Re: [ML] Hosting of gnustep.org

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> Am 19.01.2021 um 18:57 schrieb lars.sonchocky-helldorf@hamburg.de:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
>> Am 19.01.2021 um 17:40 schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>:
>> 
>> The simplest solution is to turn off the GNUstep Software Index.  That's 
>> the zero-effort solution.  There are then two alternatives:
>> 
>> 
>> The other possible solution is that we simply store the software index 
>> someplace else.  Like on heroku or another place which can accommodate it. 
>> 
> 
> just make
> 
> http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/
> 
> a redirect to
> 
> https://softwareindex.gnustep.org/
> 
> and host it on a dedicated host/webspace.

Yes, that would be good.

But as far as I understand github.io (which seems to be the preferred approach) 
does not allow to redirect subpaths to somewhere else. You would have to 
install some .htaccess file with a redirect rule and doing that is likely 
blocked.

So my approach is to move everything to a dedicated host/webspace with more 
control than github.io.

> 
> An additional benefit of a dedicated host/webspace would be, that if this 
> gets broken in / corrupted, the main site will be unaffected.

Well, is this a benefit? At the moment everything (except the database) is 
hosted on the same machine. So it can not even break independently...

> 
> 
> Also, I think we should switch to HTTPS, which should be a no-brainer in 
> times of https://letsencrypt.org but this is a completely different story …

Yes, indeed.

BR,
Nikolaus