[Nmh-workers] (fwd) [Savannah-announce] New recovery process

[Paul Fox]

unless anyone's done nmh work since the 27th, it seems like maybe
we don't need to do anything at all.

paul

sylvain wrote:
 > Date:    Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:10:54 +0200
 > To:      address@hidden
 > cc:      address@hidden
 > From:    Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>
 > Subject: [Savannah-announce] New recovery process
 > Reply-To: address@hidden
 > 
 > To make things easier, we'll eventually recover all CVS/SVN from the
 > May 27 backup, except for repositories that were already re-imported.
 > 
 > If you have a pending (non-processed) request about importing an
 > earlier backup, we'll ask you confirmation.
 > 
 > If you already imported and want to switch back to the May 27 backup,
 > submit a new request, saying that you want to replace the current
 > repository.
 > 
 > 
 > Status:
 > 
 > - CVS: right now we're dealing with data copies and data allocation
 >   delays, we'll get back to you within some hours
 > 
 > - SVN: done
 > 
 > - Git/Hg: we don't do anything right now; the new backup is still
 >   available in the backup-20090527 directory if necessary. Later we'll
 >   compare the last commit date with the May 27 backup, in case the
 >   project has no currently active admin and wasn't repushed yet.
 > 
 > -- 
 > The Savannah Hackers
 > 
 > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:53:56AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
 > > Good news: we discovered a new backup from May 27th.
 > > After tests, it appears to be a complete backup.
 > > 
 > > We've added a new backup-20090527 directory.
 > > It's available for cvs/svn/git/hg.
 > > 
 > > We're replicating to the disk at the moment (right now it's a
 > > read-only remote mount).
 > > 
 > > If you want to use it instead of the April backup, you can modify your
 > > support request.
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > > The Savannah Hackers
 > > The FSF sysadmins
 > > 
 > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 11:13:00AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
 > > > In your requests, remember to specify:
 > > > - name of the project
 > > > - VCS type (CVS / SVN / both)
 > > > - date of the backup to recover (April / May)
 > > > 
 > > > -- 
 > > > Sylvain
 > > > 
 > > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 07:15:48AM +0000, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
 > > > > 
 > > > > The system is now completely functional.
 > > > > It's time to decide what to do with your data.
 > > > > (see first explanations at
 > > > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/savannah-users/2009-05/msg00023.html)
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > Please discuss and send questions at address@hidden !
 > > > > 
 > > > > For import requests: see below, you need to send a support request via
 > > > > the web interface.
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > Basically your choices are:
 > > > > a) you can use the backup from April 29
 > > > > b) you can use our latest (incomplete) backup from May 29
 > > > > c) you can import another backup you have
 > > > > d) you can wait a few days until we possibly recover latest data from 
 > > > > the
 > > > > crashes disk (nothing is sure though). More details about this later.
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > Here's how do it for the various VCSs:
 > > > > 
 > > > > * CVS:
 > > > > a) The version from 29 April in the 'backup-20090429' subdirectory.
 > > > > b) The version from 29 May in the 'backup-20090529-incomplete' 
 > subdirectory.
 > > > > c) Upload your backup in your download area (SFTP) for us to import
 > > > > 
 > > > > Access commands:
 > > > > cvs 
 > -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/backup-20090429/your_project
 > > > > co your_module
 > > > > cvs
 > > > > 
 > -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_pro
 > ject
 > > > > co your_module
 > > > > rsync rsync://cvs.sv.gnu.org/sources/backup-20090429/your_project/
 > > > > rsync
 > > > > rsync://cvs.sv.gnu.org/sources/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_project/
 > > > > 
 > > > > IN ALL CASES: post a support request, authenticated (i.e. login first) 
 > > > > at
 > > > > https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=additem&group=administration 
 > > > > with
 > > > > category "RECOVERY: CVS/SVN". Requests send by mail or in the wrong 
 > category
 > > > > won't be processed.
 > > > > 
 > > > > If after 2 weeks we didn't receive an answer for your project, we'll
 > > > > reinstall the latest backup we have.
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > * SVN:
 > > > > a) The version from 29 April in the 'backup-20090429' subdirectory.
 > > > > b) The version from 29 May in the 'backup-20090529-incomplete' 
 > subdirectory.
 > > > > c) Upload your backup in your download area (SFTP)
 > > > > 
 > > > > Access commands:
 > > > > svn co svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/backup-20090429/your_project
 > > > > svn co svn://svn.sv.gnu.org/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_project
 > > > > rsync rsync://svn.sv.gnu.org/svn/backup-20090429/your_project/
 > > > > rsync 
 > > > > rsync://svn.sv.gnu.org/svn/backup-20090529-incomplete/your_project/
 > > > > (if you get an error from this last one, it's probably corrupted)
 > > > > 
 > > > > IN ALL CASES: post a support request, authenticated (i.e. login first) 
 > > > > at
 > > > > https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=additem&group=administration 
 > > > > with
 > > > > category "RECOVERY: CVS/SVN". Requests send by mail or in the wrong 
 > category
 > > > > won't be processed.
 > > > > 
 > > > > If after 2 weeks we didn't receive an answer for your project, we'll
 > > > > reinstall the latest backup we have.
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > * Git:
 > > > > a) We installed the version from 29 April.
 > > > > b) You can attempt to recover from the partial 29 May backup:
 > > > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/backup-20090529-incomplete/
 > > > > c) You can push a local version if you have one (git push --all; git 
 > > > > push
 > > > > --tags)
 > > > > 
 > > > > You can import the repository directly, without our help.
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > * Mercurial:
 > > > > a) We installed the version from 29 April.
 > > > > b) We don't have a more recent backup
 > > > > c) You can push a local version if you have one.
 > > > > 
 > > > > You can import the repository directly, without our help.
 > > > > 
 > > > > 
 > > > > * WebCVS:
 > > > > 
 > > > > We plan to either recover the data from disk, or failing that, manually
 > > > > commit the latest version at www.gnu.org and www.nongnu.org.
 > 
 > 
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 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 61.0 degrees)