May 19 - 25

Issues

• waiting on OLA between ITS Systems and Applications
  • Jenn has distributed virtual server spreadsheet – see upcoming
  • see older status report
• discussed new completion date with client for Economics project, he was non-committal during conversation – waiting on confirmation of date

Highlights/Milestones

• replacing file-based to database authorizations for UTForge Subversion repositories
  • installed and currently testing custom Apache module for SVN-db authorizations (mod_authz_svn_db)
    • testing has revealed that current functionality of module poses potential security flaws
      • in e-mail communication with author to address issue
  • 05/27 UPDATE: further research reveals may be an issue with Subversion change transmission model:
    • http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=462&dsMessageId=1304305
    • http://subversion.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsMessageId=2356771&dsForumId=462
    • http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3242
    • http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3380

• working on task transition document for WOT Hosting sub-team services:
  • https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=57880685

Upcoming

• modify Trac Subversion plugin to match schema of mod_authz_svn_db
  • (potentially, based upon addressing aforementioned issue)
• complete task transition document
• fill out virtual server spreadsheet
• determine Systems/Apps/Help Desk split for WOT-Hosting sub-team services
• new timeline for Economics project
• update packages and upgrade kernel for WOT virtual servers