From bryan@stansell.org Mon Feb 25 14:33:39 2002 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g1PMXc2S016473; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:33:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g1PMXcoc016472; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:33:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:33:38 -0800 From: Bryan Stansell To: announce@conserver.com, users@conserver.com Subject: conserver-7.2.0-beta3 available (you'll really want this!) Message-ID: <20020225143338.D1141@underdog.stansell.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: announce-admin@conserver.com Errors-To: announce-admin@conserver.com X-BeenThere: announce@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Conserver Announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well folks, it's finally here. No more full restarts of conserver just because you want to edit the config file! I've personally been wanting this since I started maintaining the code (about seven years ago!). Now beta3 has the code required to do a full reconfiguration when you send a HUP signal to the server. Consoles that are removed (along with their clients) get dropped, new consoles are added (managed by forking off a new children), and changes to existing consoles are made with only a possible console reset (by bringing it down and back up - all clients stay connected). The one exception to that last rule is that if the console is managed by a new server, any existing clients have to get bumped off. All of this is done by tracking the console name, so if you are renaming a console, it's like removing and adding a new one. That last bit is unfortunate, but the console name is the center of everything and doing anything else just seemed like trouble. As before, you can find the code at http://www.conserver.com/beta/ or on the ftp server in the beta subdirectory. I must thank Dave Stuit of GNAC for all his help and patience. He tested many versions of this beta release, found many bugs, and helped make this a *much* more stable release than it would have been. I can't say there aren't any more bugs to find, but I'm hoping it's limited to the bizarre edge cases. Bryan Stansell From bryan@stansell.org Mon Feb 25 16:19:55 2002 Received: from underdog.stansell.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by underdog.stansell.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g1Q0Jt2S020052; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:19:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bryan@localhost) by underdog.stansell.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g1Q0JsQj020051; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:19:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:19:54 -0800 From: Bryan Stansell To: announce@conserver.com, users@conserver.com Subject: conserver-7.2.0-beta3 is now there... Message-ID: <20020225161954.F1141@underdog.stansell.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: announce-admin@conserver.com Errors-To: announce-admin@conserver.com X-BeenThere: announce@conserver.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Conserver Announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well folks, I was a little trigger-happy again. If you tried to get the beta3 code and didn't succeed, try again now - it's there. I had pushed out the "bad beta3", basically. Then I found yet another bug that really needed fixing so I took the opportunity to fix it before pushing out the "good" version. Now to track down the one guy who got the bad code... :-( Bryan Stansell