[2539] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Getting the Release out
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Tue Feb 9 01:10:48 1999
To: pipa@MIT.EDU
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Feb 1999 21:02:38 EST."
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 01:10:31 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> If the help you need is with Documentation... I am very eager and
> willing to help.
BTW, should we add you to linux-dev or do you want to just
read it in discuss?
The things that I think are most important to get documented before release:
* The installation and initial set-up procedure.
It may be worth including some mention
of what to do if you have a machine running 4.2.
* Key changes from 4.2 and how to deal with them. There are some
substantial changes in system administration that have taken place.
Supposedly, the Athena 8.2 private workstation docs contain much
of the relevant information and just pulling it all together
makes sense. One of the main things to deal with in particular
is some documentation of the changes to local user accounts
and remote access. This includes some documentation of ssh,
documentation of /etc/athena/access, documentation of what you
need to do to allow for locally-run mailing lists and local
users who receive mail locally, documentation on the recommended
way to add local users, etc. We should also document the
i386_linux2 -> i386_linux3 change and how it will affect users
(in particular, some software in lockers may not work properly
until it gets rebuilt).
I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of things. Let us know how we can help
you. Dragging some prospectives in to help (especially since there
are a bunch of Linux-clueful ones) might be cool and useful as well...
:) The following two messages sent here recently list some information
sources and also things that need to get updated.
sal> From: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>
sal>
sal>
sal> Here's a list of some documentation that should be checked and/or
sal> updated before RedHat-Athena 5.2 is released. Volunteers?
sal>
sal> - The one-page net-install guide.
sal>
sal> - iLinux-Athena... Does this still serve any purpose? Maybe it
sal> should just go away.
sal>
sal> - /mit/linux/www/linuxathena.html basically just contains a lot of
sal> links. Someone should verify that the targets of these links still
sal> exist and are still the most up-to-date documents.
sal>
sal> - I've updated /mit/linux/www/FAQ/ a bit, but it could use some more
sal> updates. For example:
sal>
sal> - Someone should ask and answer a question about setting up sshd.
sal>
sal> - Someone should give more information (in s4q4) about the differences
sal> between i386_linux2 and i386_linux3.
sal>
sal> - If Athena produced any documentation about administering a private
sal> Athena 8.2 workstation, the FAQ should mention that.
and
amu> From: amu@mit.edu
amu>
amu> <http://web.mit.edu/olh/Private/> and
amu> <http://web.mit.edu/olh/Release/8.2/> are both useful.
Erik
