On Sep 6, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
Also the servers are volunteer provided, so
it's not really anyones business other than the server owners.
Given that the entire postgresql.org infrastructure just went off the
air because of what sure looked to me like an error in
administration, I submit that it _is_ others' business how the
infrastructure is managed
When you commit to providing services to this community, it is
absolutely the business of that community on how the infrastructure
is managed.
It is the business of the community that the services provided are
adequate and stable, certainly. That's become rather obvious recently.
Irrelevant details of the server configuration that do not directly
affect those services aren't really something to gossip about on a
public mailing list, though.
The two are quite different things.
The people offering these services have a responsibility to insure
that their infrastructure is well managed. If people are not up to
that responsibility, there are plenty of providers willing to take
it on.
Cheers,
Steve
