Hi Quim,
Thanks for keeping me updated.
OpenGeoServer.org is currently running on a small rented 100 Euro/Month server and with funds from Wikimedia Germany running out it would be a pity to shut the service down, because no CPU cycles & disk storage can be found within the vast Wikimedia Foundation infrastructure.
cu andreas
2013/11/7 Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org:
On 11/06/2013 03:03 AM, Andreas Trawoeger wrote:
Hi Sumana!
I'm the guy working at opengeoserver.org mentioned in [0].
Hi Andreas, I'm the guy tryng to cover Sumana's responsibilities while she is on a Sabbatical.
I don't have anything to add to the comments made here and at the related bug report, but I didn't want to leave the impression that nobody in Sumana's end was listening. :)
Like others have said, I believe the best approach now (and always) is regular and transparent communication and documentation of ongoing / pending tasks. This way contributors like you know what is going on and perhaps are able to help.
-- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
Maps-l mailing list Maps-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l
On 11/11/2013 04:17 AM, Andreas Trawoeger wrote:
Hi Quim,
Thanks for keeping me updated.
OpenGeoServer.org is currently running on a small rented 100 Euro/Month server and with funds from Wikimedia Germany running out it would be a pity to shut the service down, because no CPU cycles & disk storage can be found within the vast Wikimedia Foundation infrastructure.
What is stopping you from migrating the service to Wikimedia Labs - https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/ ?
Sorry if you have replied to this question before. In that case, just point to the URL. Thank you!
Hi Quim,
From a technical viewpoint Wikimedia Labs has the perfect
infrastructure and it would be pretty straightforward to move OpenGeoServer.org to Wikimedia Labs.
What is complicating things is that the last time I checked Wikimedia Labs has / had the policy only to host test & development server and any live service should use the Wikimedia Foundation production environment.
Which leaves already running Wikipedia related OSM & Web Map Service with no clear path forward until the new Wikimedia Foundation web mapping infrastructure has emerged.
cu andreas
2013/11/11 Quim Gil qgil@wikimedia.org:
On 11/11/2013 04:17 AM, Andreas Trawoeger wrote:
Hi Quim,
Thanks for keeping me updated.
OpenGeoServer.org is currently running on a small rented 100 Euro/Month server and with funds from Wikimedia Germany running out it would be a pity to shut the service down, because no CPU cycles & disk storage can be found within the vast Wikimedia Foundation infrastructure.
What is stopping you from migrating the service to Wikimedia Labs - https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/ ?
Sorry if you have replied to this question before. In that case, just point to the URL. Thank you!
-- Quim Gil Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
Maps-l mailing list Maps-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l
On 11/12/2013 03:00 AM, Andreas Trawoeger wrote:
Hi Quim,
From a technical viewpoint Wikimedia Labs has the perfect infrastructure and it would be pretty straightforward to move OpenGeoServer.org to Wikimedia Labs.
What is complicating things is that the last time I checked Wikimedia Labs has / had the policy only to host test & development server and any live service should use the Wikimedia Foundation production environment.
Which leaves already running Wikipedia related OSM & Web Map Service with no clear path forward until the new Wikimedia Foundation web mapping infrastructure has emerged.
Understood, thank you.
This leaves us with three possibilities (that I can see, maybe there are more):
* Wait and hope that the mapping infrustructure in Wikimedia production server is ready for you soon. https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33980 seems to be the best place to follow, ask and help.
* Agree with Wikimedia Germany or Wikimedia Foundation an exceptional extension of the current funding until the new mapping infrastructure is ready to receive opengeoserver.org.
* Use Wikimedia Labs as a stepping stone to avoid your current hard deadline or budget negotiations to extend it, without depending so heavily on the current work on the new mapping infrastructure.
Does this picture reflect the alternatives? What do you think is the best option?