Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Webapps infrastructure

[Eric Padman]

Hi all,

> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:37:30 -0500
> "Luis A. Guzman Garcia" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > El vie, 24-04-2009 a las 11:19 +0930, Karl Goetz escribió:
> > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:25:22 +0200
> > > Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Karl Goetz schreef:
> > > > > I'm putting out this call to ask for thoughts on what people
> > > > > would like to see replacing our current infrastructure. Any
> > > > > ideas are welcome, but appreciate there's a number of factors
> > > > > involved when things are discussed.
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to point out that Launchpad should be free in a few
> > > > months. I think that would get us the following:
> > > > 
> > > > Advantages:
> > > > - Gratis server space and management (at least for some stuff)
> > > > - Improved co-operation with upstream
> > > > - PPA for a community repository
> > > > - More attention and so more potential contributors from the huge
> > > > Ubuntu community
> > > > 
> > > > Disadvantages:
> > > > - We wouldn't have all our data on our own server
> > > > - Will it be free enough (ref. Franklin Street statement and
> > > > such)?
> > > > - There doesn't seem to be a tool to migrate from Pmwiki
> > > 
> > > On a purely personal level, I hate using hosted services, and if
> > > possible I'd rather we avoid them. (Not to say we cant consider
> > > them, but I'll be arguing against :))
> > > kk
> > > 
> > If LP gets free software then it would be possible to use it on the
> > gNewSense server, right? 
<snip>

Unfortunately it seems Launchpad is not going to be 100% free.[1] I
hadn't seen this mentioned on this list so I thought I would bring it to
your attention.

Canonical have chosen to keep Soyuz (Launchpad's build system, package
management, and archive publisher) and Codehosting (part of the
integration between Bazaar and Launchpad) closed.[2]

Mark Shuttleworth says although Soyuz won't be opened, "Launchpad will
include a tool that you can use with the Debian Archive Kit (DAK), so
you can represent your archives in Launchpad."[3]

1. https://dev.launchpad.net/OpenSourcing
2. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/how-we-are-open-sourcing-launchpad
3.
http://blog.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpod-15-launchpads-going-open-source#comment-25377

Cheers,
Eric (MentalNotes)

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