Subject: [TOOLS-DEVELOPMENT] Notes from 11 Dec Telechat

From: Steve Conte <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:53:26 -0800

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Notes for Tools Call - 11 Dec 2009

Attendees:

Russ 
Bob 
Henrik 
Magnus 
Pasi 
Steve 
Karen
Glen

1.  Database Redesign Update

Henrik:

- OK for Henrik to dedicate 2 weeks
- Note sent to Russ with description where things stand.  Russ to forward to list
- All documents converted and associated authors/email address
- not complete email set
- discovered major issues with how names are handled (now redesigned)
- next part will be to convert historic document information
- create groups for people 
- lots of replication in new schema in regards to names

Can Secretariat help?
- issue is more complex

Data cleanup should be done by AMSL so Henrik can focus on design

Core tables should be done by end of next week (with a few possible exceptions)

2.  Secretariat Tools for Redesigned DB

Glen:

- moving forward with redesign of all Sec Tools
- Rolodex work has been started
- Proceedings Generation System is the big project

Proceedings are being re-worked as well (part of the Proceedings Tool rewrite)

3.  WG Chairs & Authors Front End

Russ:

- Ed Juskevicius working on specification on that part of the System
- Has begun
- RFP written to find out who will finish this work
- Target date is shortly after Anaheim IETF
- Ed has updated work by Henrik and Allison Mankin

4.  TLP 4.0

Russ:

- Trust has update out for comment to close on 27 Dec
- Important to remove block on rfc and irtf stream
- no negative comments
- only tool impacted (near term) is idnits to allow for an alternate copyright paragraph
- ISI wanting to publish if approved for pre-2010 publication

When to update idnits?
- idnits won't prevent ISI from publishing
- is OK for a graceful transition (early in the year)

5.  Mission Critical Tools Xfer to Secretariat

Henrik:

rfcdif - install in another place in Dec
idnits - install in another place in Dec

- send Glen a page to put up 
- would like to see if Glen can use the infrastructure that Henrik is using

6.  RFC Production Center and RFC Publisher to AMS Transition Update

Karen:

- have environment set up
- RFC team was in town to test tools , going well
- minor issues, but corrected quickly

Russ:

- RFC Editor has 6 domians 
- only 1 used (rfc-editor.org)
- other 5 transistioned from ISI to IETF Trust
- operational one difficult to transitition
- additional locks on rfc-editor.org
- ICANN board needed to approve domain move 

Glen:

- attempting transition around 04 Jan
- there are other factors causing delays too, but not insurmountable 
-- ISI unable to get all data available for the sync 
-- RFC Editor previously staged on 3 machines, only one of which controlled by ISI

7.  Conte Update

Steve:
- Document/Revision Control is currently only taking place for Django environment
- Steve to work with Glen to best determine how to make sure that no PERL code is
overlooked during migration (No Code Left Behind!)
- Also working on building a storefront within Cafe Press to provide IETF and IETF Meeting
logoed items for sale.  
- Storefront to be presented to IAOC prior to their next meeting (early Jan)

8.  Python-Django IDIQ Contract Update

Russ:
- goal is to pre-qualify vendors
- received many proposals, Henrik helping to evaluate
- Data Dracker Project Manager position
- Henrik to fill this role (10 hours a week)
- Contract represents the pool of pre-approved talent to draw upon non-Secretariat and
non-datatracker initiatives

9.  Other Business 

Pasi:

- updated new authentication code on 01 Dec
- IESG telechat code to possibly test on 17 Dec 

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Steve Conte
[email-masked]