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Bug tracker temporarily offline

Posted by Andrew Hodgkinson Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:28:00 GMT

A fault has developed in our bug tracker that causes it to consume all CPU on our web server when we attempt to start it. The problem seems related to the Subversion repository and causes sufficient load of the back-end database that the rest of the web site becomes unable to respond – this was the cause of our brief site down time earlier this week.

I’m investigating the problem but other commitments mean it may be a while before it can be resolved. In the mean time, if you have bugs to report or discuss, please use the bugs forum.

Thanks for your patience!

Posted in Web site, Community | Tags bug, downtime, tracker | 1 comment

USB sticks available from ROOL site

Posted by Steve Revill Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:53:00 GMT

ROOL are very happy to announce the immediate availability of two different ROOL-branded USB sticks to buy from the ROOL store.

These sticks represent a proud milestone for RISC OS Open; we’ve been working towards creating a stand-alone RISC OS solution for Windows and Mac users since we formed in 2006. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!

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Sign-up process changed

Posted by Andrew Hodgkinson Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:20:00 GMT

The ROOL sign-up process through Hub has historically been simple and easy to use with low demand on web browsers so that RISC OS users running software of all vintages have a good chance of signing up. Unfortunately we’ve been forced to change this in response to increasing attacks from so-called “spambots”.

Posted in Web site | Tags browser, captcha, compatibility, javascript, sign, spam, up | no comments

Planned web site down time

Posted by Andrew Hodgkinson Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:28:00 GMT

The RISC OS Open web site will be undergoing a few changes in the next day or two. These include an evolution of the existing site design which renders more quickly in NetSurf and replacement of the problematic Wiki engine with one which will hopefully prove more reliable.

It is necessary to take the site offline completely during the upgrade process. Data must be migrated from the old to new Wiki and no changes can be permitted during that time. The web server architecture is being overhauled too. As a result we are planning for an hour or two of downtime in the next couple of days.

Posted in Web site, Community | Tags downtime, maintenance, upgrade, upgrades | 8 comments