[scripts-announce] scripts.mit.edu server software upgrade

[Joe Presbrey]

The transition to the new server is now complete.  Please let us know if 
you notice any unexpected behavior.

Joe Presbrey
presbrey at mit.edu

On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, Joe wrote:

> In about a week, scripts.mit.edu will be moving to a server running a newer 
> Linux distribution (Fedora Core 6 instead of Fedora Core 5).  This transition 
> should not cause any existing scripts to break, but you may want to take a 
> moment now to confirm that your scripts will indeed work on the new server 
> configuration.
>
> You can currently confirm that your web scripts will work with the new server 
> configuration by going to a URL starting with http://scripts-test.mit.edu 
> (instead of http://scripts.mit.edu). If you notice any problems, please 
> e-mail scripts at mit.edu and we will take care of investigating and correcting 
> the situation. This transition will occur no sooner than Thursday, January 
> 25; if you would like us to delay the transition for some reason, please let 
> us know.
>
> (Mail scripts can also be tested with the new server -- you can send mail to 
> YOUR_USERNAME at scripts-test.mit.edu in order to test your mail scripts. 
> Crontabs, virtual hosts, https://scripts, and https://scripts-cert will be 
> transferred to the new server when we perform the transition -- they should 
> continue working without difficulty.)
>
> If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us.
>
> Joe Presbrey
> presbrey at mit.edu
>