On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It just needs to be cleared by legal/board. > While hosting non-OSS plugins is probably out, > I don't see why we can't host OSS ones here > especially if we don't change the dns from > openoffice.org to apache.org. > > We already host modules.apache.org which provides > a similar service for httpd modules. One essential > implementation difference is that the downloads aren't > served by us, we just point users at the offsite > sources and only host metadata. Technically that's > probably what I'd like to see happen to the ooo > extensions site as well before bringing it in house. >
We had talked on another thread about a longer-term approach where we would host a registry of externally-hosted extensions. That kind of solutions has a lot of attractive qualities. Do you know anything about the http modules registry, e.g., where the code is? That might be something we could use to jump-start an extensions registry. It has the basics. > > > >>________________________________ >>From: Rob Weir <apa...@robweir.com> >>To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org >>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:45 PM >>Subject: Re: [www] Any Drupal guru's lurking? ( was : Ext / Temp repository >>stability ( was Extensions and templates site down )) >> >>On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: >>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 14:49 -0400, drew wrote: >>>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 11:42 -0700, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>> > On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:39 AM, drew wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 11:18 -0700, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>> > >> On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:06 AM, drew wrote: >>>> > >> >>>> > >>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 13:37 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: >>>> > >>>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: >>>> > > <big snip> >>>> > > >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> Just hit the templates site and it's back, I would rather we ask the >>>> > >>> current admin about what, if any, maintenance is needing done on the >>>> > >>> site, and then we should offer, if it would help, to try and find >>>> > >>> some >>>> > >>> volunteer help to get that done, asap. >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Here is what an OSUOSL admin said in July when this happened last: >>>> > >> >>>> > >>> Looks like varnish died on the machine and I just kicked it. The >>>> > >>> site(s) >>>> > >>> should be back online now. >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> The sites have been in an unstable state for quite a while mostly >>>> > >>> because neither we (OSL) nor Sun/Oracle had time to fix the >>>> > >>> performance >>>> > >>> issues both of the sites entails. Couple that with the fact that the >>>> > >>> machines they power those sites are very underpower considering the >>>> > >>> load >>>> > >>> they take. It's gotten so bad that we've turned off notifications >>>> > >>> because they just go off all the time. >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> What really needs to happen is to have the sites completely >>>> > >>> re-architected from the ground up with scaling in mind. At least one >>>> > >>> of >>>> > >>> the sites is a stock Drupal 5.0 with a very hacked core. I know some >>>> > >>> Sun/Oracle engineers had been working on fixing that into a Drupal 6 >>>> > >>> module but I'm not sure where that left off. >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> Anyways, If you would like some more help with how these sites can be >>>> > >>> fixed moving forward, please let me know. But we are strectched thin >>>> > >>> for >>>> > >>> resources. >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> Thanks- >>>> > >> >>>> > >> The offer is there. I'll give anyone the admin's email and off the >>>> > >> list if you want to contact him. >>>> > >> >>>> > > Howdy Dave >>>> > > >>>> > > Well I'll not be much technical help with Drupal, however I can start >>>> > > by >>>> > > posting an email to the Apache infra ML and see if maybe there is >>>> > > someone skilled in the art willing to work with our current admin and >>>> > > the osu admin. I'll do that in a little bit here, if no one minds. >>>> > >>>> > Ideally someone here on the ML would be a Drupal guru. >>>> >>>> I'll send this one then - and if needed the other after a day or so..;-) >>> >>> Alright - well just tried to hit the extension site (from the OO.o front >>> page) 6 times, 5 'connection reset', 1 time success - then clicked on >>> templates and 'connection reset' >>> >>> No hands up here yet that I've seen. >>> >>> People do want to have this site up, yes? >>> >>> So - I said I'd not be much help, that isn't the same as no help. >>> >>> I assume all the drupal setup is under version control, or is it just >>> the custom changes (with any schema changes) - either way I can setup a >>> VM here and see about tackling an update from 5 to 6 (not 7???) >>> >> >>What are you trying to accomplish? >> >>I thought the fact that the extensions site was hosting software >>downloads that were not all under the Apache 2.0 license, and in some >>cases were not even OSS, made it impossible for us to be hosting the >>site on Apache servers. >> >> >>> _while_ >>> >>> Sending an email to the apache infra ml looking for additional help. >>> >>> OK >>> >>> //drew >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> //drew >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>
