Michael Crute <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:49 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[email protected]> wrote: > > As mentioned, I've been working on a proposal text for the cloud > > idea. Here's a first draft. Please have a look and let me know > > whether I've missed any important facts. Thanks.
If “the cloud” in this proposal means “some single organisation or individual”, I don't think the situation is thereby improved much. > What about a set of volunteer mirrors of PyPi similar to the way CPAN > and Linux distributions handle this problem. pypi.python.org? That > approach eliminates any cost for the PSF and might ultimately result > in better reliability. +1. A distributed system of mirrors administrated by disparate organisations and/or individuals also greatly reduces the reliance on any individual or organisation, helping reduce the inherent risks of both conflict of interest and single-point-of-failure. -- \ “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action, according to our | `\ will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of | _o__) others.” —Thomas Jefferson | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
