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=Plans for fortnight ending 3 April 2008=
=Plans for fortnight ending 11th October 2010=
* Work on supporting waf in Heimdal (Jelmer)
*Build Farm improvements
* Resolve circular links issues in waf for Debian package (Jelmer)
**See if we can use SQLite to get a bit more done
* Integrate land.py and autobuild.py (Jelmer)
**make build farm summary page use sqlite
==Achievements==
**host list, by last reported time
* Removed circular dependencies (Jelmer)
**last reported time on host individual page
=Plans for fortnight ending 27th September 2010=
*Finish security=server re-implementation in Samba4
==Achievements==
*Finish ncacn_http implementation
*Merge some of Wilco's registry patches (Jelmer)
==Achieved so far==
*Avoid aborting on environment setup problems without printing proper subunit errors (Jelmer)
*Very useful Visit to Sam's home company for 2 days
*Release alpha13 (Jelmer)
**Chat with principals to encourage them
*Several selftest improvements (running individual tests) (Jelmer)
**Jelmer prepared WAFS branch for merging
*Uploaded newer versions to Sid (Jelmer)
***Looks like further development will be upstream, which is great
*Support for aborting selftest early on failure (Tridge, Jelmer)
**Jelmer did some initial work on tests for proxy code

**Andrew Started work on 'security=server' re-implementation for Samba4
=Plans for fortnight ending 19th July 2010=
***This will allow WAFS to hijack an unsigned connection as a man in the middle attack.
*Start hacking around [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc224123%28v=PROT.13%29.aspx MS-BKRP] aka protected storage (Matthieu)
**Andrew fixed 'make test' to fail if PIDL tests fail
==Achievements==
*Build Farm
* Made a page about [[UpgradeprovisionPlans | upgradeprovision plans]] (Matthieu)
**make build farm send e-mails to dead hosts (based on SQLite database)
* Finished all the patches about upgradeprovision to keep up with the pace of current development (Matthieu)
==Achievements for fortnight ending ending 19 April 2008==
* Add options to net to manipulate service principal names (a bit like addspn): net spn (Matthieu)
===SambaXP===

*Successfully gave 3 presentations
=Plans for fortnight ending 5th July 2010=
**Samba4 status report (Both)
*Make upgradeprovision able to change synchronize msds-keyversionnumber (Matthieu)
**Samba4 and the LDAP backend / Little barber shop of horrors (Andrew)
*Start hacking around [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc224123%28v=PROT.13%29.aspx MS-BKRP] aka protected storage (Matthieu)
**RPC Scripting using Python (Jelmer)
*Review Andrews s3compat auth patches. (Jelmer)
*Worked with Sam Liddicott
*Infrastructure for testing net from within Python. (Jelmer)
**He has implemented the start of a WAFS (latency reducing) proxy for Samba4
==Achievements==
**Organised to visit his companies office
*Make upgradeprovision is now able to change synchronize msds-keyversionnumber (Matthieu)
*Improved code coverage to give better 'headline' figure for presentation (Andrew)
=Plans for fortnight ending 19 June 2010=
**Working with Kai's winbind work to run metze's structure based tests
*Upload Debian packages (Jelmer)
**Kai worked on blackbox tests
*Fix build against system Heimdal (Jelmer)
**Required fixing up parts of winbind (untested code is broken code, Andrew)
==Achievements==
*Fixed bugs in Pidl reported by Volker (Jelmer)
*Added knownfailure support in test code (Jelmer)
*More Python cleanups (Jelmer)
*Fix Samba 4 build to install everything necessary for OpenChange again (Jelmer)
*Split out policy library into separate git repository (Jelmer)
*Worked with Wilco on more registry tests (Jelmer)
*Review Matthieu's patches (Jelmer)
*Push major update for upgradeprovision both in terms of update capacity and reliability (Matthieu)
*Fixed several Python usability bits (Jelmer)
*Fixed duplication in blackbox tests (Jelmer)
*Use standard python logging infrastructure in Python code (Jelmer)
*Initial work on ncacn_http support (Jelmer)
*Re-upload Debian packages based on waf build (Jelmer)
*Started [[MergeRequests]] page (Jelmer)
*Discussions with Guenther, Michael about reconciling registry, libsmbdotconf and smbdotconf in Samba 3 and 4 (Jelmer)

=Plans for fortnight ending 5 June 2010=
*Make the whole redesign of upgradeprovision go in Master (Matthieu)
*Develop more unit tests around upgradeprovision (Matthieu)
==Achievements==
=Plans for fortnight ending 22 May 2010=
*Make client DFS referral support for sysvol go in Master (Matthieu)
*Develop torture test for DFS (at least for the domain referral part) (Matthieu)
*Make the whole redesign of upgradeprovision go in Master (Matthieu)
*Develop more unit tests around upgradeprovision (Matthieu)
*Merged some waf patches from Thomas. (Jelmer)
*Cherry-picked some of the patches I pair-programmed with Matthieu during SambaXP (Jelmer)
==Achievements==
*DFS responses to client referral request are ok for Domain, DC and SYSVOL/NETLOGON (Matthieu)
*Torture tests ok (Matthieu)
*Update Debian packages for talloc, tdb, ldb and tevent. (Jelmer)

=Plans for fortnight ending 24 Apr 2010=
SambaXP!
==Achievements==
*Played with the waf build (Jelmer)
*Pair-programmed on upgradeprovision unit tests (Jelmer, Matthieu)
*Initial Python bindings for libpolicy (Jelmer)
=Plans for fortnight ending 10 Apr 2010=
Slacking
=Plans for fortnight ending 27 Mar 2010=
Slacking.
=Plans for fortnight ending 13 Mar 2010=
Slacking.
=Plans for fortnight ending 27 Feb 2010=
==Achievements==
*More work to automate the correct setup of BIND for DNS (Andrew)
*Work with tridge to demonstrate 'waf' as a build system for Samba (Andrew)
=Plans for fortnight ending 13 Feb 2010=
==Achievements==
*Work with Tridge on Samba HOWTO (Andrew)
*More work to automate the correct setup of BIND for DNS (Andrew)
*Improve Samba4 RPC proxy to handle a non-zero if_version (Andrew)
**This is needed to ensure we proxy the full if_version from an RPC bind to the endpoint mapper and subsequent bind on another RPC server.
**Add testsuite to ensure the RPC proxy (rpc_server/remote) does not bitrot further.

=Plans for fortnight ending 30 January 2010=
==Achievements==
*Successful presentation at linux.conf.au Sysadmin mini-conf (Andrew)
*Holiday on South Island of NZ (Andrew)

=Plans for fortnight ending 16 January 2010=
==Achievements==
*Samba4 Alpha 11 release (Andrew)
*DRS pair programming with Tridge (Andrew)
*Preparation for linux.conf.au SysAdmin mini-conf presentation

=Plans for fortnight ending 2 January 2010=
==Achievements==
*DRS pair programming with Tridge (Andrew)
**Success with replicating with Windows 2008 again (mostly Tridge)
*Christmas Holidays (Andrew)

= Older entries =

For the 2009 entries, see [[Samba4/Andrew_and_Jelmers_Fantasy_Page/2009]].

For the 2008 entries, see [[Samba4/Andrew_and_Jelmers_Fantasy_Page/2008]].

Latest revision as of 19:37, 1 April 2012

Plans for fortnight ending 11th October 2010

  • Work on supporting waf in Heimdal (Jelmer)
  • Resolve circular links issues in waf for Debian package (Jelmer)
  • Integrate land.py and autobuild.py (Jelmer)

Achievements

  • Removed circular dependencies (Jelmer)

Plans for fortnight ending 27th September 2010

Achievements

  • Merge some of Wilco's registry patches (Jelmer)
  • Avoid aborting on environment setup problems without printing proper subunit errors (Jelmer)
  • Release alpha13 (Jelmer)
  • Several selftest improvements (running individual tests) (Jelmer)
  • Uploaded newer versions to Sid (Jelmer)
  • Support for aborting selftest early on failure (Tridge, Jelmer)

Plans for fortnight ending 19th July 2010

  • Start hacking around MS-BKRP aka protected storage (Matthieu)

Achievements

  • Made a page about upgradeprovision plans (Matthieu)
  • Finished all the patches about upgradeprovision to keep up with the pace of current development (Matthieu)
  • Add options to net to manipulate service principal names (a bit like addspn): net spn (Matthieu)

Plans for fortnight ending 5th July 2010

  • Make upgradeprovision able to change synchronize msds-keyversionnumber (Matthieu)
  • Start hacking around MS-BKRP aka protected storage (Matthieu)
  • Review Andrews s3compat auth patches. (Jelmer)
  • Infrastructure for testing net from within Python. (Jelmer)

Achievements

  • Make upgradeprovision is now able to change synchronize msds-keyversionnumber (Matthieu)

Plans for fortnight ending 19 June 2010

  • Upload Debian packages (Jelmer)
  • Fix build against system Heimdal (Jelmer)

Achievements

  • More Python cleanups (Jelmer)
  • Fix Samba 4 build to install everything necessary for OpenChange again (Jelmer)
  • Review Matthieu's patches (Jelmer)
  • Push major update for upgradeprovision both in terms of update capacity and reliability (Matthieu)
  • Use standard python logging infrastructure in Python code (Jelmer)
  • Re-upload Debian packages based on waf build (Jelmer)
  • Started MergeRequests page (Jelmer)

Plans for fortnight ending 5 June 2010

  • Make the whole redesign of upgradeprovision go in Master (Matthieu)
  • Develop more unit tests around upgradeprovision (Matthieu)

Achievements

Plans for fortnight ending 22 May 2010

  • Make client DFS referral support for sysvol go in Master (Matthieu)
  • Develop torture test for DFS (at least for the domain referral part) (Matthieu)
  • Make the whole redesign of upgradeprovision go in Master (Matthieu)
  • Develop more unit tests around upgradeprovision (Matthieu)
  • Merged some waf patches from Thomas. (Jelmer)
  • Cherry-picked some of the patches I pair-programmed with Matthieu during SambaXP (Jelmer)

Achievements

  • DFS responses to client referral request are ok for Domain, DC and SYSVOL/NETLOGON (Matthieu)
  • Torture tests ok (Matthieu)
  • Update Debian packages for talloc, tdb, ldb and tevent. (Jelmer)

Plans for fortnight ending 24 Apr 2010

SambaXP!

Achievements

  • Played with the waf build (Jelmer)
  • Pair-programmed on upgradeprovision unit tests (Jelmer, Matthieu)
  • Initial Python bindings for libpolicy (Jelmer)

Plans for fortnight ending 10 Apr 2010

Slacking

Plans for fortnight ending 27 Mar 2010

Slacking.

Plans for fortnight ending 13 Mar 2010

Slacking.

Plans for fortnight ending 27 Feb 2010

Achievements

  • More work to automate the correct setup of BIND for DNS (Andrew)
  • Work with tridge to demonstrate 'waf' as a build system for Samba (Andrew)

Plans for fortnight ending 13 Feb 2010

Achievements

  • Work with Tridge on Samba HOWTO (Andrew)
  • More work to automate the correct setup of BIND for DNS (Andrew)
  • Improve Samba4 RPC proxy to handle a non-zero if_version (Andrew)
    • This is needed to ensure we proxy the full if_version from an RPC bind to the endpoint mapper and subsequent bind on another RPC server.
    • Add testsuite to ensure the RPC proxy (rpc_server/remote) does not bitrot further.

Plans for fortnight ending 30 January 2010

Achievements

  • Successful presentation at linux.conf.au Sysadmin mini-conf (Andrew)
  • Holiday on South Island of NZ (Andrew)

Plans for fortnight ending 16 January 2010

Achievements

  • Samba4 Alpha 11 release (Andrew)
  • DRS pair programming with Tridge (Andrew)
  • Preparation for linux.conf.au SysAdmin mini-conf presentation

Plans for fortnight ending 2 January 2010

Achievements

  • DRS pair programming with Tridge (Andrew)
    • Success with replicating with Windows 2008 again (mostly Tridge)
  • Christmas Holidays (Andrew)

Older entries

For the 2009 entries, see Samba4/Andrew_and_Jelmers_Fantasy_Page/2009.

For the 2008 entries, see Samba4/Andrew_and_Jelmers_Fantasy_Page/2008.