On November 18, 2018 10:52:11 PM HST, "Daniel Swärd" <excds@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2018-11-18 at 08:19 +0000, Will Godfrey wrote: > > Linux Audio Music has been dormant for a very long time, but > recently > > I contacted the the person who hosted and ran it. > > > > The reason he closed it was because of a serious vulnerability was > > discovered in Rails, and he no longer had time to do the necessary > > upgrades. > > > > However, he has told me that he still has the entire database and > the > > code. In his own words: > > "... would be happy to host and do what I can to facilitate a > handoff > > to someone else who wants to manage it." > > > > For anyone who doesn't know, this was a relatively simple and clean > > site aimed specifically at providing a home for tracks composed with > > Linux - something rather rare! > > Note: Just realized that the original post was cross-posted on LAU as > well, but I'm posting my answer here too in case people are not on > both > lists. > > I think it would be easier and more manageable to just have a group on > soundcloud (or similar) where we collect music made in Linux. This > would remove the obstacle keeping the LAM site down (lack of time to > keep up with updates/security fixes)... > > Cheers > > /Daniel Easier and more manageable, yes, but not portable. The future of SoundCloud is very uncertain. Should SoundCloud close, or go paid-subscription-only, it might not be a viable place for free music. Maybe an organization like CRMA would be interested in hosting LAM and keeping infrastructure current, while someone else could manage it? -- David W. Jones gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
