On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:37 am, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here are my non educated and random thoughts:
>
> 1) Making a CVS/SVN/whatever server is not enough. Each project needs also
> a bugzilla, and a ML or a forum.
Well, a mailing list is not an issue - I can easily create one with ezmlm. If
setting up a forum means setting PHP-BB or something similar, than it's not
an issue as well, because I've done it before. Bugzilla does not seem to be
too intimidating either.
In any case, I think the most critical thing here is the version control
system. Sites like SourceForge, BerliOS or Savannah can easily give hosting
to mailing lists, forums, a web site, a bug-tracker (not bugzilla
unfortunately, but still better than nothing), etc.
> We need to host also a small site for each
> project, which will have multiple downloads. This setup is not as trivial
> as you think. Will you be able to support this for the next year or 2?
>
I'd rather start with hosting some Subversion repositories and then see where
we go on from there. Let's kill one cow at a time.
> 2) The size problem is much bigger then you think. What kind of proejcts
> will you host? Maybe someone will come with a new php/nuke localized
> version ? with patches and versions, and downloadable versions, it will
> take much more then you think. We cannot backup the projects, which is
> another problem.
>
It's true that we cannot backup the projects. However, we can store the
repositories' dumps somewhere, so people can backup them themselves. (using
rsync or HTTP or whatever). I will host most small to medium sized projects.
I don't expect eskimo to be adequate for something like the GIMP... ;-)
> 3) FreeSBIE? sux ass... come one... get a knoppix/kazix/pclinuxos... the
> FreeBSD lives sux... and it's just because of HW detection. I heard that
> from a FBSD packager, so I tend to beleave it. Mirroring Kazix or MiniKazit
> is better IMHO.
>
I see.
> How abuout FreeDOS? it's stable and usable. ReactOS is installable under
> QEMU, but not really usable. Tested it a few months ago, and it's a shiny
> toy, nothing more.
FreeDOS may be stable and usable, but I don't think it's in the interest of
the general public. DOS, nowadays, is mostly used for things like embedded
software, or hardware testing, and for running legacy applications. Very few
people will use it for their desktop system. Besides, it's probably not such
a big download.
>
> 4) A contrib mirror for Mandrake is a good idea, since we have all other
> MDK content in IGLU. This is the only piece missing (maybe cooker).
>
Right.
> 5) Please think about the future. Spamming IGLU/LINUX-IL/WhatsUp with
> messages saying "we need a new HD please... it's for your own good..." is
> not a good publicity. We still have a lot free space, and when we ran out
> of it, we can afoard buying a new one. They are not that expensive (you can
> get a 80GB for 600nis if you get a bad deal).
>
We already have 70 GB total in the RAID arrays. And we don't have a place to
install more. We need new disks, and God knows that this tight space
management is not good for our peace of mind. It isn't "spamming": it's
perfectly relevant to the needs of the Israeli community.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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