Re: Problems with scheduler

[Lai Yiu Fai <ccyflai@uxmail.ust.hk>]

I have tried out all version of scheduler from 2.99.10 to 2.99.14.  It 
seems that the scheduler behaved weird from 2.99.12 onward (2.99.14 seems
to be unusable - can't schedule to deliver any smtp messages at all).  Now, 
I am using 2.99.13 router & smtpserver and 2.99.11 scheduler and found very
satisfied.

>From the ChangeLog history, it seems that scheduler undergoes a major 
change from 2.99.11 to 2.99.12.   Matti, any clues about that?

-- Ken Lai
Centre of Computer Centre 
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

On Sat, 22 Apr 1995, Matti Aarnio wrote:

> > On Fri, 21 Apr 1995, Henry Timmerman wrote:
> > > > > Is anyone running 2.99.13 have the same problem?
> > > > 
> > > >   2.99.13 scheduler seems broken.  I use the 2.99.10 scheduler with the 
> > > > 2.99.13 smtpserver and router.
> > > 
> > > Thank you, it works for me too now. However have you tried versions 
> > > 2.99.11 or 2.99.12 ?
> > 
> >   Yes.  The scheduler was busted somewhere along the way, and found them 
> > to be unusable.  The 2.99.13 smtpserver has much smarter timeout code 
> > than 2.99.10.
> 
> 	I do agree, 2.99.12 works better than 2.99.13 -- but
> 	it really is not that easy a question.
> 
> 	I am trying to get time to do proper work on the Scheduler,
> 	but commercial customers shall be served first, hobbies then...
> 
> 	I am one subsystem at the time working on things that we
> 	run on the new ftp.funet.fi -- an  DEC 3000/900 AXP OSF/1v3.2
> 	machine with BIG StorageWorks cabinet with RAID-5 controller.
> 
> 	Most facilities in there work now crashing only once a day
> 	but things are improving.  ZMailer scheduler is in poor
> 	shape still -- crash every 20-100 running hours, and is
> 	a bit too critical to how it is configured.
> 
> > Tom
> 
> 	/Matti Aarnio
>