http://systers.org/systers-dev/ 2010-09-09T03:16:39-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/ http://systers.org/systers-dev/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-03-27T10:00:35-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/2010_systers-mailman_development_projects?rev=1269709235&do=diff Systers GSoC 2010 Ideas Fixing and implementing wishlists items and bug-fixes for existing features Systers uses a heavily-customized version of GNU Mailman. A number of additional small features are desired to improve things further. Please see: the issue list, including wishlist items. text/html 2010-06-06T08:07:43-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/2010_systers-mailman_gsoc_2010_students_projects?rev=1275836863&do=diff Google Summer of Code 2010 Student Project information * Mailman Authentication using MM data - Jaideep Khandelwal * Mailman Archives UI - Yian Shang * Mailocate- Implementing archive search capabilities in Mailman- Priya Kuber * Patches, Release and Testing Automation - Vid_A * Mailman 3.0 UI - Anna * Fixing and implementing wishlist items and bug-fixes for existing features - Erica text/html 2010-03-18T12:38:47-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/about_systers_-_gsoc_applicants_read_this_first?rev=1268941127&do=diff Systers Systers is the world’s largest email community of technical women in computing. It was founded by Anita Borg in 1987 as a small electronic mailing list for women in “systems”. Today, Systers broadly promotes the interests of women in the computing and technology fields. Anita created Systers to “increas[e] the number of women in computer science and mak[e] the environments in which women work more conducive to their continued participation in the field.” It serves this purpose by provi… text/html 2009-07-20T01:39:10-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/about_the_logs?rev=1248079150&do=diff The error log should be used for just errors and can be checked for instance after a crash to find the cause of it or when the system is doing suspicious things. The traceback in Python makes it simple to use and handy to have around. The info log is mainly used for debugging and hence has a debugging mode connected to it. During production this mode should be turned off since this log will be filled with things good to know when testing but otherwise only space consuming. This log tend to be b… text/html 2009-07-02T00:09:39-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/authentication?rev=1246518579&do=diff Quick info Timezone UTC+5:30 Work hours 12:30 - 18:30 UTC Weekly meeting Monday 14:30 UTC Project pages * Journal * Project Plan * Notes text/html 2010-08-13T22:38:04-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/automated_functional_testing?rev=1281764284&do=diff Introduction Systers-mailman is a continuously evolving web-based application running numerous mailing lists. As enumerated in the system integration testing use case, testing is an integral part of the development cycle for every bug that is fixed. text/html 2009-09-24T09:59:01-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/before_you_sprint?rev=1253811541&do=diff Before You Sprint Doing a little bit of preparation maximizes your actual hands-on coding time. Here are few steps to get things started. * Subscribe to Systers-dev -- our public development mailing list * Sign up for a launchpad account (if you already have one, Great!) - See: Create a Launchpad ID, be sure to upload your public key. text/html 2009-10-13T12:05:29-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/bugs?rev=1255460729&do=diff This is a list of symptoms found when using the code and what their cause was. Should some simular symptom appear again it could be useful to take a look at this list. Please fill it with new things discovered. * Symptom: emails got through to the archives and out through digest but didn't get send out to normal subscribers. Problem occured only for non dlists. text/html 2009-11-14T10:58:46-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_13_nov_2009?rev=1258225126&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug ###### (specific test instructions - URL here) * Bug ###### Administrative Interface Navigation - Main Page Line RefWhat to Test Expected Behavior Tester EmailTime (UTC)P or F Comments ANV1 Click on Pending Moderator Requests link - No error ANV2 Click on Listinfo Page link - No error ANV3 Click on List Archives link - No error Membership Management Page Line RefWhat to Test Expe… text/html 2009-07-27T11:05:43-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_20_july_2009_integration?rev=1248717943&do=diff Checklist for 20 July 2009 integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug 344387 “Primary email address change issues” (specific test instructions - <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28791454/test_bug344387.txt>) * Bug 365164 “Code Cleanup” (specific test instructions - None) text/html 2009-07-29T09:14:51-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_27_july_2009_-_orm_release_1.0?rev=1248884091&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration Requirements You should have Storm 0.12 installed in the system. Bugs for this integration include: * Bug ###### (specific test instructions - URL here) * Bug ###### Administrative Interface Navigation - Main Page Line RefWhat to Test Expected Behavior Tester EmailTime (UTC)P or F Comments ANV1 Click on Pending Moderator Requests link - No error kanika.krikan@gmail.com 29July2009,10:15 P ANV2 Click on Listinfo Page link - No error kanika.kri… text/html 2009-08-20T21:40:33-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_30_july_2009_-_sql_membership_adaptor?rev=1250829633&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration PostgreSQL Configuration * Edit /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf $ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop</ode> <code>$ sudo vi /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf Find this line: #"local" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all ident sameuser text/html 2009-07-24T10:15:48-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_bug_344387_primary_email_address_change_issues?rev=1248455748&do=diff Bug 344387 Primary email address change issues Specific bug test here: <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28791454/test_bug344387.txt> Administrative Interface Navigation - Main Page What to Test Expected Behavior TesterP or F Comments Click on Pending Moderator Requests link - No error Click on Listinfo Page link - No error Click on List Archives link - No error Membership Management Page What to Test Expected Behavior TesterP or F Comments Subscribe using Mass Subscripti… text/html 2009-08-16T20:53:40-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_wishlist_integration?rev=1250481220&do=diff Checklist for 11 Aug 2009 integration Bugs for this integration include: All bugs can be found on Launchpad. If you wish to read the bug description, please visit <https://bugs.launchpad.net/systers/+bug/<bug number>>, exchanging <bug number> for the bug number listed below for the bug you are interested in. text/html 2009-11-28T17:09:41-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_for_wishlist_orm_final?rev=1259456981&do=diff Checklist for Wishlist ORM Final Bugs for this integration include: * Bug 426849 “The oldlist bug” - Completed (specific test instructions - None) * Bug 417134 “Debug mode does not work for new lists” - Completed (specific test instructions - None) * Bug 417440 ”+new does not appears in the welcome mail send to subscriber” - Completed (specific test instructions - None) text/html 2010-01-31T15:17:08-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_specific_for_bug_506024?rev=1264979828&do=diff Checklist for 27 Jan 2010 integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug 506024 (specific test instructions - see section below titled “Specific Bug Tests”) New Lists Created for this Test Cycle * sbtdlist-506024 (<http://abiwt.org/mailman/admin/sbtdlist-506024> - list admin password is “506024”) * dlist-506024 (<http://abiwt.org/mailman/admin/dlist-506024> - list admin password is “506024”) * nondlist-506024 (<http://abiwt.org/mailman/admin/nondlist-506024> - list admin passwo… text/html 2010-07-08T08:11:12-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_specific_for_bug_583379?rev=1278601872&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug 583379 New Mailing Lists Created Specific for this test cycle (if any) * dlist-583379 (Not being used, <http://abiwt.org/mailman/admin/dlist-583379> - list admin password is “583379”). * nondlist-583379 (Not being used, <http://abiwt.org/mailman/admin/nondlist-583379> - list admin password is “583379”). * test-583379 (<http://abiwt.org/mailman/admin/test-583379> - list admin password is “583379”)… text/html 2010-01-11T16:05:42-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/checklist_web-app?rev=1263254742&do=diff The checklist web-app was created to reduce the tedium of manually generating testing checklists, such as these: tests. This is written in PHP and uses MySQL to manage its database. Visitors have the ability to edit fields on checklist templates, and create, edit, and delete individual checklists. text/html 2009-09-30T11:35:21-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/code_sprint_logistics?rev=1254335721&do=diff Systers Code Sprint at GHC09 Time: 16:00-20:00 - AST, Thursday, October 01, 2009 Where: GHC09 - Room: Tucson A Need help setting up the development environment? - Meet Jennifer Redman and Andy Grover (he's the tall man walking around with a Systers ribbon on his badge) outside the Ania Pavilion during the general reception Wednesday evening. I'll post some more specific information about exactly where to find me. You can also follow me on twitter - jenred and I'll change the topic on syst… text/html 2010-06-29T15:55:51-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/commits_pulls_merges_and_pushes_to_bazaar?rev=1277852151&do=diff Launchpad Code Branches If you look here on launchpad: <https://code.launchpad.net/systers> You'll see that we have 5 different branches. * lp:systers = This is the production/stable branch. You will most likely never push to this branch (you don't have permissions anyway) this is what runs on artemis.systers.org - our production system (You can, however, checkout from this branch if you'd like initially.). text/html 2010-07-25T00:59:22-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/database-schema?rev=1280044762&do=diff Database Schema for Message Storing Postgres messages Fields Data type Comments message_id serial primary key email_message_id character varying (255) a (supposedly) unique message id sender_email character varying (255) the from email address subject character varying (255) thread_addr character varying (255) thread address for dlists datetime integer unix … text/html 2009-11-17T08:34:36-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/designing_your_tests_during_development?rev=1258475676&do=diff When implementing a new feature, start by testing its functionality and that it works in the GUI if it shall be visible there. It is extra important to test all features possibly affected by the changes you have done to the code. Continue with general testing: text/html 2009-08-03T02:31:47-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/developer_resources?rev=1249291907&do=diff Developer Resources Directory services and authentication: OpenID, OpenLDAP, and ADS text/html 2009-08-20T12:53:15-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/development_branch?rev=1250797995&do=diff Checklist for 20 Aug 2009 integration python-storm required - Installed on abiwt Bugs for this integration include: * Bug ###### (specific test instructions - URL here) * Bug ###### Administrative Interface Navigation - Main Page Line RefWhat to Test Expected Behavior Tester EmailTime (UTC)P or F Comments ANV1 Click on Pending Moderator Requests link - No error ANV2 Click on Listinfo Page link - No error ANV3 Click on List Archives link - No error Members… text/html 2010-04-22T04:51:53-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/development_environment_on_ubuntu_9.10?rev=1271937113&do=diff In this document I shall try and outline the steps I had to use to make Systers Mailman work on Ubuntu 9.10. Let me know if this document helps you out in making it work. I might have missed a few steps, so any feedback will help me in improving this. text/html 2010-06-28T23:15:43-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/development_process?rev=1277792143&do=diff Useful links to do development. General How Stuff Works - useful knowledge of Mailman, databases etc. How To's - Includes how to merge development to production and other useful items Tutorials Developer Resources Release Management - What branch should you use for commits and checkouts? text/html 2010-04-21T15:53:13-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/development_server?rev=1271890393&do=diff Systers Development Server The Systers development server is a place for members of the systers-dev community to try and test out code by exposing it to a wider audience. The system is very closely matched to the testing server (abiwt.org) and the production server (artemis.systers.org), but this is the place to try out new features before the code is ready for rollout testing. text/html 2010-08-17T05:17:58-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/documentation_and_demo?rev=1282047478&do=diff Introduction Mailman gives the options to subscribe to the 'n' of mailing lists hosted on a server. Systers is the largest community of technical women in computing. So ,they have got different Web-Applications like CMS, Wiki or any other authentication based softwares. Mailing list is one of the most used and preferred method of communication in technical groups ,for discussions among the people . Users have to subscribe to each of the list hosted on a server to get updated regarding a parti… text/html 2010-08-15T03:17:25-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/doumentation-priya?rev=1281867445&do=diff Mailocate is a an attempt to add search functionality to Mailman. It is constructed as a standalone library wrapping around Whoosh, a pythonic plaintext search engine. How to get the code The code can be viewed/obtained from Launchpad at: <http://code.launchpad.net/~systers-dev/systers/mailocate> text/html 2010-08-15T13:30:59-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/fixing_and_implementing_wishlist_items_and_bug-fixes_for_existing_features_-_erica?rev=1281904259&do=diff Weekly status reports will be send to the systers-dev list. Project Details Co-Mentor Anne Gunn Co-Mentor Simone Wu Timezone EST Weekly meeting Undecided Abstract Systers uses a heavily-customized version of GNU Mailman. A number of bug fixes and additional small features are desired to improve things further. text/html 2010-04-03T09:14:13-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/for_problems_downloading_or_unzipping?rev=1270311253&do=diff It took me several tries to get the image to download. At work, using Chrome on Windows with my DSL connection, the download appeared to work but I ended up with a file that was 500+ mb rather than 800+ mb and, of course, it wouldn't unzip. Later, I tried it from home using Chrome on Windows via a cable modem and it downloaded fine. text/html 2010-06-17T00:28:09-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/general_how_stuff_works?rev=1276759689&do=diff How Mailman works and what changes Systers has done to it. How Stuff Works, both Default Mailman, and our Changes Mailman General Architecture Mailman Directory Structure Mailman Modified Files Systers Database in PostgreSQL Mailman 3.0 Database -- this is what it current looks like, if it changes later we need to update it. text/html 2010-03-10T14:47:07-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/getting_started?rev=1268261227&do=diff Before beginning to do any development, it's useful to have some background information and some tips on how to get started. Read the sections below to get a head start. Good to Know - Tips and background information. Using Launchpad - tips on how to use Launchpad, the page to co-ordinate the code. text/html 2010-08-31T13:44:08-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/ghc10fossbooth?rev=1283287448&do=diff Free Software Projects Booth At Grace Hopper we will have a booth to represent Free and Open Source Software projects. The idea is to create a place where women can come ask about free software and how to get involved. We need your help! Even if only for an hour or two. You don't need to be an expert. Just talk about your experience in your project(s) and point people in the right direction. We will have some swag and some Linux install CDs to hand out as well. text/html 2010-05-11T14:10:38-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/ghc10gettingstarted?rev=1273612238&do=diff Panel Description During this panel discussion, key contributors to several Free and Open Source Software projects will discuss tips for successfully engaging with the project of your choice. Panelists will share their own experiences getting started in Free and Open Source development. They will also share best practices with audience members, helping newcomers understand the basics of contributing to Open Source so their initial foray is most effective. text/html 2010-04-28T00:17:33-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/ghc10hackinfo?rev=1272439053&do=diff GHC 2010 Open Source Hack Participant Info Description here about what participants will be doing during the hack. Before the Hack * Read about the Sahana Haiti Portal: <http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org/prod/> * Download: text/html 2010-08-17T13:30:33-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/ghc10hackplan?rev=1282077033&do=diff GHC 2010 Open Source Hack Planning Project: Sahana Haiti Portal: <http://haiti.sahanafoundation.org/prod/> Goal: Give women interested in Open Source development the opportunity for some hands-on experience doing open source development in a friendly non-virtual environment and with a tangible contribution to the Sahana Haiti Portal. text/html 2010-06-28T11:16:01-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/ghc10humphilcauses?rev=1277748961&do=diff Open Source in Humanitarian and Philanthropic Causes Panel Panel Description Are you interested in community service? Are you wondering how Open Source can be used as a tool for good? This session is in a panel format and will concentrate on how Open Source has been successfully used to aid in global relief efforts. text/html 2009-08-03T05:18:27-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/good_to_know?rev=1249301907&do=diff Here's some basic stuff to get a grip of things and get some background on Systers Mailman. A few definitions To the standard Mailman, Systers has added some features. These include dynamic lists, essays for subscribing, the use of Open ID to log in, the use of different email addresses - so called aliases - for sending emails, allowing the list creator to chose some of the things a subscriber has to supply to subscribe to a list and adapting certain texts the subscribers see, such as the fo… text/html 2009-04-20T07:55:55-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/google_summer_of_code_ideas_page?rev=1240239355&do=diff Database Abstractions The Systers mailing list relies on a number of customized additions to stock Mailman. These features make use of a PostgreSQL database. Currently the database is accessed via raw SQL statements and python db-api. This hurts maintainability, and also ties the code to the database. We would like to convert this to use an ORM (object-relational mapper). text/html 2009-04-20T10:16:24-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/google_summer_of_code_projects?rev=1240247784&do=diff Google Summer of Code Project information * ORM/Database Abstraction * Authentication * Wishlist Items text/html 2009-10-01T17:39:49-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/great_open_source_projects_for_women?rev=1254443989&do=diff Here are some open source projects that have very supportive communities: WebKit WebKit is, among other things, a great open source browser engine. It is used by Safari, Chrome, PalmOS, and many other high impact projects. It is very friendly to new developers. Stop by <http://webkit.org/>, visit us on irc in #webkit on irc.freenode.net, or email me at jberlin@webkit.org if you are interested in getting involved! text/html 2009-04-02T17:44:13-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/gsoc_alternate_mentoring_organizations?rev=1238719453&do=diff Alternate Mentoring Organizations We have not made any final decisions about our top-ranks and are still working to review applications and request additional comments. The review process at Systers will continue through next week. Everyone is receiving this post in their comments. text/html 2010-04-03T09:59:35-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/gsoc_application?rev=1270313975&do=diff Thank you for your interest in being a Systers GSoC student. Please be sure to answer all of the application questions to the best of your ability. Be sure to keep an eye on the notifications in Melange - we will be asking at the minimum a second round of questions. text/html 2009-07-15T07:28:15-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/history_of_tech?rev=1247668095&do=diff I've been thinking of a documentary angle here. I think it'd be entertaining and informative to hear people's personal stories of using different technologies, for example I was greatly entertained by a friend's account of how getting a linux distro up and running was an incredible triumph at one point. It adds so much to hear about real experiences, and gives a better, more complete picture - especially of women's history within the field. text/html 2010-08-15T14:13:25-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_stuff_works_both_default_mailman_and_our_changes?rev=1281906805&do=diff This is a description of how the message handling is done in Mailman. A summary written by Andy Grover can be found at the end of the page as well as a description of how Systers changes influences the message flow. MTA, Aliases and Scripts There are actually three different major components to a Mailing List Management (MLM) system. One is the front-end Message Transfer Agent (MTA), which is used to handle communications between other mail servers on the Internet and the MLM. Another is the … text/html 2010-08-30T10:54:42-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_create_a_patch?rev=1283190882&do=diff Bug fixes should be submitted in patch format. As a rule you want to create 1 patch for each fix. It is always best to keep your patches as minimal as possible. How to make a patch with 2 files (this works on most Linux distros) diff -u oldfile newfile > file.patch text/html 2009-07-16T06:14:46-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_find_ubuntu_packages?rev=1247750086&do=diff How to find Ubuntu Packages * First start at your command-line. #sudo apt-cache search <package name> * Next search the Ubuntu package repository indexes to be certain you have the correct package name (don't forget to double-check your Ubuntu version). text/html 2009-10-01T20:27:38-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_make_a_podcast?rev=1254454058&do=diff One of the most popular ways of getting your message out in your own voice is the podcasts. A podcast is a series of digital media files either audio or video)distributed over the Internet for playback on a mobile device. wp>Podcast The easiest way to record a podcast is to use your personal computer with a microphone plugged in. Even though you can do it with the default microphone, the quality of the recording will be better with a dedicated microphone. There are sites that let you put up y… text/html 2010-01-31T16:55:47-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_merge_development_branch_to_production?rev=1264985747&do=diff How to merge the development branch with production (or any other branch) Make sure you have a good understanding of how bzr works and have read the documentation first! Bazaar User Guide Code on Launchpad How To * You need to do the merge on a separate unix environment * Create two branches - production (systers) and development text/html 2010-01-31T17:22:02-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_pull_a_new_release_to_the_production_server?rev=1264987322&do=diff How to Pull a New Release to the Production Server * Successfully complete any necessary merges * Stop Mailman # sudo /etc/init.d/mailman stop * Update server with new release # sudo bzr update * Resolve any conflicts # bzr conflicts How to Resolve Conflicts text/html 2010-01-31T16:42:40-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_s?rev=1264984960&do=diff How to Merge Development Branch to Production How to Pull a New Release to the Production Server How to Create a Patch Start-up Scripts on Debian Derivatives Package Management on Debian Derivatives - Use it! How to Find Ubuntu Packages Read the PostgreSQL Database text/html 2010-06-06T08:44:53-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_submit_a_bug_to_the_mailman_project?rev=1275839093&do=diff * Go to the “Bugs in GNU Mailman” page: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman> * Click “Report a bug” * Enter a summary description of the bug * Enter “Further information:” on the bug, including: * Mailman version in which this bug occurred * error messages received * detailed test case of how to reproduce the issue * specific code files and file line numbers relating to the bug text/html 2009-08-18T00:45:52-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_test_things?rev=1250581552&do=diff For each round of tests there is a specific checklist with what to test. It also tells you if something additional is needed to run the tests and what possible bugs where fixed in this run. The checklist is divided into different parts, each with its own tests and a matrix to fill in the necessary information after running the test. The information needed is: who ran the test, at what time, if the test passed and possible comments to each specific test. Each test on the checklist tells you what … text/html 2009-10-01T17:27:04-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/how_to_use_irc?rev=1254443224&do=diff Interested in getting involved with systers development? Have a question you want to ask? IRC is the best way to talk to other systers developers in real time, or just see what they are talking about. Internet Relay Chat is essentially a big group chat, which allows you to talk in real time to the entire group of people in the channel (you can think of this as the “chat room”), or directly (privately) message any other person in the channel. text/html 2010-04-01T19:36:53-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/if_you_are_new_to_virtualbox_and_need_help_adding_the_image?rev=1270175813&do=diff When you have VirtualBox installed and you have the dev image unzipped out to a .vdi file, you need to get the image running within VirtualBox. To do this, * you add the VDI to VB through the Virtual Media Manager (under the File menu in VB), then text/html 2010-05-25T12:49:59-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/installing_mailman_3.0?rev=1274816999&do=diff This installation expects you to already have Bazaar installed and configured (if you already have Mailman 2 installed and followed the Syster's guide to do it, you're likely already set). Start by getting the latest branch of Mailman from Launchpad. Go to the place you wish to have it installed ($ cd <dir/where/you/want/it>) and type: text/html 2010-03-29T13:16:20-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/instructions_for_creating_a_new_mailing_list?rev=1269893780&do=diff Below are instructions on how to create a new mailing list on the “abiwt.org” system for the purpose of testing during a particular test cycle (if creating a new list is required). Before you start, you need to obtain the “List creator’s (authentication) password” by sending an email to “systers-mgmt AT abiwt DOT org”. Once you have the password, you may proceed as follows: text/html 2010-05-02T21:35:34-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/irc_office_hourrs_for_2010_gsoc_application_period?rev=1272861334&do=diff irc_office_hours_for_2010_gsoc application_period Mentor office hours for: #systers-dev on irc.freenode.net Current UTC Time Anytime translator - great for setting up meetings Office Hours Translator Mentors: Please sign up for several slots. I'd suggest signing up for an hour, with the idea that it might stretch to 2 hours if there are folks with questions. If you are closely involved with one of the projects, please list that info as well. Student applicants live all over the worl… text/html 2009-07-29T03:37:11-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/just_a_test?rev=1248863831&do=diff Whatever text, just for testing. text/html 2010-06-17T00:41:22-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_3.0_database?rev=1276760482&do=diff This is a simple list of all the tables and their content in the upcoming Mailman 3.0 core database. This hasn't been made pretty with a picture illustrating the tables but it gives us an idea what we have to work with at least. PK indicates the primary key. text/html 2010-06-06T06:52:05-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_3.0_ui_-_anna?rev=1275832325&do=diff Weekly status reports will be send to the systers-dev list. Project Details Mentor Florian Fuchs Timezone CET (summer time) Work hours 12:00 - 20:00 CET Weekly meeting Undecided Abstract Develop and implement a UI for the upcoming Mailman 3.0. This includes design of DB for UI used in Django, building Django models, templates and views and different kinds of testing. text/html 2009-07-28T04:06:19-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_admin_tutorial?rev=1248779179&do=diff A tutorial that gives some background information of Mailman can be found here: Mailman-Admin. For the general documentation site of Mailman, please visit: Mailman Documentation text/html 2010-08-10T20:38:56-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_archives_ui_-_yian_shang?rev=1281497936&do=diff Project Details Mentor Robin Jeffries Co - Mentor Terri Oda Timezone PDT Work hours 10:00-23:00PDT Weekly meeting Undecided Project pages * Timeline and Progress * Please see my blog for more timely updates in coding progress Progress Use Case Testing Interface For Multiple Databases Database Schema For PostgreSQL Modifications Made For Database* convert_to_db script* realtime message adding to db* generating archives from db or mbox file Progress Use Case Testi… text/html 2010-08-17T05:46:24-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_authentication_using_mm_data_-_jaideep_khandelwal?rev=1282049184&do=diff Project Details Mentor Malveeka Tewari Co - Mentor Radhika Srivastava Timezone UTC+5:30 Work hours 5.30 - 10.30 UTC/16:30 - 21:30 UTC Weekly meeting 5:30 - 6:30 AM UTC : Malveeka Tewari Project pages * Timeline and Progress * Meeting and Discussions * Project Work * Testing Cases * Documentation and Demo * Generated Table text/html 2009-07-18T04:39:40-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_directory_structure?rev=1247917180&do=diff * archives - archive files by list, divided into public and private directories (for ease of html access). For each list there is a list.mbox directory with a list.mbox file in it with all messages to that list. The directory named <listname> has: a directory for each year-month, with files, a .txt file associated with that, an index.html file for everything in the archive, and a pipermail.pck file. text/html 2009-07-18T04:30:48-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_general_architecture?rev=1247916648&do=diff Mailman doesn't use coroutines per se, although I suppose you could think of Mailman's qrunner processes as generalized coroutines. Mailman also doesn't use threads. Mailman's processing consists of a set of queues and qrunner processes. Each qrunner process is a single thread. text/html 2009-07-18T04:49:01-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailman_modified_files?rev=1247917741&do=diff Mailman modified files > Autoresponder.pyc Manages the autoresponder - Defines class: Autoresponder has three values: no autoresponse, respond and discard, or respond and forward. > DlistUtils.py Routines supporting the interface with a relational database for dynamic sublists. This is what I see executed when people get through the standard mailman info. I think the spam error is in this file, or the next. > ErrorsDlist.py Mailman errors related to dynamic sublists -- … text/html 2010-08-15T02:28:02-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/mailocate-_implementing_archive_search_capabilities_in_mailman-_priya_kuber?rev=1281864482&do=diff Project Details Mentor Robin Jeffries Timezone IST Work hours 10:00-21:00IST Weekly meeting Undecided Project pages * Timeline and Progress * Meetings * UseCases * Documentation text/html 2010-03-29T13:22:18-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/master_checklist_template?rev=1269894138&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug ###### (specific test instructions - URL here) * Bug ###### New Mailing Lists Created Specific for this test cycle (if any) For instructions on how to create a new mailing list, see instructions_for_creating_a_new_mailing_list. text/html 2009-11-17T08:31:54-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/new_list_creation_settings?rev=1258475514&do=diff Admin Page Default Settings for all new lists General Options > Set to No for Send mail to poster when their posting is held for approval? General Options > Set to 100 for Max KB of message Language Options > Set to As Needed for Encode the subject prefix even when it consists of only ASCII characters? Privacy Options > Subscription Rules > Set to Confirm and Approve Privacy Options > Subscription Rules > Set to List Admin Only Privacy Options > Subscription Rules > Set to Yes for Obscure… text/html 2010-04-30T16:01:51-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/new_master_checklist_template_-_under_construction?rev=1272668511&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug ###### (specific test instructions - URL here) * Bug ###### New Mailing Lists Created Specific for this test cycle (if any) For instructions on how to create a new mailing list, see instructions_for_creating_a_new_mailing_list. text/html 2009-06-01T17:22:02-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/openid_openldap_and_ads?rev=1243902122&do=diff OpenID and OpenLDAP are fundamentally different paradigms for a single sign-on system. OpenLDAP is a centralized directory service that keeps track of users, applications, actions, permissions, and all the mappings between them. So when a user logs in to an application, the application contacts the OpenLDAP server a) to authenticate and b) to get the list of actions the user can do. 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Essentially, you are able to perform OS and software upgrades in a manner that does not require excessive (or often any dependency resolutions) and allows you to maintain maximum system stability. text/html 2010-06-05T20:30:15-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/patches_release_testing_automation?rev=1275795015&do=diff Testing Data page for collecting testing data * sbtdlist-506024 text/html 2009-04-14T15:09:02-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/press?rev=1239746942&do=diff This is primarily brainstorming at this point. We probably can't do everything. ;> Systers Informal Press Kit The press-kit is for use by all Systers and Systers' supporters for informal social-media publishing platforms. Formal media inquiries should be directed to jerrib at anitaborg.org. text/html 2009-08-03T04:53:45-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/read_the_postgresql_database?rev=1249300425&do=diff The postgreSQL database needs to be checked every once in a while when running tests to see that everything works the way it's supposed to. There are more than one way to do this but here's a couple of suggestions. To get a graphical interface of the database, it is useful to install a tool. pgAdmin3 does the job quite well and is handy if you want to take a look at the content of the database without the fear of destroying to much by writing the “wrong” commands. To install it, follow these in… text/html 2010-06-28T23:21:02-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/release_management?rev=1277792462&do=diff Release Management Every accepted GSoC student needs to be a member of the systers-dev group on launchpad. Next everyone needs to create a branch under lp:~systers-dev with your code you are developing this summer. Make sure you use a name that is representative of the project, and mark the branch experimental. text/html 2010-04-06T08:24:32-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/setting_up_the_development_environment?rev=1270567472&do=diff Follow these links to learn how to set up your development environment. Please do use the suggested versions of the OS, Python etc. since other versions might not work properly together with the code. Using Development Image - VDI image with Systers Mailman installed and configured on Ubuntu8.04 LTS. This method is much easier than the full step by step installation. text/html 2009-07-29T03:37:59-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/setting_up_your_development_environment?rev=1248863879&do=diff Commits, Pulls, Merges and Pushes to Bazaar - Using the different branches on Launchpad. Step by Step System Installation - You need to replace any “localhost” or www.example.com references with those for your specific environment. tips and tricks for using Bazaar - Setting your unix permissions. text/html 2010-04-29T11:32:01-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/soc010?rev=1272565921&do=diff Systers Google Summer of Code - 2010 Welcome potential students! To begin please make sure you read through all of the information below. About Systers - GSoC Applicants Read this First! Communication GSoC Applicants please join our public development list. Please view archives for answers to questions first - <http://systers.org/mailman/listinfo/systers-dev> text/html 2009-11-09T22:06:34-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/sprint_task_list?rev=1257833194&do=diff Systers GHC09 Code Sprint Task List Systers Development Branch Before You Sprint Squash Some Bugs! * 426849 - The oldlist bug (oldval = oldval[0] listindex out of range) - In testing * 414166 - definition of dynamic sublists needs to exist outside developer docmention * 386133 - Image/Attachment filtering happens before conversation unsubscribe * 314519 - List Archives constantly prompting for login * 324406 - Message held when unsubscribing to a conversation without leaving sub… text/html 2009-07-16T06:11:10-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/start-up_scripts_on_debian_derivatives?rev=1247749870&do=diff Start-up Scripts on Debian Derivatives including Ubuntu update-rc.d man page * All start-up scripts should live in /etc/init.d, these are the scripts you want to use with starting or stopping a process without rebooting. Remember that your script needs to be executable by whatever is running the process +x. text/html 2010-08-24T10:54:09-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/start?rev=1282672449&do=diff Welcome to the Systers Wiki - Systers Development community Systers is an international community of 3,000 women involved in technical-computing founded by Anita Borg in 1987 as a small electronic mailing list for women in “systems”. Today, Systers broadly promotes the interests of women in the computing and technology fields. Anita created Systers to “increase the number of women in computer science and make the environments in which women work more conducive to their continued participation … text/html 2009-08-03T06:41:38-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/starting_development?rev=1249306898&do=diff This is a small guide how to do some simple tasks when running Mailman. The text is written for the test server on abiwt.org but by replacing this with your local/virtuell server you can do the same things on your computer. How to stop and start mailman on abiwt.org The scripts you need are in /etc/init.d/ . You'll need to stop postfix and mailman and apache. On your local computer you'll need to do this with sudo. text/html 2010-09-07T22:38:52-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation?rev=1283924332&do=diff Initial Server Set-up To set up the system Ubuntu 8.04 and Python 2.5 is neccessary. Unfortunately, newer versions of eg. Python are yet not compatible with the version on Mailman used here (Mailman 2.1.10), hence please use the versions named above. text/html 2009-05-27T16:07:43-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation_-_production?rev=1243465663&do=diff Initial Server Set-up * Install Ubuntu 8.04 LTS * Add the admin group if not here already $ sudo addgroup admin * Add any necessary user accounts $ sudo adduser <name of user> * Add users to the admin group to allow for sudo access $ sudo vi /etc/group text/html 2009-07-15T07:34:11-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/subject_areas?rev=1247668451&do=diff Podcast Subject Areas Culture * Women in Technology -- who's who, living account of current achievements * History of tech - illustrated through documentary-style personal histories/discussion * Current tech events * Discussion of gender issues in the community * Encouraging women in technology text/html 2010-06-06T02:20:17-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/svaksha?rev=1275816017&do=diff Am a Gsoc 2010 student who blogs infrequently but spends huge amounts of time contributing and volunteering in free/libre communities. Contact: Please use this page if you wish to get in touch with me. GSOC 2010 At Systers, I'm working on the Patches, Release and Testing Automation project under my mentors Jason Cox and Kathy Richardson. The aim is to automate the current development to enable it to sync new releases with upstream development cycles. My project page has more informa… text/html 2010-03-18T12:43:36-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_code_sprints?rev=1268941416&do=diff Code Sprints Before You Sprint Sprint Task List Code Sprint Logistics text/html 2009-08-05T04:09:21-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_database_in_postgresql?rev=1249470561&do=diff The picture describes what a Systers database in PostgreSQL contains, what the primary keys (here PK) are and which data types it contains. The override table doesn't have a primary key. The databases are only used for dynamic lists and each new list becomes its own database, meaning there are several databases in the Systers system. text/html 2009-07-27T11:20:33-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_development_guidelines?rev=1248718833&do=diff Testing/QA Designing Your Tests During Development Test Checklists - Copy and paste templates on a new page for each release cycle Checklist for 20/July/2009 integration -- use this to mark off completed tests for this cycle Checklist for 27/July/2009 - ORM release 1.0 text/html 2009-08-03T03:16:52-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_google_summer_of_code?rev=1249294612&do=diff In the summer of 2009, Systers participate in Google Summer of Code. Here you can read about the different projects and take a look at the initial ideas page. Google Summer of Code Projects Google Summer of Code Ideas Page text/html 2010-04-30T15:52:58-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_gsoc_2010_mentors?rev=1272667978&do=diff 2010 Systers GSOC Mentors Systers Summer of Code is very fortunate to have an extremely talented pool of mentors this year. While mentors are associated with certain projects, in the spirit of community developed projects we expect lots of cross-project collaboration. text/html 2010-06-06T08:40:16-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_open-source_development_projects?rev=1275838816&do=diff Systers Development Resources Systers uses a custom version of Mailman that includes the ability to subscribe and unsubscribe to conversations. If you would like more information about any of our community developed, on-going, open-sourced software projects, please join systers-dev. text/html 2009-07-07T07:37:35-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_pod_screen_casts?rev=1246977455&do=diff Systers Podcast Program * How to make a podcast * Current podcast platforms * Subject areas text/html 2010-03-16T12:22:06-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_resources?rev=1268767326&do=diff Systers Resources Resources for Systers including urls and more. How to Use IRC Here is a list of articles and links that have been tagged on a Systers' Del.ici.ous account Great Open Source Projects for Women text/html 2009-12-08T13:17:21-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/systers_who_d_like_google_wave_invites?rev=1260307041&do=diff Would you like a Google Wave Invite? Add your contact info here - please indicate that you no longer need an invite when you receive one: Name, email address Erin Connors, erin.m.connors@gmail.com : Invited November 25 by Ashley Myers Simona Bekeraite, simona.bekeraite@gmail.com : Invited November 25 by Ashley Myers text/html 2010-01-29T12:30:39-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/test_checklists?rev=1264797039&do=diff Checklist for DD MMM YYYY integration Bugs for this integration include: * Bug ###### (specific test instructions - URL here) * Bug ###### New List Default Settings Changes * Whenever a new list is created, be sure to change the settings as described in New List Creation Settings BEFORE performing the tests below. text/html 2010-05-25T04:22:14-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/testing?rev=1274786534&do=diff This page has been moved. text/html 2010-08-18T03:45:30-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/testing_cases_checklist?rev=1282128330&do=diff PostgreSQL Configuration * Edit /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf $ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop</ode> <code>$ sudo vi /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf Find this line: #"local" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all ident sameuser text/html 2010-06-29T02:32:45-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/testing_of_quoted_messages?rev=1277803965&do=diff Mbox Testing File What the mbox file should have: * Quoted segment(s) between actual text * Quoted segment(s) at the end of the message * Quoted segment(s) at beginning of message * Several quoted paragraphs in a row * Single quoted paragraph * less than 2 words in several lines of a quoted segment * Multiple line breaks in between two quoted paragraphs * Use '>' to denote a quoted segment text/html 2010-08-09T07:58:16-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/tests?rev=1281365896&do=diff How to Test Things - Tips on how to test checklist items - Start Here if you are New Designing Your Tests During Development Master Checklist Template - Copy and paste templates on a new page for each release cycle Instructions for Creating a New Mailing List - Include guidelines when completing the new list creation form on abiwt.org for testing text/html 2009-08-01T00:29:39-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/tips_and_tricks_for_using_bazaar?rev=1249111779&do=diff Install Bazaar Do a: sudo apt-get install bzr Get SSHKey Pair You should start with getting an SSHKeyPair.For this go through these instructions. * <https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/CreatingAnSSHKeyPair> Upload your Public SSH key in ~/.ssh/rsa.pub to your launchpad account in launchpad. 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Here are what we believe are the easiest bugs: * 514136 Missing +new in digest Should be a simple change to a statement that writes to the file, but will test the understanding of how list mailing lists work text/html 2009-08-03T02:25:04-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/tutorials?rev=1249291504&do=diff Mailman Admin Tutorial - a tutorial with good background information on Mailman and link to Mailman Docu text/html 2010-04-03T09:04:56-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/using_development_image?rev=1270310696&do=diff Initial Requirements * You need to have Virtual Box installed in your host system(Windows/Linux). You can install Virtual Box from: <http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads> Getting Started You have three options to download the VDI image from: text/html 2009-08-05T05:27:21-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/using_launchpad?rev=1249475241&do=diff To co-ordinate the project, Launchpad is used. Launchpad can be found at <http://launchpad.net>, for Systers project on Launchpad, please visit <https://launchpad.net/systers> To be able to begin using Launchpad, you need to register an account or a login. This can be done entering <https://launchpad.net/systers/+login> After having an account, let Jennifer know so that she can add you to the Systers-dev group. After registring, you need to add a SSH key to be able to upload code to a branch. T… text/html 2009-07-08T03:53:48-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/wishlist_items?rev=1247050428&do=diff My part of this project will consist of two kind of assignments. The first one will be to improve the documentation for Systers and the second one will consist of bug fixing and implementation of new solutions. Considering what kind of job my part of the project is, I think it might be wise to constantly do a lot of testing while working on it and mainly check for compability and simular while in the real testing periods. Hence the development testing cycles just before relase for my part would… text/html 2009-07-15T07:31:56-07:00 http://systers.org/systers-dev/doku.php/women_in_technology?rev=1247668316&do=diff I am thinking of this not as histories and personal stories, but as introductions/straight up news coverage, expressly for the purpose of increasing visibility.