As many of you are aware, the state of the ProFTPD Project's infrastructure is in desperate need of maintenance/upgrading. The VMs which host the project's website, Bugzilla instance, forums, FTP downloads, etc are all quite old -- this is why, for example, the website, Bugzilla, forums currently do not have great HTTPS support. (The underlying VM image has an OpenSSL package which predates TLSv1.2, among other things.)
These VMs are currently running in a provider's network, which has been quite generous in allowing these to run. However, that provider has gone through different company acquisitions; the fact that the VMs are still running is, honestly, more by luck than by intention. Now, the current company has indicated that these VMs _will_ be shut down by September of this year, if not sooner. I know that maintaining infrastructure, in my spare time, is not very appealing -- I have to do it too much already for my day job. No excuses, just commenting on why nothing really has been done on this front. But now we have a forcing function. The project core team has discussed this situation. Right now, we are leaning toward shutting down the website, Bugzilla, and forums, and relying on the existing GitHub repo for most needs. Most bug reports/issues are already filed there, and there have been no significant forums postings for more than a year now. Most modern browsers are unhappy about the plain HTTP website, and update the lack of TLSv1.2 certificates for the forums. This all demonstrates that GitHub meets most of the project needs with regard to infrastructure. It also means fewer moving parts for future maintainers of the project to maintain, going forward. With this in mind, I'd like to solicit your thoughts/feedback on what sort of things you'd want to see in the GitHub repo (if anything), knowing that these changes are coming. Feel free to respond to me personally if you prefer. I don't have any particular dates/times when we'll shut those VMs down (other than before September), but it'll be happening this year, one way or another. Cheers, TJ _______________________________________________ ProFTPD Developers List <[email protected]> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/proftp-devel
