; see
> http://pic.internet2.edu/pic-ser/ch/PIC-SER-Documentation.html. [ACTION] All
> will review the new PIC-SER documentation and send comments to Candace. 
> Candace
> observed that while most PIC-SER participants have done some client testing, 
> we
> need to pick up the pace of testing if we want to have something to report at
> the Member Meeting. Candace has been doing much of the testing herself, and
> she'll be out for the last two weeks of August. [ACTION] Steve will contact
> David at Penn to set up testing. [ACTION] Steve will look into the IP tables
> issue. [ACTION] On the August 18 call the group will identify someone to 
> create
> a PIC-SER user feedback form, to be available by September 1.
>