Metacat

02/11/2010

08:48 AM Revision 5224 (metacat): Modified ResourceHandler to change the GET url from /objects to /object to

match the DataONE method name. Matt Jones

02/10/2010

05:28 PM Bug #4787: User having WRITE permission couldn't update a document

This might be a regression due to recent access control handling changes. From my fuzzy memory, I seem to remember t... Matt Jones

05:16 PM Bug #4787 (Resolved): User having WRITE permission couldn't update a document

I think i reproduced the bug Jim mentioned:
A user having WRITE permission couldn't update a document.
Here are... Jing Tao

02/09/2010

02:06 PM Bug #3368: security issue with skins

Correction, we are using <skin-name>.properties files which is also protected in web.xml.
Removing all .cfg files ... Michael Daigle

01:25 PM Bug #3368: security issue with skins

We changed the configuration files to be <skin-name>.cfg and restricted access to all cfg files via web.xml Michael Daigle

01:56 PM Revision 5214 (metacat): Update the filename reference

walbridge

01:48 PM Bug #1530: cfg is readable by everyone

duplicate Michael Daigle

01:06 PM Bug #1530: cfg is readable by everyone

we added the following to knb web.xml to restrict access to .cfg files
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collecti... Michael Daigle

01:46 PM Bug #3378: Test turnkey installation against Tomcat 6

Duplicate Michael Daigle

01:22 PM Bug #3378: Test turnkey installation against Tomcat 6

Fully unit tested against Tomcat 6 Michael Daigle

01:29 PM Bug #3777: Move Tomcat libraries into metacat build

This is not practical. The server should reference the libraries of the native install. Michael Daigle

01:21 PM Bug #1674: Access control for eml-2.1.0 documents

This was implemented in Metacat 1.9.1 Michael Daigle

01:19 PM Bug #4558: Create validate and isAuthorized unit tests

These are handled in the workflow scheduler tests. Michael Daigle

01:18 PM Bug #3415: metacat prints namespace attributes in opposite order of original document

Metacat now returns the original document as it was submitted. Michael Daigle

01:07 PM Bug #4658: metacat runs out of memory

This seems to be resolved with the bug fix that uses a stringbuffer to read files as opposed to a string Michael Daigle

12:55 PM Bug #2994: Create a properties file for use by JUnit Tests

Put the test properties in metacat.properties. Added a properties file in build that specifies the deploy directory. Michael Daigle

12:51 PM Bug #4707: Update release 1.9.2 release notes

These cases are handled in the workflow scheduler tests. Michael Daigle

10:18 AM Bug #4716: Metacat should run against Tomcat 6

Built Metacat using Tomcat 5 servlet-api, deployed in Tomcat 6 and ran full unit tests successfully. Michael Daigle

02/03/2010

06:58 PM Revision 5211 (metacat): Merging in REST interface implementation that was created by Serhan Akin. Main change is

a refactored MetaCatServlet.java class, in which all of the handle* methods were moved
into a separate MetacatHandler... Matt Jones

05:03 PM Revision 5210 (metacat): Adding missing brackets in else clause. Need to verify with Daigle that this is what he meant.

Matt Jones

02:35 PM Bug #4708: Handle writing a text node > 4000 characters to the db.

Moved the chunking to the DocumentImpl.writeChildNodeToDB() method Michael Daigle

01:29 PM Revision 5208 (metacat): Move the chunking of large test element data to centralized location in DBSAXNode.writeChildNodeToDB(). Beff up logging

daigle

01:16 PM Revision 5207 (metacat): Beef up log messages

daigle

01:14 PM Revision 5206 (metacat): add delay in insertSpatialDocs test to avoid buildIndex conflict

daigle

01:11 PM Revision 5205 (metacat): Add debug log statements

daigle

02/02/2010

06:39 PM Bug #4728 (Resolved): grant document management privileges to admin user

Metacat has an administrative user, but that user only has a few capabilities. We need to enhance the privileges of ... Matt Jones

02/01/2010

09:46 AM Bug #4716 (Resolved): Metacat should run against Tomcat 6

Matt sent:
Here are the two main issues I encountered in getting Metacat to run under tomcat6.
1) servlet-api.j... Michael Daigle

01/28/2010

04:58 PM Bug #4708 (Resolved): Handle writing a text node > 4000 characters to the db.

Right now, the postgres db can only handle a text node of 4000 characters. Currently we break calls to DBSAXNode.wri... Michael Daigle

01:48 PM Bug #4707 (Resolved): Update release 1.9.2 release notes

The final change to Metacat prior to the last release candidate should be to update the release notes. Michael Daigle

12:35 PM Revision 5204 (metacat): make sure querygroup is not null before trying to print it.

daigle

01/27/2010

10:17 AM Revision 5203 (metacat): Re-add the build dir property so the lsid server can build

daigle

09:51 AM Revision 5202 (metacat): Populate esa home links with skin property value

daigle

09:49 AM Bug #4698: ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org

templates look good Michael Daigle

09:47 AM Bug #4698: ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org

Updated the JSP pages to use the skin registryurl property. Need to look at the registry templates now Michael Daigle

09:45 AM Bug #4698 (Resolved): ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org

The "ESA Registry" and "Search for Data" links in the ESA header are hard coded to go to data.esa.org. This causes i... Michael Daigle

01/26/2010

03:53 PM Bug #4573: LDAP and Register CGIs reference skin-specific templates in the common area

Differing to 1.9.3 Michael Daigle

03:52 PM Bug #4627: [ESA] Update fails when document rev number is missing

Resolved Michael Daigle

03:52 PM Bug #4627: [ESA] Update fails when document rev number is missing

Updated the registry code to recognize when the docid for a modify action does not have a revision. In that case, ge... Michael Daigle

03:50 PM Revision 5201 (metacat): Get the latest revision from metacat when a modify call docid does not have a revision number.

daigle

01/25/2010

03:46 PM Bug #4356: knb website query result shows old version of a document

We need to add code to retry (queue) the query result addition when it fails. differing this to 1.9.3 Michael Daigle

03:13 PM Bug #4658: metacat runs out of memory

Differing to release 1.9.3. We have made several performance improvements in 1.9.2, and we need to see if those reso... Michael Daigle

03:09 PM Bug #4649: Metacat couldn't update a document from client, which previous versions only stay in xml_revisions table

resolved Michael Daigle

03:09 PM Bug #4649: Metacat couldn't update a document from client, which previous versions only stay in xml_revisions table

Updated the code to return a more meaningful message ... that the document had been deleted and cannot be updated. Michael Daigle

03:02 PM Revision 5200 (metacat): Send appropriate message when trying to update a docid that was previously deleted.

daigle

01/22/2010

10:06 AM Revision 5199 (metacat): Reformat file. No code change.

daigle

01/21/2010

03:12 PM Bug #4690: register-dataset.cgi should have its permissions set

The initial error thrown by Apache:
(13)Permission denied: exec of '/var/www/edu.ucsb.nceas.dev/knb/cgi-bin/register... Shaun Walbridge

02:23 PM Bug #4690 (Closed): register-dataset.cgi should have its permissions set

Currently, the registry script does not get the execute bit set when deployed from a WAR file -- either we should fix... Shaun Walbridge

03:02 PM Revision 5198 (metacat): do a quick retry if building path index fails with a SQL error

daigle

02:25 PM Bug #4691 (Resolved): Registry mixes up users when saving

If different users are added for the data set owner and contact, the registry messes up the serialization and takes d... Shaun Walbridge