Le mercredi 09 juillet 2014 à 00:19 -0500, Jason Hsu a écrit : > I'm working on a reboot of Swift Linux. The new Swift Linux will be based > directly on Debian instead of indirectly through antiX Linux or Linux Mint > Debian Edition. (Dependency hell was too much of an issue when purging > packages. The process of creating the new Swift Linux will involve starting > with minimal Debian and adding packages.) I will use a Debian Stable base > (part of the CrunchBang Linux playbook) for ease of maintenance. > > I still intend to make the ISO files available through SourceForge instead of > through my web site due to the enormous amount of bandwidth this takes. > > The biggest change I will be making is using custom Swift Linux *.deb > packages to transform minimal Debian into Swift Linux. The process of > remastering Swift Linux will include installing these packages. (Thus, I'm > following another part of the CrunchBang Linux playbook. CrunchBang Linux > has its own package repository for providing the layouts, default setups, > etc.) I'll need space on my own web site to store these packages. I will be > turning to https://wiki.debian.org/SettingUpSignedAptRepositoryWithReprepro > as a resource on setting everything up. > > MY QUESTION: What type of web site hosting do I need? I currently have > shared hosting from > WebFaction, and I understand that it's not the way to go for hosting my own > package repository. > Should I use VPS? Dedicated hosting? Something else? So far, all of my web > sites are on shared hosting.
Hi, It depend on a few variables: - are you ready to pay for it every month, and if so, how much ? - how big would your repo be, and how much bandwidth do you think this would consume - do you have any requirement regarding the location of the service ? - do you have requirement regarding protocol used for distribution ( https, ftp, rsync, http, bittorrent ) - do you have what it take to create the repo, or should it be done on the server hosting packages. - how confortable are you with system administration and server management ? once all of this is answered, you can start to decide what you should take. -- Michael Scherer _______________________________________________ Distributions mailing list Distributions@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/distributions
