Good news! Sourceforge is upgrading. The list their old and new configurations below, and it's sort of interesting (I think) to see what's behind the Sourceforge site. Note that they are moving from an ancient version of Perl to a pretty new one (5.8.3). They have also upgraded to Apache 2.0. That's good news in the event we try to run Perl things (especially CGI) from the sourceforge site (in other words, from our project web pages, like http://google-hack.sourceforge.net, etc. I don't think we are doing that now, but it's something we have considered in the past. In any case, some of you are planning to run web services on talisker and marimba - that should be fine. I wouldn't suggest changing plans because of this upgrade. Also, note that they are announcing the intention to upgrade, not the actual upgrade, so it still could be a while. Just FYI. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:47:33 -0700 (PDT) From: SourceForge.net Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SourceForge.net PR-Web Upgrade Notice. Hello, You are receiving this email because you are an Admin of a project on SourceForge.net. (Note: These update emails are very low volume, approximately twice a year). The SourceForge.net team is pleased to announce the long-awaited upgrade to our project web service. SourceForge.net staff are currently in the process of completing hardware procurement and system build-out. The official date for this upgrade has not yet been set; once our hardware build-out has been completed, the date will be announced on the SourceForge.net Site Status page. https://sourceforge.net/docs/A04/ This upgrade consists of a significant hardware upgrade and Operating System upgrade. Due to the large upgrades involved here, it may be necessary to upgrade your scripts. Old configuration: Debian Potato Linux kernel 2.4.x GNU libc 2.2.1 Apache 1.3.26 Perl 5.005_03 PHP 4.1.2 Python 1.5.2 Tcl 8.0 New configuration: Fedora Linux: Fedora Core 2 Linux kernel 2.6.x GNU libc 2.3.3 Apache 2.0.51 Perl 5.8.3 PHP 4.3.8 Python 2.3.3 Tcl 8.4.5 Additional upgrades may be performed after this initial upgrade is completed; any follow-up changes will be announced via the Site Status page. A host roughly matching the configuration of the new project web servers is being placed within the Compile Farm on 2004-10-22. Additional information regarding the Compile Farm may be found at: https://sourceforge.net/docs/E02/ Questions or concerns regarding this upgrade may be directed to SourceForge.net staff by submitting a Support Request as per: https://sourceforge.net/docs/C01/#support_site Thank you, SourceForge.net staff . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/x3XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nlpatumd/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
