[OBF-developers] transition to the new open-bio developer server is complete

[Chris Dagdigian]

Hi everyone,

dev.open-bio.org is now the official server you should be using for  
CVS/SVN commits and checkins.

The final mirror and sync actions went just fine.

I've changed the DNS entry for "pub.open-bio.org" to point to this  
new machine but just to be safe (and in case you have existing code  
checkouts with the old machine name hard coded into the CVS root  
somewhere) please make sure that the DNS switch has propagated out to  
you before you try to connect to (or CVS commit) against "pub.open- 
bio.org".

The IP address of dev.open-bio.org is 207.154.17.71

If you run the command "host pub.open-bio.org" or "nslookup pub.open- 
bio.org" and you get back an IP address of 207.154.17.71 then you  
know the DNS has propagated to your local server and it is OK to use  
pub.open-bio.org interchangeably with dev.open-bio.org. If you get  
back 65.246.187.177 then you know you still have the old DNS cached  
somewhere within your organization -- it should age out and re-update  
within 24 hours.

Please give the new system a whirl. I did migrate over the python / 
usr/local/bin/syncmail script that many people use to autogenerate  
CVS commit email messages. As you start committing code again let me  
know if the commit messages are going out smoothly.  Let me know if  
you need software, libraries or other things installed.  Ruby, perl  
and python are all present on the system along with the usual  
compilers and dev tools. I still need to install a modern Java SDK.

Many people have already requested and received their new password  
information. Hopefully you found the process smooth - its a good  
intro to how our ticketing/support system works if you've never dealt  
with it before.

For those of you finding yourselves locked out of the new server,  
here is the info to regain access:

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    HOW TO GET YOUR PASSWORD FOR DEV.OPEN-BIO.ORG
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Easy. Email "support at open-bio.org" and MAKE SURE you provide all of
the following information:

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Full Name:
Organization/Institution/Employer:
Working email address (for notices such as this):
Existing unix username:
Project/CVS affiliation:
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