No CVS is not ready for general use. It will be shortly after the alpha is released.
There should be no incompatibilities, but I'll cover the details at the next town hall (ie, one week from today). --Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Randy Groves > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:31 PM > To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] 'Cleanup' application for Windows? > > Is the CVS stable enough to use now? Or are there alpha/beta > packages available? Last time I tried it, there were several > issues with new packages that were in the mix, but not > represented in any of the setup documentation. If it isn't > obvious that the software's been installed correctly it's > also not obvious that the problems that occur are from the > normal operation and not from an installation problem. > > I'm not in need of totally detailed instructions, but last > time I looked the instructions for developers in the CVS > didn't seem to correspond to the current state of the software. > > If this has changed - great!! > > I guess the other question in my mind about this - it seems > from the recent Town Hall that much has changed. Are we > looking at an incompatible re-install here? Will we need to > re-install venue servers and clients from scratch? > > -randy > > At 10:06 AM 4/27/2004, Ivan R. Judson wrote: > > >I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has stray > processes lying > >around if they can correlate them to anything in particular > >(venueclient, node service, service manager, venueserver). > > > >We're soon entering the alpha/beta period for 2.2 and the > real solution > >to this problem is to clean up these strays in the software > so there is > >no "cleanup script" needed. Please help us do this by grabbing the > >latest software and trying it out (*and* reporting if you have any > >stray procs lying around). > > > >Thanks, > > > >--Ivan > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > > > [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Randy Groves > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:26 AM > > > To: ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > > > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] 'Cleanup' application for Windows? > > > > > > Just as I wondered at a Windows command prompt accepting > a Unix-type > > > option, I realized that the reason it was working on my > box was that > > > I had installed the Microsoft Windows Services for Unix. Am I > > > presuming correctly that this is the case on your machine? > > > > > > On a non-modified XP, this command doesn't exist. Which doesn't > > > mean that it wouldn't be a good idea to install - but not a > > > universal solution. > > > > > > -randy > > > > > > At 11:22 PM 4/26/2004, Douglas Kosovic wrote: > > > >Hi Randy, > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anybody created a application (in Python or something > > > else) that > > > > > will 'cleanup' a Windows AG session, when, for > whatever reason, > > > > > there are pythonw, rat, ratmedia, ratui, and vic process left > > > > > around? I typically > > > >go > > > > > into the task manager and manually kill them, but this is > > > definitely > > > > > NOT a good option for users who are technically challenged. > > > > > > > >If you are using WinXP Pro, you could write a batch file > > > which uses the > > > >'kill' command. > > > > > > > >You can specify a task name or window title as the argument > > > to 'kill', > > > >see 'kill -?' for more details. > > > > > > > > > > > >Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
