X-Git-Url: https://git.adam-barratt.org.uk/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=input%2Fhardware-wishlist.creole;h=6c62194d901d72523558799984ac056a5b4f2d0f;hb=99fc43a9bfe7b907feb2daf5c7eefc6baab3e7c9;hp=1caddda2f1d6c3176c86737a1e97c82b3973da1c;hpb=c3fdf6af580e64ab5c4e0546ddf31e56a6e776df;p=mirror%2Fdsa-wiki.git diff --git a/input/hardware-wishlist.creole b/input/hardware-wishlist.creole index 1caddda..6c62194 100644 --- a/input/hardware-wishlist.creole +++ b/input/hardware-wishlist.creole @@ -1,28 +1,5 @@ = Hardware Wishlist = -== snapshot.debian.org == - -Currently snapshot.debian.net is operated by a single individual on their -hardware at home. It is a service archiving old binary and source packages. -Access to old packages, which have in the meantime been deleted from the -regular debian archive, allows Developers and Users to debug upgrade problems, -to check when regressions were introduced, to check if old packages had been -miscompiled, to downgrade to older versions while bugs are being fixed etc. - -Requirements: - -* Two systems with sufficient storage, hosted somewhere not in the US (so we - can import old non-US into it). -* Storage should be at least on the order of 8T (currently snapshot.d.n is - using about 4T), and easily expandable -* remote management stuff - -Proposers: - -* Joerg Jaspert/ftpteam -* Peter Palfrader - - == data.d.o == A service by ftpmaster to host larger arch-all packages for datasets like @@ -37,26 +14,6 @@ Proposers: -== 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. @@ -145,19 +102,6 @@ domain at ubc/ece once the blade there is fixed. And we can probably move incoming MX to a blade instance in darmstadt and another one at the same place as new bugs-master will be if the bugs folks still want that. -== 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. - -Status (2010-05-20): - -A Thomas Krenn machine has be bought last year and is now running as -beethoven.debian.org. - == 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).