= Backlog for Sprint 2011-04 =
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This page contains the backlog for the sprint due on January 19, 2012. It is updated weekly after the standup meeting. Most actions are tracked in [/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&milestone=Sprint-2011-04&group=component&col=id&col=summary&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=component&col=version&order=priority Trac tickets].

Complete Quattor backlog is available [/wiki/Development/Scrum here].

Progress with the sprint backlog is reviewed at a weekly standup meeting held by EVO every Thursday at 2:15 pm CET. Connection information is:
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== Actions Completed ==

=== Configuration modules ===

 * [ticket:253 ncm-dpmlfc: rewrite without dabase-related functions and use ncm-mysql to configure the database] (changes required in DPM/LFC templates)
   * Direct mysql management removed, updating templates to use ncm-mysql
 * A few mods by Gabor waiting to be committed: `ncm-network`, `ncm-blockdevices`, 2 new AII hooks (Krb `keytab` saving before reinstall, postinstall templates)
   * ''19/1: mods transmitted to Luis who will package them''

=== gLite support ===

 * [ticket:265 Fix permission/owner for BDII configuration file]

=== Build tools ===

 * New version of build tools (1.15) released fixing several problems, in particular for components other than config modules.''
 * [ticket:258 Use of new build tools for 1 or 2 NCM components (to be defined)]
   * First require [#258 fixing schema]
   * ''9/2: new version of build tools (1.15) released fixing several problems, in particular for components other than config modules.''
   * ''12/4: work in progress on automatic testing


=== AII ===

 * [ticket:235 Fix remaining AII issues for proper RHEL6 support]
 * Improved disk partitionning
   * ''26/1: Luis ready to commit the changes but a last minute problem with new build tools prevented this to happen this week.''
   * LFM: Further tests don't allow me to respect data partitions in any sane/safe way just with Anaconda. Postponing/dropping.
   * AII v3 released and using `parted` in pre script but still a few pending problems to be discussed during the workshop for using standard Anaconda features
 * `aii-pxelinux`: use the MAC address instead of the interface name

=== Pan compiler ===

Version 9.1 released
 * Various fixes for Windows platform

=== Miscellaneous ===

 * Decide location/date of next Quattor workshop (Budapest?)
   * Budapest agreed (Gabor, Oct. 27)
   * [http://www.doodle.com/pmdvivh5v6pcvzur Doodle poll] started to find appropriate dates: 20-22/3 chosen
   * Hotel already booked by RAL people: Mercure Museum (1/2h walk to the venue + common transportation as well)
 * Christos started work to add Quattor work to Fedora/EPEL.

== Actions in progress ==

=== Documentation ===

 * Initial Aquilon documentation
   * [/wiki/Doc/Aquilon/Usage Usage]
   * [/wiki/Download/Aquilon Installation (appliance)]
 * Document for component developpers best practices regarding logging and expected default verbosity

=== Build tools ===

=== Configuration Modules ===
 
 * [ticket:249 ncm-network rewrite]: validate initial rewrite (code review, deployment on a test system keeping in mind features not yet reimplemented)
   * See [/wiki/Meetings/Workshops/20111011#NetworkConfig discussion] during Strasbourg workshop
   * ''8/12: work in progress for ip-route implementation. Not an easy task.''
   * ''26/1: IPV6 requires some schema changes (eg. configure both IPv4 and v6 on the same interface. NIKHEF will feed back the required changes.''
 * [ticket:261 ncm-gip2 should use perl-CAF to execute commands rather than `$cmd`]
 * `ncm-ncd` : implement dependency alias names to enable transparent replacement of a component by another one (or implement metadependencies)
   * ''User story: be able to say that spma dependency is in fact provided by `ncm-yum`.''
   * ''3/5: new version made by Luis using the new build tools and use of PErl templates, may start to work on packager dependency in June''
 
=== AII ===


=== Package Deployment ===

 * SPMA replacement by YUM: from [https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Main/SteveTraylen/Spma2Yum CERN experience], establish a list of possible development steps

=== QWG ===

 * [ticket:236 Implement OS namespace improvement] (Michel)
   * vendor/version-arch or vendor/version/arch for OS templates
 * [ticket:237 Update CAF/LC to last versions] (Michel)
 * [ticket:238 Agree on Pan annotation tags]
 * KVM support outside StratusLab (Jérome)
   * Discuss with Cal what can be reused in configuration modules developped by StratusLab
 * StratusLab templates: do a code review and ensure they allow to start a site from scratch (Guillaume)
   * Several sites (RAL, Strasbourg) reported problems with distributed templates
   * Tbd with StratusLab team
 * On RHEL/SL 6, ensure that kernel option `nokz=off` is defined by default in Grub configuration (significant performance impact)
 * Prepare a QWG release (Michel)

=== gLite support ===

 * [ticket:240 CE tags publishing: fix for lcg-tags --sc]
 * [ticket:260 CE configuration: allow different list of VOs on different CEs sharing the same gridmapdir]

=== Monitoring ===

 * Gather the information on existing Quattor-related probes at sites (Christos)
 * Check problems in current monitoring templates for using them with icinga (UGant)
   * In the short term, ncm-icinga will be released and merged later
   * ''3/5 : put in production of ncm-incigna next week, release to QWG after, trying to merge if possible with Nagios templates.''

=== SCDB ===

 * Use panc v9
 * Prepare a SCDB release with new panc and new VOConfigTask

=== Aquilon ===

 * Fix Kerberos issue in Aquilon appliance
   * ''10/11: new ISO images uploaded + installation/walkthrough documentation added on the wiki.''
 * Demonstrate it can be used on various virtualization platforms (VirtualBox, StratusLab)
 * ''12/4 James refreshed test setup @RAL

=== Web site ===

 * [ticket:259 Configure browsing of SF Git repositories on QWG Trac] (Michel)
 * New home page at GitHub
   * ''3/5 : check status of GitHub page and decide next week when to go to production
 * DNS domain `quattor.org` ownership transfer to LAL (Michel)
   * ''23/3: initial agreement received from CERN (German)''
   * ''6/5: mail sent to CERN to implement the change''

=== Miscellaneous ===

 * Decide an action plan for implementing a more advanced change scheduling in Quattor: see [/wiki/Meetings/Workshops/20111011#ChangeScheduling discussion]  in Strasbourg and email discussion started by Gabor.
 * Chair for next meetings
   * 10/5: Michel
   * 17/5 : Luis (ascension)
   * 24/5 : Ian

== Actions Postponed ==

=== AII ===

 * Allow to use standard Anaconda disk formatting features rather than %pre script
   * ''6/5: new %pre-based implementation using `parted` seems to fix all issues (as released in v3) and to keep more flexibility/control''