On 24 Apr 2012, at 17:32, Ross Gardler wrote: > Infra have lots of patience for those who want to help themselves. > Don't be afraid of Scots warnings *if* someone here has the time and > inclination (this is *not* a criticism of Scott - I hope everyone > understands that - it's about time and inclination).
:) Yep for me it was a "hey can I figure this out in a 15 minute gap between tasks X and Y?" level of investment so its not surprising I didn't accomplish much..! If you're willing to take on responsibility for checking on the demo server and keeping it up to date, I'm sure Infra will be able to help you out. > > Ross > > On 24 April 2012 15:40, Scott Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 24 Apr 2012, at 13:51, Ate Douma wrote: >> >>> On 04/24/2012 02:08 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Jasha Joachimsthal [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:01 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Live demo portal >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Some Apache projects have running demo instances to show what they're >>>>> capable of like Apache Cocoon [1]. IMO it would be more than nice to have >>>>> a >>>>> live demo in the Apache zones [2]. Having such a live environment we can >>>>> both use it for demo purposes and "feel the pain" of deploying Apache Rave >>>>> on a server (which can lead to a smoother deploy process or good >>>>> documentation). >>>>> >>>>> There are 2 things this zone should do automatically >>>>> - update the webapps to the latest version (e.g. nightly build of the >>>>> trunk) >>>>> - revert the database into a clean state (when people can play with the >>>>> portal, they can also leave it in an undesired state) >>>>> >>>>> Do others want this live demo environment as well? If so, is there someone >>>>> who can setup and maintain this zone? I'm willing to help, but I'm not a >>>>> sys admin. >>>> >>>> All of the Zones are Solaris. Do we have any Linux VMs available? I >>>> thought I heard someone say something about Ubuntu... >>>> >>> I know Wookie has (or had) a Ubuntu VM setup [1], see also this mail thread >>> [2] and [3]. But I have no clue how/where this is managed, I can't find any >>> info other than [4] which seems to point to [5] but without any >>> documentation. >>> >>> Maybe Scott or Paul can chime in if they have more info about it? >>> >>> Anyway, it seems like possible to get a demo VM setup, just need to ask >>> infra, nicely :) >> >> Yes, we were very lucky to have Gavin working with us on that. >> >> However when I wanted to fix it a while back I couldn't figure it out :( >> >>> [1] http://wookie-vm.apache.org/ >>> [2] http://markmail.org/message/nefhmub3bbhe44eo >>> [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-2576 >>> [4] http://www.apache.org/dev/services.html#virtual-servers >>> [5] http://loki.apache.org/ >>> >>> Ate >>> >>>>> >>>>> [1] http://cocoon.zones.apache.org/ >>>>> [2] http://www.apache.org/dev/solaris-zones.html >>>>> >>>>> Jasha Joachimsthal >>>>> >>>>> Europe - Amsterdam - Oosteinde 11, 1017 WT Amsterdam - +31(0)20 522 4466 >>>>> US - Boston - 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 - +1 877 414 4776 (toll >>>>> free) >>>>> >>>>> www.onehippo.com >>> >> > > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
