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  • From: Jon Phillips <jon AT fabricatorz.com>
  • To: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
  • Cc: Reid Priedhorsky <reid AT reidster.net>, Erik Moeller <erik AT wikimedia.org>, acawiki-general AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [acawiki-general] AcaWiki status/followup
  • Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 16:48:01 -0400

I will. Im in transit and done with my conference that swallowed me most of may so far: HTTP://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2011

jon AT fabricatorz.com
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On May 17, 2011 12:48 PM, "Mike Linksvayer" <ml AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Reid Priedhorsky <reid AT reidster.net>wrote:
>
>> * Regarding staying on CC hosting indefinitely until WMF is ready to accept
>> us: I'm still worried about the quality of this hosting. While I definitely
>> appreciate the quick action on the two problems I identified (SMW version
>> and clock error), these are not the kinds of problems that we should be
>> relying on end users to find and report. Rather, this stuff should be simply
>> taken care of by the host. The fact that it's not makes me worry about what
>> other, less obvious, hosting problems may exist.
>>
>> Similarly, based on discussions with Mako Hill and on these mailing lists,
>> my impression was that SMW hosting is not a service that CC usually does;
>> rather, it's a courtesy extended because AcaWiki needed a host and there
>> wasn't an obvious better option at the time. Therefore, the level of staff
>> attention would be lower and there would be less experience available. Also
>> based on the same sources, my impression was that CC would prefer us to move
>> hosting elsewhere.
>>
>
> CC isn't interested in long term providing hosting to other projects period
> (SMW or not). It does use SMW extensively on its own wiki and as such is
> committed to fixing SMW/MW issues quickly as they arise.
>
> That's just a point of information. On whether it makes sense to do interim
> hosting at a dedicated hosting service, I have no opinion.
>
> Jon Phillips should probably follow up on all of the items you raise.
>
> Mike



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