On Sep 14, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> 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. >
The https://launchpad.net/~pitti/+archive/postgresql PPA is run by the Postgres lead for Ubuntu and provides both 9.0 and 9.1 for Ubuntu 10.04. > 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. Thanks, I'll make sure to note that we coordinate with Sean on that. > >> 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. > Sounds like a good reason to me, thanks! >> 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. Would a tunneled POP be acceptable? I will talk to OSL and Contegix about how they have handled this in the past. --Noah _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
