[734] in athena10
Re: Dash sunset effort
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Tue Dec 16 16:12:11 2008
Message-Id: <200812162111.mBGLBPbm006401@speaker-for-the-dead.mit.edu>
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
cc: athena10@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:24:54 EST."
<45CC88AA-DD08-46CE-8D61-F8E3FEA13C3D@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:11:25 -0500
I don't think I received a copy of this and was expecting to. Do you
know why I didn't get one?
Jonathon
> This went out today, because I was busy yesterday and Wednesday.
>
> My original script failed to take into account people with completely
> inaccessible homedirs, and mistakenly counted them as
> Dash users. I fixed this halfway through, but 33 people mistakenly
> got the e-mail.
>
> After accounting for inaccessible homedirs, there are 89 confirmed
> Dash users.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:57 AM, Jonathan Reed wrote:
>
> > Here is a revised statement. I made some changes, because "Dash sub-
> > menu of Dash" is awkward.
> >
> > I also included the last line about contacting athena10@mit.edu, and
> > a Reply-To. If people feel strongly, the address can be olc instead
> > of athena10 (although Dash predates all of the current consultants).
> >
> > I plan on sending this out on Wednesday, so send me any more changes
> > soon.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Changes to Athena Graphical Login Environment
> > Reply-To: athena10@mit.edu
> >
> > Dear _________
> >
> > During IAP, Information Services & Technology will release the
> > newest version of Athena: Athena 10. While Athena 9.4 (the current
> > version) will remain the dominant version in the public clusters
> > through the end of the Spring 2009 term, Athena 10 will be available
> > to early adopters and may be installed on select workstations in the
> > clusters. Athena 10 will be noticeably different from previous
> > releases of Athena, and many legacy features of Athena have been
> > removed, including the "Athena Dashboard" ("Dash") environment.
> >
> > When Athena 9.0 was released in June 2001, the Dash interface was
> > replaced with a new GNOME-based interface. At the time, users could
> > configure their account to continue using Dash, and your account is
> > in this category. The Dash interface will no longer be available in
> > Athena 10, and users will instead see a GNOME-like interface. We
> > apologize for any inconvenience.
> >
> > No action is required on your part for this change to take effect in
> > Athena 10 -- the intent of this e-mail is to inform you of this
> > upcoming change to Athena. However, because support for Dash is
> > going away, you are encouraged to switch to the current GNOME-based
> > user interface in Athena 9.4 to become familiar with it. You can do
> > this by selecting the "Re-enable GNOME" command from the Dash menu.
> >
> > For more information on Athena 10, please see http://
> > athena10.mit.edu. If you have specific questions about the Dash
> > transition, please e-mail athena10@mit.edu.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
>
