uPortal IRC Logs-2011-04-14

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[08:43:01 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> Greetings uPortal devs: I have noticed for the UW proxy portlet that the 3-1 patches branches contains the SimpleWebProxyPortlet.cpd file but the 3-2 patches version doesn't. If I remove that file from our build, the portlet manager breaks. is this file required for the 3-2 + builds of the portal?
[08:44:21 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> we did migrate from uportal 3.1 to 3.2. Is there maybe something set in the db that could be causing the error in the 3.2 build?
[08:46:04 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> I think I'm going to post this to the uportal-users list to get a wider view. thanks.
[09:40:11 CDT(-0500)] <athena> b-rock: yes, it's required
[09:40:24 CDT(-0500)] <athena> it may have been renamed in 3.2? not sure
[09:41:39 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> thanks athena. I assume it is since the PM breaks I was just suprised that I didn't see it in the 3-2 patches that we are now building from.
[09:49:44 CDT(-0500)] <athena> b-rock: file is indeed still in 3.2: https://source.jasig.org/uPortal/branches/rel-3-2-patches/uportal-war/src/main/resources/edu/wisc/my/portlets/webproxy/WebProxyPortlet.cpd
[09:49:59 CDT(-0500)] <athena> maybe your channel type registration has a different path for it?
[09:50:30 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> hi athena. I see that file but there is an additional file SimpleWebProxyPortlet.cpd that seems to also be required
[09:50:49 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> it is in the 3-1 patches branch but no longer in the 3-2 patches branch
[09:51:32 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> when I remove SimpleWebProxyPortlet.cpd from the 3-2 branches build, it builds but breaks the portlet manager
[09:52:32 CDT(-0500)] <athena> ah, gotcha
[09:52:57 CDT(-0500)] <athena> what's the type that's using that file?
[09:53:25 CDT(-0500)] <athena> i think that channel type is not in 3.2
[09:53:44 CDT(-0500)] <athena> so likely the channel type shouldn't be registered in 3.2, which is why no CPD is there for it
[09:54:12 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> so maybe there is something I can remove out of the db ?
[09:54:19 CDT(-0500)] <athena> yes
[09:54:23 CDT(-0500)] <athena> i'd delete that channel type
[09:54:27 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> we did migrate from 3.1 to 3.2 and suspect that is the issue.
[09:54:43 CDT(-0500)] <athena> looks like it has a name of "Simple Web Proxy Portlet"
[09:55:00 CDT(-0500)] <athena> so probably update anything that's currently using that type to the normal default web proxy portlet, then delete that type
[09:56:00 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> yeah but do you know where I can delete if from in the db? I'm usually struggling to find stuff in there going to it directly
[09:56:44 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> I"m pretty sure all of the portlets that we are using are specified as regular portlets and using the WebProxyPortlet from UW
[09:56:48 CDT(-0500)] <athena> you can use the crn-delete command
[09:57:12 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> cool athena. do I need the id of the portlet for that?
[09:57:19 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> or the portlet type rather?
[09:57:37 CDT(-0500)] <athena> i believe the SimpleWebProxyPortlet was just a simplified configuration version of the UW WebProxyPortlet - had less options in the confguration menu
[09:57:46 CDT(-0500)] <athena> yes - i think you can use the name i copied above
[09:57:52 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> ok
[10:23:28 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> thanks for your help athena. I failed trying to delete with "ant crn-delete -Dtype=channel -Dsysid=SimpleWebProxyPortlet" (maybe there should be spaces in SimpleWebProxyPortlet). but then I looked in the raw db and removed the entry in the UP_CHAN_TYPE table and that seemed to do the trick.
[10:23:50 CDT(-0500)] <athena> yes, i believe there do need to be spaces
[10:23:53 CDT(-0500)] <athena> but that works too (smile)
[10:24:01 CDT(-0500)] <athena> glad you were able to fix it
[10:24:06 CDT(-0500)] <athena> are you coming to the community call?
[10:24:11 CDT(-0500)] <athena> because you should (smile)
[10:24:46 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> I"m not sure if I'll make the call but I know our PM sheri crosby is and we want/need to hear about the uMobile initiative.
[10:25:13 CDT(-0500)] <b-rock> isn't in just a few minutes or so?
[10:28:42 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> 2 minutes (smile){color}
[10:33:50 CDT(-0500)] <athena> http://www.jasig.org/april-2011-uportal-community-call
[10:34:00 CDT(-0500)] <athena> eric is now talking about uPortal 4.0!
[10:34:02 CDT(-0500)] <athena> super exciting
[11:32:13 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I think we maxed out at 73 people on the adobe connect for that call
[11:35:45 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> athena: that umobile demo is so neat
[11:35:59 CDT(-0500)] <athena> really glad!
[12:55:58 CDT(-0500)] <rickard> Hi Eric. Whatever happened to 3.2.5? (smile)
[12:59:02 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> lack of time to review open bugs and cut the release
[12:59:25 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> http://www.mail-archive.com/uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org/msg03035.html
[13:00:18 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> right now up4 is consuming all my available time
[13:00:26 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> there will be a 3.2.5 eventually though
[13:00:36 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and I do feel bad that it has taken so long to get it out
[13:00:54 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> really we just need a few more hands to help get releases of older versions of uPortal out
[14:44:04 CDT(-0500)] <JoeMoore> Where do the CAS logs go in a trunk configuration? Thanks.
[14:44:17 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> should be in tomcat/logs
[14:44:49 CDT(-0500)] <JoeMoore> I don't see any there specificially for cas. And I turned on some extra logging in the log4j.xml in cas.
[14:45:03 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> where does log4j.xml say the logs should go?
[14:46:57 CDT(-0500)] <JoeMoore> It's not intuitively obvious to me (smile) http://pastebin.com/acBDurjc
[14:47:52 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> <appender name="null" class="org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender" />
[14:47:56 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> looks like it logs to null
[14:48:01 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> which is less than useful
[14:48:23 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> http://wiki.apache.org/logging-log4j/Log4jXmlFormat
[14:48:29 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> try the appender example at the top of that page
[14:48:32 CDT(-0500)] <JoeMoore> Thanks!!!
[14:48:32 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> in place of the null appender
[14:48:42 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> you can either keep the "null" name
[14:48:54 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> or change it everywhere it is referenced elsewhere in the file
[14:52:03 CDT(-0500)] <athena> hey EricDalquist - you have time to chat about the tab url issue in mobile?
[14:52:21 CDT(-0500)] <athena> feeling like my brain is at least marginally attached again
[14:52:53 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> uh ... not right now
[14:52:58 CDT(-0500)] <athena> no worries
[14:53:05 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> s is really hitting the fan with our HR system upgrade this weekend
[14:53:05 CDT(-0500)] <athena> i know you've got a busy week
[14:53:07 CDT(-0500)] <athena> yeah
[14:53:12 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> lots of stuff that people just "forgot" to mention until now
[14:53:16 CDT(-0500)] <athena> eep.
[14:53:20 CDT(-0500)] <athena> maybe next week?
[14:53:20 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yeah
[14:53:33 CDT(-0500)] <athena> i've told gary not to upgrade for the time being, so hopefully it won't be an issue
[14:53:33 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> maybe tomorrow if the rest of today goes well (smile)
[14:53:36 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> ok
[14:53:37 CDT(-0500)] <athena> ok (smile)
[14:53:42 CDT(-0500)] <athena> just let me know
[14:53:46 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yup