MACE-MLIST call, 9-Nov-05

*Attendees*
John-Paul Robinson, University of Alabama at Birmingham (stand-in chair)
Craig Hancock, University of Notre Dame
Paul Russell, University of Notre Dame
Lynn Little, Internet2
Steve Olshansky, Internet2
Katherine Strojny, Internet2 (scribe)

*Action Items*
(revised)

New:

[AI] {Craig} will make source RPM available for Sympa on Fedora Core.

[AI] {Craig} will send Steve text to add to the web page noting assumptions in RPMs and tested platforms.

[AI] {SteveO} and {John-Paul} will add a link for the wiki to the MLIST main page, and {John-Paul} will send it to the list.

Carry Over:

[AI] {George Brett} will draft a paragraph describing a proposed survey of work collaboration tools currently used in the Internet2 community, with a focus on middleware-enabling them. {George} will send this description to others interested in developing the survey and find out if the Wednesday conference call time is a good time for them to meet.

*Discussion*

Intellectual Property Reminder:
The Internet2 intellectual property policy can be found here:
       http://members.internet2.edu/intellectualproperty.html

The agenda focused mainly on Sympa RPM issues.  Minutes from the previous meeting minutes were approved.

The proposed scope change letter has gone to MACE, where it is currently in review.

In response to a request, Craig  [AI] {Craig} will make the source RPM available for Sympa on Fedora Core, in addition to the binary RPM which is already available on the website.  The source RPM will allow for sites to make their own customizations, while still making it visible with RPM management tools on the system, which has benefits such as tracking file locations and identifying conflicts.  [AI] {Craig} will also send Steve text to add to the web page noting assumptions in the RPMs and tested platforms.

Should the Sympa RPM track just the stable Sympa releases or the beta releases as well?  It was agreed that tracking the stable release should be sufficient.  There were some new Sympa features requested, such as templates for the web interface.  Some clarification may be required as to whether these features are part of a stable release or a beta release.  It appears that Sympa version 5.1 is the appropriate version to track, currently, and this has the requested web interface features.

[AI] {SteveO} and {John-Paul} will add a link for the wiki to the MLIST main page, and {John-Paul} will send it to the list.

The call that would have taken place 23-Nov is cancelled due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.  The next scheduled call will take place in four weeks on 7-Dec-05.  Agenda and bridge will be sent to the list prior to the call.