From alexm at alexm.org Fri Nov 13 21:56:17 2015 From: alexm at alexm.org (Alex Muntada) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:56:17 +0100 Subject: [Act-dev] a few ideas for legacy Act In-Reply-To: <20150922182418.GB2034@xps> References: <20150922182418.GB2034@xps> Message-ID: <20151113205617.GA7846@xps> Alex Muntada: > While there's people already taking care of future Act, I'm also > worried by legacy Act, both old, recent and current instances. > I just read in patch -p3 that we inscreased the bus factor to 2 > people, which is great. I'm offering my help if you need it too. > > That being addressed, my next worry is having a backup or slave > server. I think that this was also discussed in -p3 but I don't > know the details. I can offer a VM in my department premises in > www.ac.upc.edu for free. I read on IRC that dcbpw2016 will be hosted on eventbrite and that they changed all dcbpw.org DNS records so their old Act instances don't work anymore. It seems that Act server was down for both days of the workshop, so they decided to get rid of Act altogether. Though I understand their decision, this is really sad and now I'm wondering if there's any interest in keeping legacy Act alive. I'm willing to take care of this, but I need some help (I have restricted access to the server and no access to the database). If you are interested in working together to keep legacy Act alive, please let me know. Thanks, Alex From philippe.bruhat at free.fr Sat Nov 14 00:16:45 2015 From: philippe.bruhat at free.fr (Philippe Bruhat (BooK)) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:16:45 +0100 Subject: [Act-dev] a few ideas for legacy Act In-Reply-To: <20151113205617.GA7846@xps> References: <20150922182418.GB2034@xps> <20151113205617.GA7846@xps> Message-ID: <20151113231645.GB2344@zok> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 09:56:17PM +0100, Alex Muntada wrote: > Alex Muntada: > > > While there's people already taking care of future Act, I'm also > > worried by legacy Act, both old, recent and current instances. > > I just read in patch -p3 that we inscreased the bus factor to 2 > > people, which is great. I'm offering my help if you need it too. > > > > That being addressed, my next worry is having a backup or slave > > server. I think that this was also discussed in -p3 but I don't > > know the details. I can offer a VM in my department premises in > > www.ac.upc.edu for free. > > I read on IRC that dcbpw2016 will be hosted on eventbrite and > that they changed all dcbpw.org DNS records so their old Act > instances don't work anymore. It seems that Act server was down > for both days of the workshop, so they decided to get rid of > Act altogether. I saw that too. > Though I understand their decision, this is really sad and now > I'm wondering if there's any interest in keeping legacy Act > alive. What do you mean by "keeping legacy Act alive"? Old conference exist as long as they're configured in the server/database. > I'm willing to take care of this, but I need some help (I have > restricted access to the server and no access to the database). > If you are interested in working together to keep legacy Act > alive, please let me know. For the old dcbpw conferences, the trick would simply be to change the main URL in the web site, e.g. to use act.yapc.eu or another. I'm interested in keeping Act alive, Theo is working on improving the existing code, I was interested in writing my own better version of Act, but I forgot to check my tuit supply... -- Philippe Bruhat (BooK) History is made by the winners and written by those with the loudest voices. (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #10 (Epic)) From alexm at alexm.org Sat Nov 14 12:05:15 2015 From: alexm at alexm.org (Alex Muntada) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 12:05:15 +0100 Subject: [Act-dev] a few ideas for legacy Act In-Reply-To: <20151113231645.GB2344@zok> References: <20150922182418.GB2034@xps> <20151113205617.GA7846@xps> <20151113231645.GB2344@zok> Message-ID: <20151114110515.GA10555@xps> Philippe Bruhat (BooK): > > Though I understand their decision, this is really sad and now > > I'm wondering if there's any interest in keeping legacy Act > > alive. > > What do you mean by "keeping legacy Act alive"? Old conference > exist as long as they're configured in the server/database. I heard some people saying that they don't care if the old instances cease to exist, specially if they they slow down progress in future Act. > For the old dcbpw conferences, the trick would simply be to change > the main URL in the web site, e.g. to use act.yapc.eu or another. Removing current redirections to dcbpw.org should be enough to have those instances working again under act.yapc.eu. > I'm interested in keeping Act alive, That's excellent news. So far it seemed to me that nobody was interested in the old Act. Thus, tell me how can I help you better and I will adjust. For instance, what would be the first thing that you would like to see improved in current Act setup? > Theo is working on improving the existing code, I was > interested in writing my own better version of Act AFAICR from Theo's lightning talk in Granada, he's going to build a new Act from scratch using a REST API instead of improving existing code. Theo, please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm in for improving the existing code, even if it only will be used for old instances. Thanks! Alex