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Are we having a meeting on the 10th?

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I presume we're actually going to have a WLUG meeting this month? Would anybody like to step forward and give a talk? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 5, 2013

Re: [Wlug] Release cycle for RHEL / CentOS 6

by Eric Martin

Hi John, The function requested / required was subprocess.check_output. My developer used jshints to do a lint type syntax check on code in a pre-commit hook. With the ius repository, this wasn't a big deal at all. I'm actually surprised that RHEL / CentOS don't support python2.7 since it's been out for 3 years. Hope that helps, let me know if you were looking for more. On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 9:15 AM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Just a quick question, but what feature of Python 2.7 did the hook > depend on and could it have been re-written to only need Python 2.6 > instead? Seems like a lot of work, and now a bunch more dependencies > and hacks to rebuild this system when/if it dies, just to make a > developer happy. Not saying this is bad... but maybe saying that core > production systems should *try* to stay as simple as possible. > > And no, I don't always follow my own advice here. Just trying to get > you to give us more info on your process here, since I think it's a > good example of the balance we all have to try and achieve in our > $WORK. > > John > > > Eric> Thank you for your prompt replies! Karl, the iuscommunity repo is > exactly > Eric> what I needed. Also, it has some other packages that I've had to > install > Eric> directly so this is even better! thanks guys, see you next meeting. > > > Eric> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> > wrote: > > >> On 06/27/2013 03:47 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> On 06/27/2013 09:34 AM, Eric Martin wrote: > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> The subversion server at my office is on a CentOS 6 server, and a > software > >> developer wrote a hook in python for it. The hook requires python 2.7, > >> but CentOS 6 only has 2.6.6 (python-2.6.6-36.el6 to be exact). > >> > >> I grabbed python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.src.rpm from Fedora 16 and am trying to > >> roll my own via instructions I found on the CentOS wiki. All is good > >> except that it requires db4.8, and that's not out for RHEL6 either. > >> > >> >From where I stand, it looks like my options are: 1) wait this out > until > >> either Python or a dependency are pushed up, but when is that? 2) > rebuild > >> this package with the deps, but I'm not quite sure how to roll a -devel > >> package 3) roll my own package from scratch 4) install python 2.7 in an > >> alternate location and point to it for this script > >> > >> Since this is a production server, I'd rather no do any hacks on this. > >> Does anybody know how the release schedule works, or have any other > >> advice? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> > >> Look at Software Collections. Not sure if they have python2.7 yet > though. > >> > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolse… > >> > >> > >> Some SRPMS of python 2.7 > >> > >> http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/6/SRPMS/repoview/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wlug mailing list > >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >> > >> > > > Eric> -- > Eric> Eric Martin > > Eric> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eric> _______________________________________________ > Eric> Wlug mailing list > Eric> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Eric> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Eric Martin

July 2, 2013

Interesting Linux Webinar coming up Tues. 23 July.

by Bob

http://spectrum.ieee.org/webinar/4-ways-to-improve-linux-performance-for-mu… FYI Bob

July 2, 2013

Re: [Wlug] Release cycle for RHEL / CentOS 6

by John Stoffel

Just a quick question, but what feature of Python 2.7 did the hook depend on and could it have been re-written to only need Python 2.6 instead? Seems like a lot of work, and now a bunch more dependencies and hacks to rebuild this system when/if it dies, just to make a developer happy. Not saying this is bad... but maybe saying that core production systems should *try* to stay as simple as possible. And no, I don't always follow my own advice here. Just trying to get you to give us more info on your process here, since I think it's a good example of the balance we all have to try and achieve in our $WORK. John Eric> Thank you for your prompt replies! Karl, the iuscommunity repo is exactly Eric> what I needed. Also, it has some other packages that I've had to install Eric> directly so this is even better! thanks guys, see you next meeting. Eric> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> wrote: >> On 06/27/2013 03:47 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 06/27/2013 09:34 AM, Eric Martin wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> The subversion server at my office is on a CentOS 6 server, and a software >> developer wrote a hook in python for it. The hook requires python 2.7, >> but CentOS 6 only has 2.6.6 (python-2.6.6-36.el6 to be exact). >> >> I grabbed python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.src.rpm from Fedora 16 and am trying to >> roll my own via instructions I found on the CentOS wiki. All is good >> except that it requires db4.8, and that's not out for RHEL6 either. >> >> >From where I stand, it looks like my options are: 1) wait this out until >> either Python or a dependency are pushed up, but when is that? 2) rebuild >> this package with the deps, but I'm not quite sure how to roll a -devel >> package 3) roll my own package from scratch 4) install python 2.7 in an >> alternate location and point to it for this script >> >> Since this is a production server, I'd rather no do any hacks on this. >> Does anybody know how the release schedule works, or have any other >> advice? >> >> Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> Look at Software Collections. Not sure if they have python2.7 yet though. >> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolse… >> >> >> Some SRPMS of python 2.7 >> >> http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/6/SRPMS/repoview/ >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> Eric> -- Eric> Eric Martin Eric> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric> _______________________________________________ Eric> Wlug mailing list Eric> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Eric> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

June 30, 2013

Re: [Wlug] Release cycle for RHEL / CentOS 6

by Eric Martin

Thank you for your prompt replies! Karl, the iuscommunity repo is exactly what I needed. Also, it has some other packages that I've had to install directly so this is even better! thanks guys, see you next meeting. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> wrote: > On 06/27/2013 03:47 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/27/2013 09:34 AM, Eric Martin wrote: > > Hi All, > > The subversion server at my office is on a CentOS 6 server, and a software > developer wrote a hook in python for it. The hook requires python 2.7, > but CentOS 6 only has 2.6.6 (python-2.6.6-36.el6 to be exact). > > I grabbed python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.src.rpm from Fedora 16 and am trying to > roll my own via instructions I found on the CentOS wiki. All is good > except that it requires db4.8, and that's not out for RHEL6 either. > > >From where I stand, it looks like my options are: 1) wait this out until > either Python or a dependency are pushed up, but when is that? 2) rebuild > this package with the deps, but I'm not quite sure how to roll a -devel > package 3) roll my own package from scratch 4) install python 2.7 in an > alternate location and point to it for this script > > Since this is a production server, I'd rather no do any hacks on this. > Does anybody know how the release schedule works, or have any other > advice? > > Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin > > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > Look at Software Collections. Not sure if they have python2.7 yet though. > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolse… > > > Some SRPMS of python 2.7 > > http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/6/SRPMS/repoview/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Eric Martin

June 27, 2013

Re: [Wlug] Release cycle for RHEL / CentOS 6

by Karl Hiramoto

On 06/27/2013 03:47 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/27/2013 09:34 AM, Eric Martin wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> The subversion server at my office is on a CentOS 6 server, and a software >> developer wrote a hook in python for it. The hook requires python 2.7, >> but CentOS 6 only has 2.6.6 (python-2.6.6-36.el6 to be exact). >> >> I grabbed python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.src.rpm from Fedora 16 and am trying to >> roll my own via instructions I found on the CentOS wiki. All is good >> except that it requires db4.8, and that's not out for RHEL6 either. >> >> From where I stand, it looks like my options are: 1) wait this out until >> either Python or a dependency are pushed up, but when is that? 2) rebuild >> this package with the deps, but I'm not quite sure how to roll a -devel >> package 3) roll my own package from scratch 4) install python 2.7 in an >> alternate location and point to it for this script >> >> Since this is a production server, I'd rather no do any hacks on this. >> Does anybody know how the release schedule works, or have any other >> advice? >> >> Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > Look at Software Collections. Not sure if they have python2.7 yet though. > > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolse… Some SRPMS of python 2.7 http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/6/SRPMS/repoview/

June 27, 2013

Re: [Wlug] Release cycle for RHEL / CentOS 6

by Daniel J Walsh

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/27/2013 09:34 AM, Eric Martin wrote: > Hi All, > > The subversion server at my office is on a CentOS 6 server, and a software > developer wrote a hook in python for it. The hook requires python 2.7, > but CentOS 6 only has 2.6.6 (python-2.6.6-36.el6 to be exact). > > I grabbed python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.src.rpm from Fedora 16 and am trying to > roll my own via instructions I found on the CentOS wiki. All is good > except that it requires db4.8, and that's not out for RHEL6 either. > > From where I stand, it looks like my options are: 1) wait this out until > either Python or a dependency are pushed up, but when is that? 2) rebuild > this package with the deps, but I'm not quite sure how to roll a -devel > package 3) roll my own package from scratch 4) install python 2.7 in an > alternate location and point to it for this script > > Since this is a production server, I'd rather no do any hacks on this. > Does anybody know how the release schedule works, or have any other > advice? > > Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin > > > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > Look at Software Collections. Not sure if they have python2.7 yet though. https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolse… -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlHMQm0ACgkQrlYvE4MpobNvLgCglcqbTSagpuUwd4dr6PwJRzdJ nigAoKTFFDR2CQFtE2PTip7m7ZGvhajp =FZ/y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

June 27, 2013

Release cycle for RHEL / CentOS 6

by Eric Martin

Hi All, The subversion server at my office is on a CentOS 6 server, and a software developer wrote a hook in python for it. The hook requires python 2.7, but CentOS 6 only has 2.6.6 (python-2.6.6-36.el6 to be exact). I grabbed python-2.7.2-5.2.fc16.src.rpm from Fedora 16 and am trying to roll my own via instructions I found on the CentOS wiki. All is good except that it requires db4.8, and that's not out for RHEL6 either. >From where I stand, it looks like my options are: 1) wait this out until either Python or a dependency are pushed up, but when is that? 2) rebuild this package with the deps, but I'm not quite sure how to roll a -devel package 3) roll my own package from scratch 4) install python 2.7 in an alternate location and point to it for this script Since this is a production server, I'd rather no do any hacks on this. Does anybody know how the release schedule works, or have any other advice? Thanks in advance, -- Eric Martin

June 27, 2013

new to Worcester UNIX community

by Arjan van der Velde

Hi all, I'm new to the Worcester area and I would like to know how active the UNIX community is around here and possibly contribute. I am particularly interested in the BSDs but also Linux. -- Arjan

June 24, 2013

InfoSec position opening at WPI

by Frank Sweetser

Hey all, just wanted to share a position that opened up here at WPI. The short version is the position will oriented around security analysis, with a mix of small to medium programming projects and system administration (all heavily linux based, of course!). Anyone interested can view the full details, as well as submit an application, on our HR jobs site: https://careers.wpi.edu/postings/739 -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken

June 19, 2013