-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Justin: You may want to start a ticket with the infrastructure team: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ ... and make it super-high priority. I'm not sure who from infra is on this list, but that is the fast way to get the attention of the sysadmins. - - Karsten, hoping this is fixable ... On 06/20/2012 05:52 AM, Justin Clift wrote: > Hi, > > Just discovered a serious problem with the fedorahosted.org email > archives. > > At least some of our (important) messages are missing large amounts > of content. > > For example, this important Aeolus Community email, which we want > to direct people towards as reference: > > https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/aeolus-devel/2012-June/010794.html > > It's only *1 sentence* in your archives. 95% of it is missing. > :( > > The _full_ version of it is included below. (significantly longer) > > How do we go about getting this fixed? (and preferably making > sure it doesn't happen again) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > Begin forwarded message: >> From: Dan Macpherson <dmacpher@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ACA Side >> Topic - Proposal: templates.aeolusproject.org Date: 8 June 2012 >> 2:47:30 PM AEST To: "aeolus-devel " >> <aeolus-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I've been following the Aeolus Community Assessment conversation >> and I though I might start a separate e-mail chain regarding an >> idea I had instead of railroading the original conversation. >> >> From what I saw of the original conversation, we're looking to >> build our community and evangelize Aeolus' strengths. >> >> It's also been questioned as whether we'd recommend using Aeolus >> in it's current state in a production environment. This got me >> thinking... there's a difference between what we'd recommend to >> users, and what they'll actually do. By this, I mean that there >> might be a boffin or two somewhere who could devise some unique >> uses for Aeolus that we've never even thought of. And I think >> that what some might consider Aeolus's biggest weakness (it's >> still experimental) could end up being its biggest strength >> (experimental is fun and exciting!). >> >> My proposal ----------- >> >> We develop our own (for lack of a better word) "Apps Store" -- a >> place when users can share Image and Deployable templates for >> Aeolus, much along the same lines as addons.mozilla.org or >> extensions.gnome.org. And following these subdomain conventions, >> I suggest... templates.aeolusproject.org! >> >> How it works ------------ >> >> A user writes an image template and deployable for a particular >> application. For example, they might want to launch a base Drupal >> installation in EC2 using Fedora as an OS. So they write an Image >> Template that includes the relevant Apache and Postgres packages. >> They also write a Deployable Template that installs and >> configures Drupal (via Audrey) to an instance with httpd/db. >> >> Then the user thinks, "Hey, I bet there are others out there who >> want to install Drupal in the cloud. Maybe I should share these >> templates with the world." >> >> The user uploads the templates to templates.aeolusproject.org, >> tags them as an Image Template and Deployable Template >> respectively, and create an associates between the two (basically >> a way of signifying a relationship between an image/deployable >> pair that works well together). >> >> So then, I want to create a Drupal site on a standalone instance >> in my own RHEV environment. >> >> I search templates.aeolusproject.org and find someone has already >> created the templates I need. Perfect. (Plus I could substitute >> the Image template for one with a different distro if I prefer). >> >> I use both these template in Aeolus and install Drupal on EC2. It >> works great! >> >> I go back to templates.aeolusproject.org and give the template >> author a 5-star rating. Great job, everything went better than >> expected. Plus, the rating helps his Deployable Template becomes >> TOTM (Template of the Month). >> >> But I also leave a comment to say, "Hey, great templates, but I >> think you should include a param in the deployable that allows a >> user to input a comma-separated list of additional modules for >> their Drupal installation." This way I'm helping improve the >> content of templates.aeolusproject.org through feedback. >> >> Benefits -------- >> >> templates.aeolusproject.org does a couple of cool things: >> >> 1. Encourages people to join, contribute and collaborate to the >> Aeolus community 2. Encourages people to experiment with Aeolus >> and share their results 3. Helps new users wanting to learn more >> about TDL/Deployable XML 4. Provides users with a library of >> applications to launch into their cloud (and only needing two XML >> files to do so) 5. Gives us a better idea of how people are using >> Aeolus so that we can enhance the features they like and improve >> the features they don't like >> >> These are very rough ideas that I've come up with in a day, so >> please forgive me if they seem a little ill-thought. Regardless, >> I do think is an idea that can really enhance the Aeolus >> Community and the project too. If anyone has an ideas, >> suggestions, drawbacks or general comments, please share them. >> >> Dan Macpherson Content Author Engineering Content Services Red >> Hat Asia Pacific Pty Ltd Brisbane, Australia >> >> e: dmacpher@xxxxxxxxxx > > -- Aeolus Community Manager http://www.aeolusproject.org > - -- Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Analyst - Community Growth Red Hat Open Source and Standards (OSAS) http://TheOpenSourceWay.org @quaid (identi.ca/twitter/IRC) | gpg: AD0E0C41 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFP4h8Q2ZIOBq0ODEERAjm1AKC9ptWzOBiIJA1uaLOJoVw4bHxAVACeJRNk GaWC/YbEPxhWQTy82xEmP5k= =6LvM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- websites mailing list websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites
