cas 0.14 release

CAS released to Fedora/EPEL testing today should show up in repo's soon.

Some enhancements made in this release:

• SQLite backend
• Snippet support for more advanced automation of crash.
• Better maintenance support within cas-admin to deal with stale/unused files.
• Preliminary support for running as non-root (requires func to be configured as non-root for remote analysis as well)
• Python 2.3 or greater (mainly for EPEL-4)
  

Documentation updates are also available, thanks to Sphinx I actually enjoy writing them. Those may be viewed in /usr/share/doc/cas-0.14/ or https://fedorahosted.org/cas/wiki/HowToUseCas.

I've started writing a loosely coupled web interface using perl Mason since it's provided in EPEL, if anyone has any experience with this I could use the help. Code for the web interface is: https://fedorahosted.org/cas/browser/web

bai

sos, cas package updates, and some vim stuff

sos (sosreport) - pushed new enhancements to F-9/10 testing.
http://fedorahosted.org/sos

cas (core analysis system) - just waiting on cvs setup and this will be available in Fedora/EPEL.
http://fedorahosted.org/cas

In addition to the above there are several interesting things coming down the pipe to help the customer be more proactive within cases and to simplify the gathering and analyzing of data from their side. I will keep you posted as things progress.

With vim I recently found NERDTree, it's pretty cool when wanting to have a simple file browser for working with your documents.

so.. whats up

Recently got my new glasses in, aside from a little getting used to they are 50 bucks well spent!

Been doing lots of python programming lately and have come across a third party module (pyprocessing) that makes managing pools of piped processes easier. Google it if interested.

Doing a lot of work with a recent project of mine called CAS hope to have it community ready soon. Would like to have more involvement to really get things going with core analysis.

SOSreport is still going strong, bug fixes and enhancements are made almost weekly!! I've been doing a lot of internal bug fixing that hasn't quite made its way to the public scm server but I'll try to get those up there soon. I've branched off to other sections, mainly RHEL5 and RHEL4, but theoritically they should be the same code. The reason you see differences is mainly because of time constraint and customer push. :)

Anyway, thats it for now please check out sosreport if you haven't already. Robert Jackson was kind enough to add support for non-interactive mode which I know a lot of people wanted so its worth checking out. I should have that pushed to trunk soon. http://fedorahosted.org/sos/

bye

time to update the glasses

Got around to going to the eye doctor today and when it was done and time to look for some new frames I was amazed at how expensive everything was. My insurance covers like 105 bucks for glasses and that doesn't even cover scratch protection and what not. GEE THANKS! *rant* You'd figure working at a company where you are on the computer 100% of the time eye care would be a bit better */rant*

Anyway, luckily before I went some coworkers introduced me to http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com. So with prescription and PD in hand I went on the search for some glasses that would suit me. Of course I started off small only because it would've been pointless to go over the amount I would've paid at the eye doctor with insurance. So off I went and when the search was over I settled on :

http://www.eyebuydirect.com/palmer-p-1376.html

Simple pair of frames with scratch protection, uv protection, and all that other jazz. What was the total you ask? 50 bucks. Thats right, 50 friggin bucks and the eye doctors want to charge and arm and a leg for glasses that you don't exactly want and with only basic options on it. GG. So coming out on top with the eye doctors I was pleased with myself and gave the dog a bath.

sosreport updates

Hi, several updates have come through for both RHEL4 and 5. If you've haven't had a chance to check out what sosreport does please head over to http://fedorahosted.org/sos for more information.

We've added another addition to the family -- she's a german shepard mix (w/ chow) and is about 2.5 years old. She's great with the daughter and best of all is house broken already :)

Anyway, enough for now as I don't feel like typing. :D

RHEL4 sosreport update

Just finished updating sosreport for RHEL4 :

An updated sos package that fixes a serious bug and adds two enhancements
is now available.

Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and
configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and
debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and developers.

Please see the errata release for more information.

There was also one released a few weeks back that addressed the serious bug where tricking sosreport into running a `rm -rf /` on the filesystem. OOPSIE!