Metacat

03/17/2009

09:19 AM Bug #3889: KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

Hi, Mike:
I observed some error message during the replication from LTER to KNB:
Failed to write doc pisco_recruitm... Jing Tao

08:15 AM Bug #3895 (Closed): Add/update authentication architecture documentation

The current authentication documentation is out of date. Michael Daigle

08:14 AM Bug #3894 (Resolved): Document metacat eclipse dev setup

Fully document setting up metacat eclipse development environment Michael Daigle

03/16/2009

03:10 PM Bug #3891 (Resolved): Create a scheduler service

Right now, tasks in metacat are scheduled either via an event, like hitting metacat servlet, or timed delays. We sho... Michael Daigle

01:38 PM Bug #3889 (Resolved): KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

Mike asked me to put this info into a bug.
sbc_eml210_test.6.2 (http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat/sbc_eml2... Margaret O'Brien

01:24 PM Bug #3885: KNB metacat replication error log file is empty

There are several errors in ReplicationHandler that only report to the metacat log. These should report to the repli... Michael Daigle

01:12 PM Bug #3882: KNB Web links don't work correctly

Two issues. KNB web was still looking for cgi in the /cgi-knb directory. Changed it to look in /knb/cgi-bin.
Knbwe... Michael Daigle

01:10 PM Bug #3883: OBFS skins still using ant tokens

The ant tokens were in the common directory for eml beta 6. Created beta 6 branch and fixed tokens in eml-settings. ... Michael Daigle

01:08 PM Bug #3853: Make sure the sbclter and pisco skins work with token replacement

Updated the SBCLTER skins with margaret. Chris said to leave pisco. They would make it work with an existing skin. Michael Daigle

09:12 AM Bug #3887: Add sessionid parameter to XML link in EML stylesheet

If the functionality is the same, can the session Id be left out? The URL will look much better and can also be maile... Margaret O'Brien

03/14/2009

09:28 AM Bug #3887 (Resolved): Add sessionid parameter to XML link in EML stylesheet

Margaret O'Brien recently reported the following problem accessing an XML-formatted EML document with protected acces... Duane Costa

03/12/2009

04:40 PM Bug #3886 (Resolved): Metacat perfomance analysis

Metacat is using a lot of memory on production and seems to use many db connections. We should monitor and determine... Michael Daigle

10:46 AM Bug #3885 (Resolved): KNB metacat replication error log file is empty

In the new 1.9.0 knb metacat, it seems the replication log files' name are changed. Somehow the error log file is emp... Jing Tao

10:40 AM Bug #3881: Replication not working between KNB and LTER metacats

Got email from Duane and the replication seemed working. Jing Tao

03/11/2009

06:07 PM Bug #3881: Replication not working between KNB and LTER metacats

After getting the new certificate issued for metacat.lternet.edu and change the server to metacat.lternet.edu:8443/kn... Jing Tao

01:21 PM Bug #3881: Replication not working between KNB and LTER metacats

LTER changed the host name of metacat. But the certificate and the host name in knb xml_replication has not been upda... Jing Tao

01:13 PM Bug #3881 (Resolved): Replication not working between KNB and LTER metacats

After the 1.9.0 upgrade on knb and lter, docs are not replicating from knb to lter. Jing is working with Duane C to ... Michael Daigle

01:22 PM Bug #3884: Perl modules missing from 1.9.0 install

Completed the perl install instructions for 1.9.0 which included the Config::Properties module.
Works now. Michael Daigle

01:21 PM Bug #3884 (Resolved): Perl modules missing from 1.9.0 install

Per Matt
Go to NCEAS skin (http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/style/skins/nceas/)
then search for 'soil' which ... Michael Daigle

01:19 PM Bug #3883 (Resolved): OBFS skins still using ant tokens

After the 1.9.0 Metacat release, Matt wrote:
Go to http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/style/skins/obfs/
Search... Michael Daigle

01:18 PM Bug #3882: KNB Web links don't work correctly

This was found after the 1.9.0 metacat release to KNB. Michael Daigle

01:17 PM Bug #3882 (Resolved): KNB Web links don't work correctly

There are several issues with links and hardcoded paths in knbweb. These have been reproduced in a dev environment.
... Michael Daigle

03/03/2009

09:59 AM Bug #3853: Make sure the sbclter and pisco skins work with token replacement

Email I sent to metacat developers:
I had to make a few changes to the way the sbclter skin works, mostly because th... Michael Daigle

03/02/2009

11:08 AM Bug #3848: Update metacat to use new EML tags

Updated build.xml to use:
schema: RELEASE_EML_2_1_0
style: RELEASE_EML_UTILS_1_0_0_RC1
Had margaret add eml/defaul... Michael Daigle

09:51 AM Bug #3853 (Resolved): Make sure the sbclter and pisco skins work with token replacement

Work with Margaret to knock out the remaining display issues on the sbclter skin. Michael Daigle

09:49 AM Bug #3849: Some perl make files are not included in metacat war install

Included autosplit.ix in the metacat distribution and added instructions for deploying that file on the server. Michael Daigle

02/26/2009

03:15 PM Bug #3849 (Resolved): Some perl make files are not included in metacat war install

The old perl "make install" would create a file named /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/auto/Metacat/autosplit.ix ...
T... Michael Daigle

02:53 PM Bug #3848 (Resolved): Update metacat to use new EML tags

The separate tags for EML schema and styles work a little differently than before. Only the affected directories are... Michael Daigle

02/23/2009

06:06 PM Bug #3835 (In Progress): design and implement OAI-PMH compliant harvest subsystem

Metacat's current harvest mechanism works well but is a proprietary system. The Dryad project has proposed to implem... Matt Jones

05:33 PM Bug #3816: Export action doesn't create complete package

Mike,
This Metacat export bug is 1) a regression from prior behavior, and 2) sorely needs fixing for the NCEAS colla... Matt Jones

02/20/2009

11:16 AM Bug #3822: Spatial part of advanced search doesn't work

In include_advancedsearch.jsp, changed the javascript calls to lenght() to be just length (without parens). Michael Daigle

09:58 AM Bug #3833 (Rejected): Advanced search (liveMap) map doesn't display on linux firefox

The map applet in advanced search doesn't display on unbuntu linux running firefox 3. duplicated this on my machine ... Michael Daigle

02/18/2009

04:56 PM Bug #3823: "make" dependency causes build to fail on windows

Does this also prevent installation of the various CGI files that might depend on that make successfully completing? Matt Jones

04:53 PM Bug #3823: "make" dependency causes build to fail on windows

Added a property to build.properties called make.perl.code. Setting this to false will block the cgi make from runni... Michael Daigle

04:37 PM Bug #3826: Remove jdbc properties from build.properties if not needed

Removed database properties from build.properties. Michael Daigle

04:36 PM Bug #3825: indexPaths should be more readable in build.properties

Changed the indexPaths property to be multi-line and alphabetized. Had to modify SortedProperties to read multi-line... Michael Daigle

04:35 PM Bug #3830 (New): Add the ability to modify multi-line properties

Right now, SortedProperties will read a multi-line property, but not modify one. It should be able to modify a multi... Michael Daigle

11:31 AM Bug #3777: Move Tomcat libraries into metacat build

Review comments on ticket 3824 Michael Daigle

11:19 AM Bug #3777: Move Tomcat libraries into metacat build

We used to include those libs back in the Tomcat 3 days, but took them out as
the servlet library jars changed in Tom... Matt Jones

11:30 AM Bug #3824: Normalize the app deploy dir in build.properties

Yeah, makes sense. Unfortunately, there is another domain specific issue (to be solved) which is that the knb websit... Michael Daigle

11:19 AM Bug #3824: Normalize the app deploy dir in build.properties

We used to include those libs back in the Tomcat 3 days, but took them out as
the servlet library jars changed in Tom... Matt Jones

11:12 AM Bug #3824: Normalize the app deploy dir in build.properties

Referencing ticket 3777 which moves tomcat libs into metacat project and eliminates build.tomcat.dir from build.prope... Michael Daigle

11:09 AM Bug #3824: Normalize the app deploy dir in build.properties

My response:
The problem with 3 A is that the build.tomcat.dir is not necessarily the same as the app.deploy.dir. O... Michael Daigle

02/17/2009

04:32 PM Bug #3826 (Resolved): Remove jdbc properties from build.properties if not needed

Per Duane Costa:
In build.properties:
The 'database' property and all the 'jdbc' properties
are still in t... Michael Daigle

04:29 PM Bug #3825 (Resolved): indexPaths should be more readable in build.properties

Per Duane Costa:
In build.properties:
'indexPaths' is an important property, but its value is
very difficult... Michael Daigle

04:27 PM Bug #3824 (Resolved): Normalize the app deploy dir in build.properties

Per Duane Costa:
in build.properties file:
app.deploy.dir=/usr/local/devtools/jakarta-tomcat/webapps
It wo... Michael Daigle

04:26 PM Bug #3823 (Resolved): "make" dependency causes build to fail on windows

Per duane costa:
There's a platform dependency on 'make' which is a blocker for building the source distribution o... Michael Daigle

04:24 PM Bug #3822 (Resolved): Spatial part of advanced search doesn't work

Per Duane Costa:
I tested a number of searches in the 'default' skin and almost everything ran fine. However, the... Michael Daigle

09:37 AM Bug #3819: Error writing to replication log

Fixed Michael Daigle

09:36 AM Bug #3819 (Resolved): Error writing to replication log

If the replication log directory does not exist, the replication code throws warnings. Changed the PropertyAdmin to ... Michael Daigle