On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 10:58:36PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11348 March 1977, Christoph Haas wrote: > > > As soon as that part is done I would like to consider moving the service > > to an official Debian machine. I've been sponsoring hardware for > > mentors.debian.net for the last years. In my opinion the mentors server > > has become an established resource and is used a lot. So I wondered what > > has to be done to get it into debian.org hardware. I'd still be willing > > to maintain it of course. > > One problem with hosting it on a debian.org machine is that this might > include software not checked by an ftpmaster/assistant, which might very > well be undistributable by Debian. Which is a *BAD* thing to do on a > debian host. IMO not very likely to get on such a host.
The focus of mentors.debian.net is to host source packages that are supposed to be sponsored. So it's not some weird multiverse non-free binary warez repository or something. That doesn't ensure that some packages being uploaded can't be redistributed of course. But the same might happen with packages uploaded to ftp-master to be checked by the FTP team. > Are you hardcoded to your solution? I wouldn't have a problem if we go > and merge this into dak.ganneff.de Honestly dak scares me a lot. I tried to get it running with the few bits of information I could find quite some time ago. I deeply believe that it's a great repository management software and way more sophisticated than what mentors.debian.net delivers. And as much as I hate to avoid double-work I think in this case there are different goals. dak is rather the industry-grade hardware package backend for Debian. While the "new generation" mentors.debian.net is more focusing on the web and social interaction. Besides it's doing QA tasks that I didn't see in dak. I just don't think this is where dak is heading. If I think of REVU and PPAs... that's not dak-like at all. And have I mentioned that dak scares me? :) > *Of* course that would work with dak as the background software > then... Depending on the extras mentors might need it should be doable > by additions to the dak code. I may need a glass of Chiraz and the "use the source, Luke" method. But I'm not really convinced that dak is what I want for this purpose. Cheers Christoph P.S.: I do not endorse the abuse of drugs while coding! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.workaround.org JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg key: 79CC6586 fingerprint: 9B26F48E6F2B0A3F7E33E6B7095E77C579CC6586 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]