[Labs-l] Dumps project storage

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Ryan Lane, 21/05/2013 19:41:
> Hydriz told me in the past that the dumps project is just uploading the
> dumps to archive.org <http://archive.org>. I'm confused as to why it's
> necessary to write them anywhere at all. They are accessible directly at
> /public/data. Can they not be directly uploaded from that location?
>
> Is dumps being used for an additional purpose?

Yes, closely related to those, for instance Commons media (not 
progressing much lately). https://archive.org/details/wikimediacommons
Anyway, if it's a big deal we can just use my home PC as usual.

Nemo