Meetings and Minutes
This page contains information relating to the SystemTap Beginner's Guide project.
No upcoming meeting set as of yet.
Meeting Minutes
Resolutions:
- Estimated time of launch for first book is in sync with RHEL5.3 (Jan 2009)
- Documentation will focus on usage of SystemTap for RHEL5.x (as opposed to FC)
- Don Domingo will only be able to commit 60% to project for the next 6 weeks
- handoff of existing workload is underway
Action Items for ECS:
- develop project plan (Phase 1)
- study existing SystemTap docu
- study dtrac documentation
- provide links to use of Publican to !SystemTap team
Action Items for SystemTap Team:
DONE - provide all existing !SystemTap documentation
- provide list of any needed training for Don (e.g. GLS classes, if any)
- provide upstream location of code (where documentation XML source can be repo'd)Resolutions:
- needed: split project deliverables into 2 documents, "Advanced" and "Beginner's" guide
- wcohen et al to provide: content (tasks/problems, scripts, description) for "Beginner's guide"
Action Items for ECS:
DONE - provide links to use of Publican to !SystemTap team
- continue studying existing documentation of Solaris's Dtrace and SystemTap
- submit Information Plan next week
Action Items for SystemTap Team (outstanding):
- provide upstream location of code (where documentation XML source can be repo'd)- August 21, 2008 (9am US PDT)
- discussed draft TOC and schedule
- walkthrough of SystemTap setup, cross-compiling
- discussed repo to be used, Publican toolchain, final outputs
- wcohen provided several links for preset systemtap script libraries
Resolutions:
- Docbook XML source of Beginner's Guide will be housed in Systemtap's GIT sourceware repo
- same source will be used for both RHEL and Fedora versions of book
- final output will be RPM built thru Publican toolchain
- posted schedule of development and delivery
Action Items:
- finalize and sign-off on schedule and TOC
- provide ddomingo with access to repo to check in Docbook XML source
- finalize who will be ddomingo's primary contact Sept 5-30- August 28, 2008 (9am US PDT)
- ddomingo gets access to git, pushes XML source in (with help from wcohen)
- September 11, 2008 (9am US PDT)
chat log (1 of 2) chat log (2 of 2)
- clarified nomenclature for "probes", "events", "handlers"
- clarified content for "Introduction" ("Advantages of SystemTap")
- clarified "functions"
- received feedback on initial go of document
- notified: ddomingo on RHEL release notes duty next week