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Re: Mail to Intrepid users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Thu Apr 1 14:29:45 2010
Message-Id: <201004011829.o31ITc0x013830@vorpal-blade.mit.edu>
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
cc: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>, release-team@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:51:20 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:29:38 -0400
I just sent an updated list which increases your user base by a few
hundred percent, but at least contains zsr too. :-)
Jonathon
> Actually, zsr is not on my list of machines. Possibly because it hasn't =
> taken updates, and thus never took the counterlog update which allows it =
> to syslog its release codename. And I bet it's not the only machine =
> that's unloved in terms of updates. So actually, my user base has =
> increased by 20%, and now only 16.6% of my user base is ready :-/
>
> -Jon
>
> On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:15 PM, Mitchell E Berger wrote:
>
> > I hadn't realized that the number of such machines was so small.
> > Given that that's the case, perhaps I should point out that one
> > of the Intrepid machines (zygorthian-space-raiders) is a machine
> > in the SIPB office that spools music. The basic reason that
> > it's Intrepid is that nobody pays much attention to taking
> > updates on it other than me, and I figured it was a good idea
> > for SIPB to have a machine running Intrepid during the period
> > it's supported. We're well aware of the timeline, and I've
> > already talked with Jess Hamrick, who maintains the music software
> > on it, about planning its upgrade during April. So, there's
> > 20% of your Intrepid user base reporting that we're ready. 8-)
> >=20
> > Mitch
> >=20
> > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Jonathan Reed wrote:
> >=20
> >> I'd like to approve a template for contacting users of distributions =
> that are about to get the axe. Please send me your feedback on this by =
> the end of the week, I'd like to send mail then. FYI, we have (at the =
> moment), 5 machines counterlogging as 'intrepid'. There may be more =
> that haven't taken an update since we patched counterlog, but *shrug*.
> >>=20
> >> Feel free to edit the Hermes stock answer if it's wrong or unclear -- =
> you should all have edit bits if you login to Hermes using certs.
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >> /usr/bin/env ANCIENT_RELEASE=3D"Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid)" DATE=3D"April =
> 30 2010" CURRENT_RELEASE=3D"Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)"
> >> ----------------------------
> >> To: $USER@mit.edu
> >> From: IS&T Athena Release Team
> >> Subject: Update required for Debathena on $HOSTNAME
> >>=20
> >> Hello,
> >>=20
> >> You are receiving this e-mail because you are listed as the moira =
> contact for $HOSTNAME. This machine is currently running $METAPACKAGE =
> on $ANCIENT_RELEASE. $ANCIENT_RELEASE will be desupported by Ubuntu on =
> $DATE. This means that your workstation will no longer receive security =
> updates or bugfixes, so we recommend you upgrade your workstation to =
> $CURRENT_RELEASE as soon as possible. This upgrade must be performed no =
> later than $DATE -- after that time, it will become _impossible_ to =
> upgrade your workstation. (This is a limitation imposed by Ubuntu, and =
> unfortunately IS&T has no control over this.)
> >>=20
> >> Instructions on upgrading your workstation can be found at: =
> http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/TgVa
> >>=20
> >> As with any software installation or upgrade, we recommend that you =
> have a recent backup of your locally-stored data before beginning the =
> upgrade process.
> >>=20
> >> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send e-mail to =
> debathena@mit.edu.
> >>=20
> >> Sincerely,
> >>=20
> >> IS&T Athena Release Team
> >> release-team@mit.edu
>
