Slávek Banko wrote: > On Friday 19 of April 2019 12:52:02 Alexis PM via trinity-devel wrote: >> It's a critical but difficult issue. But obviously the development of >> the best desktop environment that exists cannot be weighed down or >> stopped by personal issues. This is not a criticism to anyone, we should >> be grateful to those who have contributed even if today the lack of time >> or other personal reasons make them no longer active. But TDE >> development must continue, there are many people who use it (even if >> they seem invisible because they are not developers / contributors or do >> not participate in the mailing lists). A robust infrastructure system >> that is resilient to personal issues must be sought and put in place. It >> is necessary to deploy the infrastructure on quality servers that do not >> depend on a specific person, so I understand the two appropriate >> questions are "Are there people, companies or organizations that can >> provide infrastructure to the project?" (it is possible to search and >> contact those who support other free software projects of similar size >> and needs) and "If there is not enough server infrastructure provided >> free of charge for the deployment of all the infrastructure, what is the >> cost (monthly and annual) of paying for commercial servers with the >> necessary features?" (and consider the feasibility of a cash donation >> campaign). >> >> >> >> Best regards. > > I would say that regardless of the problems mentioned, the project is > doing well. Here are some moments that make us already have services that > are independent of the primary site: > > At the beginning of 2014 there were problems on the primary site - the > build of the packages was suspended. As an alternative to this situation, > the Preliminary Stable Builds repository was created. This repository is > completely independent of the primary server - in providing space and > especially in building packages. Although building is not fully automated > like QuickBuild, we are able to build packages and publish repositories > independently of the primary site. > > There was another important moment in the fall of 2015. We got as a > donation from vpsFree.org one virtual machine (VPS). This VPS first served > as a readonly mirror of GIT repositories (CGit web interface). > > Another important task for VPS was to create a primary redirector. With > optimizations and caches, this redirector helps significantly in releasing > new releases. At the same time, it resolved access to packages in case of > problems or outages on the primary site. > > Another important moment was summer 2018. We launched Trinity Gitea > Workspace (TGW) at the VPS. This service is also independent of the > primary site. And now it works as a prime location for all our developers. > I would say that thanks to TGW we have moved forward significantly over > the last three quarters of the year. > > Nowadays, there is another service on VPS that we will soon announce - a > translation management tool. > > As you can see, donating VPS from vpsFree.org has made a significant > contribution to us. It is possible that the intended structural changes > will require additional costs. However, we hope that we will be able to > get support at community or personal level, that there will be no need to > involve commercial entities. > > Cheers Thank you all, who make this possible. Following TGW I see how things are moving with lightspeed infront of my eyes (compared to bugzilla) and I admire this. I hope for the best of the project. regards --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-devel-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
