1. Prospect of moving PyPI to Postgres 9 for better replication in a
(closer to) HA scenario. I will post this to the catalog-sig group
for further discussion after I get done reading the existing Postgres
config and re-familiarizing myself with the PyPI codebase.
Not sure how software package management and updates will be done.
I personally prefer (and it was policy so far) to use Debian packages,
in order to get Debian upgrades. That would rule out using Postgres 9
at this point.
Also, I'm skeptical that Posgres replication could actually improve
availability. When PyPI becomes unavailable, it is typically not
because of Postgres, and I would expect that the added complexity
of supporting failover would actually reduce availability, and
introduce the risk of data loss.
2. What remote sites are pulling backups of the PyPI package data
from the Rsync server on ximinez? I think at least tummy.com is from
discussions with Jannis, but a full list would be great.
I think that, for the rsync backup, it's only tummy.com. Of course,
there are tons of PyPI mirrors, but they are not using rsync, and
not doing backup.
3. Does anyone know the reason for the Webalizer config being under
/usr/local/etc and using a custom cron job instead of the
debian-standard locations?
Thomas set this up. I believe the motivation is that only this
setup will support multiple vhosts. It actually supports auto-
detection of vhosts, where new log files will trigger the creation
of new webalyzer configs.
4. Is Postfix on ximinez doing anything other than outbound
delivery?
No.
5. Is lpd just a legacy artifact or is there actually a printer (or
something that looks like a printer) attached?
I think it got installed as a side effect of installing something
else that had printing as a Debian dependency.
If anyone has any questions about the current state of the
infrastructure project or wants to make sure something specific gets
on the docket to be looked at, please don't hesitate to contact me.
I'd still urge that IPv6 connectivity is made a pre-requisite for
switching providers.
Regards,
Martin
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