+
+== merge.d.o ==
+
+I'd like to use Ubuntu's merge-o-matic to generate diffs between Debian's
+source archive and the source archives of various other Debian-based distros
+(Knoppix, Freespire, Mepis, Sidux, gNewSense and so on). The result will be
+much like patches.ubuntu.com. merge-o-matic downloads source packages, unpacks
+them and generates diffs against unpacked pure debian source packages. As a
+result lots of disk space would be required since the whole Debian archive plus
+an unpacked version of it and the same for each derivative distribution is
+needed.
+
+Requirements:
+
+* a system with sufficient disk space (how much is that?)
+
+Proposers:
+
+* Paul Wise
+
+
+== source.debian.org ==
+
+Idea: A machine which has all sources extracted from orig.tar.gz + diff applied for all dists.
+
+Requirements:
+
+* a system with sufficient disk space (how much is that?)
+
+Proposers:
+
+* Noel Koethe
+
+== new ftp-master ==
+
+ftp-master's hardware is becoming old and warranty is running out (we keep extending it, but that's not for free either).
+
+We probably should look into getting a new machine somewhere in the US. Apart
+from recent CPUs, reasonable amount of ram (16-32g?) and the usual management
+fu primary requirement is reliable storage. We probably should look at some
+raid6, either internal or external for the master copy of the archive in the range
+of 2-4T (is that right, ftp folks?). Additionally some faster internal storage
+could be useful for the database part of the ftp archive (4 disks raid10?).
+
+== new backup.d.o ==
+
+bartok, the current backup.d.o, is getting old too, and there is not all that
+much spare space.
+
+We should be looking at replacing that eventually. A raid6 of big SATA disks
+would probably provide the required robustness and be cost-effective.
+
+
+= Historical =
+
+These proposals probably are no longer relevant:
+