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Re: [release-announce] Debathena Natty public release scheduled for

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Thomas)
Mon Aug 8 13:10:52 2011

Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 13:10:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Jonathon Weiss wrote:

>
>> The Athena dialup servers will not be upgraded on the evening of 8/8,
>> but will be upgraded later this summer.  A separate announcement will
>> be sent for that upgrade.
>
> I don't think this is a realistic timeframe given that I need to build
> the natty dialup image, and I've never done that for a linux dialup
> before (Mark handled the initial jaunty and Lucid builds).  My best
> guess for cutting the dialups over is mid-term, though I certainly expect
> to have a relpacement test.dialup before then.

I worry about not having a dialup to point users at that has the same 
software as the clusters.

Is this something I could usefully help you with?

-- 
Geoffrey Thomas
geofft@mit.edu

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