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Posted to dev@whimsical.apache.org by Dave Fisher <wa...@apache.org> on 2019/10/12 16:23:27 UTC
SVN Cutover - how will Whimsy Handle it?
Hi -
I’m concerned that PMC Chairs and Officers will attempt to submit Board Reports and that Board Members will review while the SVN cutover occurs.
Has any thought gone into this? What does Whimsy do if SVN is down?
Regards,
Dave
Re: SVN Cutover - how will Whimsy Handle it?
Posted by Greg Stein <gs...@gmail.com>.
This is close:
https://whimsy.apache.org/status/
On Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 12:52 Dave Fisher <wa...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Shane,
>
> Thanks. I feel bad to have chased a couple of reports and then have them
> be blocked. We will see what happens.
>
> It would be good to have a better indication about what’s up. Perhaps a
> general UI message in Whimsy to indicate when one of the backing stores is
> not available?
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
> > On Oct 12, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dave Fisher wrote on 2019-10-12 12:23PM EDT:
> >> Hi -
> >>
> >> I’m concerned that PMC Chairs and Officers will attempt to submit Board
> Reports and that Board Members will review while the SVN cutover occurs.
> >>
> >> Has any thought gone into this? What does Whimsy do if SVN is down?
> >
> > Whimsy attempts to store many things locally, and has an offline mode
> > where you can do most work completely offline for a while, then commit
> > everything later. In normal use, most approvals/comments are all cached
> > for later commit together. Submitting new reports or agenda items works
> > live; when you post, it attempts the SVN update immediately.
> >
> > If someone has updated the board/agenda page while SVN is up, then can
> > keep reading the locally cached and parsed agenda, and approve or make
> > comments. But they won't be able to check them in, or submit updates to
> > project reports while the svn server is down.
> >
> > Unfortunately the error message when attempting to 'refresh' a
> > previously loaded agenda is not very helpful: it brings up a browser
> > dialog (Chrome/Mac) that says this (just tried it right now):
> >
> > Exception
> > #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @rb_sysopen - /tmp/<temp path
> > name>/board_agenda_2019_10_16.txt>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > - Shane
> > Director & Member
> > The Apache Software Foundation
>
>
Re: SVN Cutover - how will Whimsy Handle it?
Posted by Dave Fisher <wa...@apache.org>.
Hi Shane,
Thanks. I feel bad to have chased a couple of reports and then have them be blocked. We will see what happens.
It would be good to have a better indication about what’s up. Perhaps a general UI message in Whimsy to indicate when one of the backing stores is not available?
Regards,
Dave
> On Oct 12, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote:
>
> Dave Fisher wrote on 2019-10-12 12:23PM EDT:
>> Hi -
>>
>> I’m concerned that PMC Chairs and Officers will attempt to submit Board Reports and that Board Members will review while the SVN cutover occurs.
>>
>> Has any thought gone into this? What does Whimsy do if SVN is down?
>
> Whimsy attempts to store many things locally, and has an offline mode
> where you can do most work completely offline for a while, then commit
> everything later. In normal use, most approvals/comments are all cached
> for later commit together. Submitting new reports or agenda items works
> live; when you post, it attempts the SVN update immediately.
>
> If someone has updated the board/agenda page while SVN is up, then can
> keep reading the locally cached and parsed agenda, and approve or make
> comments. But they won't be able to check them in, or submit updates to
> project reports while the svn server is down.
>
> Unfortunately the error message when attempting to 'refresh' a
> previously loaded agenda is not very helpful: it brings up a browser
> dialog (Chrome/Mac) that says this (just tried it right now):
>
> Exception
> #<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @rb_sysopen - /tmp/<temp path
> name>/board_agenda_2019_10_16.txt>
>
>
> --
>
> - Shane
> Director & Member
> The Apache Software Foundation
Re: SVN Cutover - how will Whimsy Handle it?
Posted by Shane Curcuru <as...@shanecurcuru.org>.
Dave Fisher wrote on 2019-10-12 12:23PM EDT:
> Hi -
>
> I’m concerned that PMC Chairs and Officers will attempt to submit Board Reports and that Board Members will review while the SVN cutover occurs.
>
> Has any thought gone into this? What does Whimsy do if SVN is down?
Whimsy attempts to store many things locally, and has an offline mode
where you can do most work completely offline for a while, then commit
everything later. In normal use, most approvals/comments are all cached
for later commit together. Submitting new reports or agenda items works
live; when you post, it attempts the SVN update immediately.
If someone has updated the board/agenda page while SVN is up, then can
keep reading the locally cached and parsed agenda, and approve or make
comments. But they won't be able to check them in, or submit updates to
project reports while the svn server is down.
Unfortunately the error message when attempting to 'refresh' a
previously loaded agenda is not very helpful: it brings up a browser
dialog (Chrome/Mac) that says this (just tried it right now):
Exception
#<Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @rb_sysopen - /tmp/<temp path
name>/board_agenda_2019_10_16.txt>
--
- Shane
Director & Member
The Apache Software Foundation