-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/19/2010 07:49 AM, Sumit Bose wrote: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 05:27:13PM -0500, Dmitri Pal wrote: >> Adam Young wrote: >>> On 11/18/2010 04:02 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: >>> On 11/18/2010 09:55 AM, Dmitri Pal wrote: >>> >>>>>> Steve can you summarize where we are and what we agreed to, >>> please, and >>>>>> identify the questions that we need to answer. >>>>>> >>> >>> Simo, Adam and I had a long discussion on IRC regarding the time rules >>> today (complete log attached). >>> >>> The short version is that we're going to continue (mostly) with the >>> current grammar for the time rules, with a few changes. >>> >>> 1) We need to replace week-of-the-month with day-of-the-septet. This day >>> should not be a range or multi-valued to eliminate confusion >>> 2) We need to replace the time range with a duration >>> 3) We should add startDate and endDate as attributes on the HBAC object >>> (separate from the accessTime). I propose these should be in LDAP >>> generalizedTime so that it's possible to construct filters around them. >>> This effectively sets the beginning and end of a periodic schedule. >>> >>> >>>> OK, just please stop calling it septet. I think Drums, Bass, Piano, >>> 2 Saxes, Trumpet, Trombone Jazz combo when I hear that. It isl ike >>> octet versus byte....it means the same thing, and just annoys people. >>> >>>> What you really want is to call it week-of-the-month as opposed to >>> week. I realize that is more verbose, but we don't sound like >>> smarty-pants. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I've drawn up a new grammar definition and published it to the SSSD wiki >>> (not currently linked from anywhere): >>> https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/HBAC_Grammar >>> >>> Please review and give feedback. >>> >>> >> I thought that first septet is the first seven days of the month based >> on earlier mails from Steven. Is this a true statement? >> The whole issue started with ambiguity of the notion of the "N-th week" >> of the month. >> What is it the week-of-the-month? Is it first seven day regardless what >> day of the week is the first day of the month (this is what I thought a >> septet is) or fist full week from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to >> Saturday, or it is the first usually partial week? This is the ambiguity >> that we want to avoid! >> >> If the septet is what I think it is then we can't name it the >> week-of-the-month and IMO septet is a good term here. However then there >> is a bug in grammar as septet can be only 1-5 not 1-6. >> > > if I understand the septets correctly the 5th septet will cover days > 29-35. When will you need the 6th? >
Dmitri is correct. That was a typo on my part. I've fixed that on the wiki page now. - -- Stephen Gallagher RHCE 804006346421761 Delivering value year after year. Red Hat ranks #1 in value among software vendors. http://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzmdzUACgkQeiVVYja6o6MxKwCgll4QvAq9TlQoDmEkjvGwWpsm 5tQAoJK1iPMj+QuTD2GJVQETbyqpuQpO =HFwW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Freeipa-devel mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel
