Thanks to all the 4clojure maintainers and contributors, and special thanks to you, Alan for keeping the lights on for so long.
4clojure helped me as I muddled through learning Clojure almost eight years ago (good grief, eight years!). At the time it was perhaps the only beginner-accessible _and fun!_ way to get introduced to the language. Being able to see other peoples solutions was a huge part of the learning process --- exposure to other peoples' ideas and thought process is so precious. It's been a great run. I feel happy-sad but also hopeful that, like great art, it finds a new life in a new way. Live long and prosper \\//_ On Monday, July 5, 2021 at 1:56:05 AM UTC+5:30 Alan Malloy wrote: > TL;DR: Turning off 4clojure.com by the end of July 2021 > > Hello, 4clojure problem solvers. You've probably noticed SSL errors on > 4clojure.com over the last week. The old decrepit system 4clojure runs on > has finally gotten out of date enough that I can't even figure out how to > get it recent enough that SSL certs will auto-renew anymore. > > In principle I could start from scratch on a new server and move 4clojure > over, but I won't. 4clojure has been piggybacking along on a server that I > use for personal reasons, and over the years I have less and less reason to > keep paying for that server - it's now pretty much just 4clojure costing me > an embarrassing amount of money every month because I haven't wanted to > disappoint the community by shutting it down. This SSL thing is just what > made me finally pull the trigger. > > I don't have a specific EOL date in mind, but sometime near the end of the > month, since that's the billing cycle. Until that time, 4clojure still > works, as long as you don't mind clicking through the security warnings - > it really is still me hosting the site, and since the connection is still > HTTPS (albeit with an invalid cert) I think that means your data is still > safe. If you have solutions to problems you're proud of, you've still got > some time to print them out and put them up on your refrigerator. > > I'm not seeking new maintainers. I'd feel uncomfortable handing over a > database with so many email addresses and password hashes in it to anyone. > The service has had a good run - just over a decade since the first > release > <https://github.com/4clojure/4clojure/commit/ff457d0b3b5f5e5a74316a1747809c25b84b3b5e>. > > I hope you enjoyed it during that time. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clojure/79ae9a04-adab-4fdd-8ca1-2c7a81867139n%40googlegroups.com.
