Le decadi 30 messidor, an CCXXIII, compn a écrit : > I also trust JB. > > But I remember the libav fork and some vlc devels/admins during that > time. > > http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2011-January/106458.html > > i think vlc would be a good host as long as JB is there.
Sorry for not helping in this issue, but I have a few side projects that really need to show progress before summer's end. Regarding the trust issue for accepting hosting: To avoid the project's servers from being hijacked by a rogue operator, I believe the three following conditions are enough: C1. control of the DNS domain; C2. a working efficient deployment procedure; C3. up-to-date backups of the data (including the deployment procedure, but the volatile data is the most important) kept by trusted people. If a project has that, then it can undermine any rogue operator's doings by migrating the server to a new hosting in a few hours. And of course, a project should have that even if it does not fear rogue operators. As far as I understand, FFmpeg is lacking C2, and possibly C3, because the admins never got on to it; I definitely can not blame people for procrastinating. And I read in this thread that the current hosting crisis is motivating them to actually do it. Therefore, I believe the trust issue, the fear of rogue operators, should not be the main guide of the choice. Regarding OVH: About a year ago, a group of people I belong to lost their hosting brutally and decided to switch to a commercial dedicated server. The discussion went between OVH and Online, the two major French host providers. Online was finally chosen, because a few members had a better experience with it, but I do not remember the specifics. Personally, I consider JB's offer to be very interesting, even if JB were to leave. After all, it would only cause a problem if he were to leave abruptly AND if his replacement were untrustworthy AND if an attempt at hijacking happened soon after. I do not believe that anyone would want to hijack FFmpeg badly enough to infiltrate VLC and then assassinate JB. I also consider sponsors offers "we pay a dedicated server but the contract is in your name" to be very good: if the sponsor stops, we have until the end of the payed term to find new hosting. Why not accept both offers?: VLC for the main hosting, and a commercial dedicated payed by a sponsor as a secondary, kept in sync and ready to take over if the VLC hosting fails. The secondary does not need to be as powerful as the primary, making it easier to find sponsors. Well, since I am not actually helping in the work, this is a bunch of yakafokon¹, I hope some of it was useful. Regards, -- Nicolas George 1 : yakafokon = "'y a qu'à, 'faut qu'on" = "there's only to, we must" in French.
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