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:: 05-Sep-2003 14:24 GMT (Friday) ::
We just realized that participant emails aren’t being checked properly before
being added to the database; specifically, emails are being checked in a
case-sensitive manner.
I’m working on fixing the problem right now, but I’ve taken the stats-runs
off-line until I can get everything straightened out. Hopefully shouldn’t
affect tonight’s statsrun.
:: 03-Sep-2003 11:18 GMT (Wednesday) ::
I’m trying to fix the kernel shared memory parameters so we can run more
PostgreSQL processes. Stats should be back in 10 minutes or so.
:: 02-Sep-2003 17:02 GMT (Tuesday) ::
Good news; I’ve found and corrected the problem with the apache processes
consuming several hundred meg, which means not only can I bump the timeout
setting back up, but that you’re much less likely to run into database
connection errors (which are still masquerading as other errors).
:: 02-Sep-2003 13:58 GMT (Tuesday) ::
I’m doing some quick maintenance which means some pages won’t be working for
the time being. Should hopefully take only 10 minutes or so.
:: 02-Sep-2003 09:46 GMT (Tuesday) ::
Two issues people should be aware of:
– There is a problem with apache processes sometimes consuming several hundred
megs of memory. We don’t know what’s causing this yet, although it seem to
only happen during certain parts of the daily statsrun. Because of this, I’ve
dropped the connection timeout to 30 seconds. This could affect users who are
on dial-up.
– Database connection errors are not being properly trapped. When PHP can’t
connect to the database, you’ll get incorrect output, such as ‘team does not
exist’. Give it a few minutes and try again; the data is there.
:: 01-Sep-2003 18:31 GMT (Monday) ::
I forgot to mention that stats are working through a backlog right now; should
be caught up in a day or two.
:: 01-Sep-2003 18:26 GMT (Monday) ::
Stats are finally back again, now powered by PostgreSQL, though there’s still
work to be done.
All code that would modify the database is currently disabled, so you can’t
edit your info, join teams, etc.
There are still some other minor bugs. If you find any bugs, please enter
them into bugzilla, but PLEASE check to make sure someone else hasn’t already
entered it!