Michael Crute wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:49 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: >> As mentioned, I've been working on a proposal text for the cloud idea. >> Here's a first draft. Please have a look and let me know whether I've >> missed any important facts. Thanks. > > What about a set of volunteer mirrors of PyPi similar to the way CPAN > and Linux distributions handle this problem. pypi.python.org? That > approach eliminates any cost for the PSF and might ultimately result > in better reliability. With the volunteer mirror system you would > still statically generate the files and just make them available for > rsync then setup a page to allow mirrors to register (see CPAN). If > you take this approach I would be happy to donate a mirror to the > pool.
Thanks for the offer. Setting up such a network based on PSF partner organizations (to avoid the legal problems) would work indeed, but it would both take longer to setup and require more work on the administration side. I still think that the cloud proposal is more cost effective and faster to setup. If it doesn't work out, we can always go back to such a network of servers that we administer on our own. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 15 2010) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2010-07-19: EuroPython 2010, Birmingham, UK 33 days to go ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig