[Freeipa-devel] Update: Re: Fedora 20 Release

[Rich Megginson]

On 12/16/2013 08:07 AM, Petr Spacek wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> we have to decide what we will do with 389-ds-base package in Fedora 20.
>
> Currently, we know about following problems:
>
> Schema problems:
>    https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47631 (regression)

Fixed.

>
> Referential Integrity:
>    https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47621 (new functionality)
>    https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47624 (regression)
Fixed.
>
> Replication:
>    https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47632 (?)

Cannot reproduce.  Closed as WORKSFORME.

>
> Stability:
>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041732
Fixed.
> https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/47629 (we are not sure if the 
> syncrepl really plays some role or not)

We are still trying to determine the cause, and if this is related to 
the use of syncrepl.  If it turns out to be related to syncrepl, I would 
like to release 1.3.2.9 in F20, and just disable the use of syncrepl in 
389 clients.

Is everyone ok with this?

>
> One option is to fix 1.3.2.x as quickly as possible.
>
> Another option is to build 1.3.1.x for F20 with Epoch == 1 and release 
> it as quickly as possible.
>
> The problem with downgrade to 1.3.1.x is that it requires manual 
> change in dse.ldif file. You have to disable 'content synchronization' 
> (syncrepl) and 'whoami' plugins which are not in 1.3.1.x packages but 
> were added and enabled by 1.3.2.x packages.
>
> In our tests, the downgraded DS server starts and works after manual 
> dse.ldif correction (but be careful - we didn't test replication).
>
> Here is the main problem:
> 389-ds-base 1.3.2.8 is baked to Fedora 20 ISO images and there is not 
> way how to replace it there. It means that somebody can do F19->F20 
> upgrade from ISO and *then* upgrade from repos will break his DS 
> configuration (because of new plugins...).
>
> Simo thinks that this is a reason why 'downgrade package' with 1.3.1.x 
> inevitably needs automated script which will purge two missing plugins 
> from dse.ldif.
>
> Nathan, is it manageable before Christmas? One or either way? Is you 
> think that the downgrade is safe from data format perspective? (I mean 
> DB format upgrades etc.?)
>