[2674] in Release_Engineering
olc for release 7.3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lwvanels@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Jun 30 15:49:18 1991
From: lwvanels@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 91 15:49:09 -0400
To: rel-eng@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: lwvanels@MIT.EDU
Source:
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The source can be picked up from /mit/olcdev/src; there's quite a bit of
difference from 7.2, so it would probaby be easiest to just replace the
whole tree.
The shell script /source/athena/usr.athena/xolc.sh should be removed.
Some install rules may have to be changed, once the directory structure for
various platforms is decided upon.
Release notes:
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Xolc, a motif-based client for OLC, is now a supported program in the 7.3
release. Additionally, there is a new motif-based stock answers browser.
The primary olc daemon (olcd) is now built on all platforms as part of the
release.
There are three new clients: olist, oshow, and oreplay. These are used to
provide a faster and cleaner command line interface.
There are two new system daemons: rpd and polld. These are used to support
the new clients and to provide information on the login status of the users.
Clients using versions prior to version 4 of the protocol are no longer
supported by the server; this will effect clients compiled before 01
October 1989; (client version "2.2b" or lower)
New features:
* Clients
- A "hours" command in olc/olcr to display the hours the office is
open.
- A "comment -private" command to enter comments in the log only
visible to consulants.
- The ability to forward/cancel/done questions on the behalf of another
consultant, given administrative access.
- The ability to ask a question on the behalf of a user.
- A "version" command to display the current version of the OLC client and
primary daemon. Typical output would be:
Server version: Version 3.1: Sun Jun 30 23:59:59 EDT 1991
Client version: 3.1: Sun Jun 30 23:59:59 EDT 1991
* Server
- The motd can be entered with a time to automatically start/stop being
displayed.
- All new motds are logged in a discuss meeting.
- There is support for taking incoming questions via mail.
- The login status of the users in the queue is checked every 10 minutes.
Bug fixes:
- The bugs being tracked by QA that have been fixed have been reported back,
and are noted in the changes.73 notesfile; information on these are
already in the draft release notes.
