Metacat

04/01/2009

05:03 PM Bug #3929: Mulitple keywords aren't processed by the edit action properly

Fixed in r4891 Shaun Walbridge

05:00 PM Bug #3929 (Resolved): Mulitple keywords aren't processed by the edit action properly

There's been a regression since 1.8.1 and editing multiple keywords no longer works (originally part of #3319). It l... Shaun Walbridge

04:01 PM Bug #3928 (Resolved): Support multiple administrators ACL rules in editing existing documents

This document is throwing and ACL error when trying to edit it:
http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/metacat?action=rea... Shaun Walbridge

03/31/2009

01:03 PM Bug #3922 (Resolved): Registry inserts "Select state or territory here." as default value

On the data registry form for new data submissions, the "U.S. State or Territory" drop down menu has a default value ... Jim Regetz

03/26/2009

02:21 PM Bug #3920 (New): ldapweb should use the correct location for 'organization' properties

To work around issues with modifying metacat.properties post-deployment, the UCNRS organization properties (including... Shaun Walbridge

03/25/2009

06:34 PM Bug #3913: "forget password page" (ldap) on dev doesn't work for nceas organization

The removal of the organization LDAP properties (r4729) caused this to break. I've added an simple autoconfiguration ... Shaun Walbridge

03/24/2009

02:18 PM Bug #3906: Can't read files whose names are a path

This bug was third in a chain reaction that is described in but 3889. Basically, permissions issues caused zero leng... Michael Daigle

01:56 PM Bug #3908: replication data user permission error

Note, the replication user was added to the SessionService (next to the public user) so that it is always logged in. Michael Daigle

01:56 PM Bug #3908: replication data user permission error

The replication system was getting a user from the post request for certain read operations. It should have ALL perm... Michael Daigle

01:53 PM Bug #3889: KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

This was related to but 3908, where there were permissions issues with the replication handler. This caused a chain ... Michael Daigle

03/23/2009

10:45 AM Bug #3908: replication data user permission error

Hi, ben. I think this is perhaps the issue: "pisco_recruitment.314.1" is trying to ALSO specify access for data file... Jing Tao

09:57 AM Bug #3908: replication data user permission error

looking at the error message again, and looking at the Ids involved:
i found EML doc "pisco_recruitment.123.1" that s... ben leinfelder

09:23 AM Bug #3908: replication data user permission error

looking into documents on LTER metacat:
pisco_recruitment.120 is a data file in the package pisco_recruitment.123.
Th... ben leinfelder

03/20/2009

05:19 PM Bug #3911: Old cgi-bin references are still being rendered by 1.8.1 registry code

The URLs in the pages themselves (e.g. the 'Registry' link from the NCEAS skin) will work fine, only preexisting refe... Shaun Walbridge

03:33 PM Bug #3911: Old cgi-bin references are still being rendered by 1.8.1 registry code

This type of a redirect will simply shield the actual URI problem in the source. Can't we find these problems and fix... Matt Jones

03:15 PM Bug #3911 (Closed): Old cgi-bin references are still being rendered by 1.8.1 registry code

References to http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/cgi-bin/ should be redirected to their new and permanent home at /knb/cgi... Shaun Walbridge

03:46 PM Bug #3913 (Resolved): "forget password page" (ldap) on dev doesn't work for nceas organization

I was trying to figure out the issue that "forget password page" doesn't work for UCNRS. After changing the username/... Jing Tao

03/19/2009

11:33 AM Bug #3907: Zero length documents are getting written to disk

Added code to make sure zero length docs do not get written. Michael Daigle

08:44 AM Bug #3907 (Resolved): Zero length documents are getting written to disk

From jim r:
As promised, below are some DPs that return a blank page when I attempt to view them on the web. Note ... Michael Daigle

10:01 AM Bug #3889: KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

sbc_eml210_test.4 and sbc_eml210_test.5 are definitely erroring out on the knb side with an error described in ticket... Michael Daigle

09:59 AM Bug #3889: KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

Moved the replication data permissions error to a separate ticket #3908 Michael Daigle

09:43 AM Bug #3889: KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

Did you see any access control error which I reported on the second comment during the replication from lter to knb? Jing Tao

09:21 AM Bug #3889: KNB and LTER metacats not replicating some 210 test docs

checked on replication for the 6 packages listed when this bug was opened. Replication for these is at 50%. 3 out of ... Margaret O'Brien

09:57 AM Bug #3908 (Resolved): replication data user permission error

From Jing
I observed some error message during the replication from LTER to KNB:
Failed to write doc pisco_recru... Michael Daigle

08:41 AM Bug #3906 (Resolved): Can't read files whose names are a path

During replication, Metacat is getting a lot of errors that look like:
knb 06:35:44,975: [ERROR]: error to handle... Michael Daigle

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