Hey Nextgens, Can you confirm that you will agree to continue to administer the server until after the next release (assuming that we release it roughly on the schedule we hope)? I thought this was our agreement.
I think the appropriate course of action here is for us to try to outsource as much as possible, hopefully all of our administrative requirements, such that in future, we don't need our own server, nor do we need someone to administer it. I think that there is irony in a project that embraces decentralization in its architecture, to rely on a single individual for its sysadmin needs. This has been the situation for some time now, although it hasn't proved to be a visible problem because Nextgens was willing to shoulder this burden. This has obviously now changed. For example, it shouldn't be necessary for us to host our own source control when dedicated companies like github (of whom I have personal and very positive experience) and bitbucket (whom I don't, but I hear good things) will do it for us for free. There are also many cheap ways to host a simple PHP website, although we should research the best option for us. Similarly, there are many free ways to host email and mailing lists, Google has Gmail and Google Groups, both of which seem flexible and reliable. Hopefully Nextgens will stick around for long enough that our transition to third-party provision of these various services can go smoothly. Ian. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Florent Daigni?re <nextgens at freenetproject.org> wrote: > Dear community, > > Most of you are probably aware that I was the one wearing the BOFH cap > and doing the sysadmin work on the project's server (emu). I am using a past > ?tense here because I am not anymore; I resigned. > > Like iakin, dolphin and others who did that tedious task before, I feel like > ?it is time for me to move on. It has been 5 years since I started > cutting my teeth on dodo (at the time 0.7's development was starting)... > Since then a lot happened, some of which I am proud and some of which I > am not. We switched from a hosted vhost to a dedicated machine, we > upgraded the hardware several times, we even moved the server into another > datacenter! > > Overall I am satisfied with the current architecture and setup. It has a > fairly low maintenance cost and is quite reliable. Of course we had > outages, but if you look to the global picture, not that much. > > While I could go in large here about the reasons pushing me to make the > move, I won't. Those things belong to my flog, if anywhere. Most of you > know that I am firmly opposed to most of the decisions taken by the > project lately and disagree with the current directions... Even though I > still agree with the statement of purpose of the project. > > To whom will take over: I leave a running system in your hands, we had a > recent security-related problem, but I did ensure it has been contained. > Most documentation is lying in /root/notes. Good luck and take good care > ?of Emu; That animal just needs little love and care to survive :p > > NextGen$ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREIAAYFAknYv24ACgkQU/Z/dHFfxtermACfXdA3DORB3fAk00L12pXHBUso > 1usAnieqNY0PZQ9ObkWdkyw85zLYduNx > =AQG/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -- Ian Clarke CEO, Uprizer Labs Email: ian at uprizer.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588 Fax: +1 512 276 6674
