Fwd: common-lisp.net Mailing List Services in Need of Migration

David Cooper <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:54:39 -0500
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From: David Cooper <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>, "pro-devel"<pro-devel=
@common-lisp.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:52:37 -0500
Subject: common-lisp.net Mailing List Services in Need of Migration
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Dear All,


The maintainers of common-lisp.net including these mailing lists are seekin=
g a volunteer or volunteers to help migrate these @common-lisp.net mailing =
lists from the legacy host (legacy.common-lisp.net) to a relatively new Het=
zner host that we have established (64GB RAM, 12 CPU threads, AMD Ryzen 5 3=
600 model 113, hosted at Hetzner's Helsinki-1 data center). With the increa=
sed capacity we are able to provide more self-contained services such as lo=
cal CI runners which can be made available to projects (the recent revival =
of http://gitlab.common-lisp.net/cl-docker-images/ =C2=A0is an example of a=
 project that can benefit from local runners as opposed to a far-flung netw=
ork of runner machines in someone's house or in a closet at MIT etc. which =
may or may not be maintained consistently over the years).=C2=A0

With help from a few individuals, notably Georgiy Tsukai, we have already m=
igrated most other common-lisp.net services, including gitlab.common-lisp.n=
et (that's been done almost a year now), as well as the common-lisp.net mai=
n website, the *.common-lisp.dev project sites, and others.=C2=A0

cliki.net migration is currently being worked on by Vladmir Sedach (it's ap=
parently affected by some recent issues with a Linux xml library, not conne=
cted with CL directly, but that clike was depending on, that Vladimir has t=
o update cliki to work around).=C2=A0


The major remaining task is to migrate mail services and update correspondi=
ng MX records so that incoming @common-lisp.net mail will land at the new s=
erver, to be handled for individuals by their ~/.forward (we still want to =
support that for folks with shell accounts on the host), as well as fanning=
 out to these mailing lists @common.lisp.net.=C2=A0=C2=A0



So if anyone with experience in such matters would be willing to spend a bi=
t of time & attention, maybe over the holidays, to look into our mail setup=
 and help with migration, that opportunity remains. When completed, this wi=
ll allow Erik Huelsmann finally to let go of the legacy host, which some ti=
me ago lost its ability to update the OS in-place (over the years, a hodgep=
odge of different OS versions got cobbled together on that host by a string=
 of different admins, to where it's no longer amenable to normal debian apt=
 update/upgrade). So it's become a burden on Erik to keep that machine runn=
ing at all.=C2=A0=C2=A0



The current common-lisp.net is running on a consistent fully updated Debian=
 GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) and, knock wood, remains update/upgradable including=
 its installed gitlab service stack, which we also keep updated every few w=
eeks.=C2=A0 Incidentally we are also running a jitsi instance on there at m=
eet.common-lisp.net, which any of you in the community is welcome to use fo=
r CL related online meetings.=C2=A0



Anyone interested in giving some attention to this mailing list setup, plea=
se advise. You can respond to this list, to me directly, or join IRC at lib=
era.chat #common-lisp.net channel. And in any case,=C2=A0 Happy Holidays an=
d Happy Common Lisping to all!=C2=A0



Thanks,


=C2=A0Dave Cooper





P.S. Genworks has been paying the Hetzner fees for the future host (booked =
as donations to the Common Lisp Foundation, about $40/month). And Erik H is=
 still paying from his own pocket (or his company's coffers) for the legacy=
 one, which is a VM slice of a bigger Hetzner host that he maintains (our n=
ew host is a physical machine, I believe). Anyway, at some point we do plan=
 to enable donations and offer sponsored links again, to decouple the futur=
e viability of common-lisp.net services from the ongoing enthusiasm and sol=
vency of any particular individual or entity (this will be done on principl=
e, and not because I personally do not plan and hope to keep Genworks solve=
nt and enthusiastic indefinitely into the future!).=C2=A0 Anyway just a hea=
ds up that such donation opportunities will be upcoming as well.
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d, 17 Dec 2025 09:52:37 -0500<br>Subject: common-lisp.net Mailing List Serv=
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>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>The maintainers of common-lisp.net incl=
uding these mailing lists are seeking a volunteer or volunteers to help mig=
rate these @common-lisp.net mailing lists from the legacy host (legacy.comm=
on-lisp.net) to a relatively new Hetzner host that we have established (64G=
B RAM, 12 CPU threads, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 model 113, hosted at Hetzner's Hels=
inki-1 data center). With the increased capacity we are able to provide mor=
e self-contained services such as local CI runners which can be made availa=
ble to projects (the recent revival of <a href=3D"http://gitlab.common-lisp=
.net/cl-docker-images/" target=3D"_blank">gitlab.common-lisp.net/cl-docker-=
images/</a>&nbsp;is an example of a project that can benefit from local run=
ners as opposed to a far-flung network of runner machines in someone's hous=
e or in a closet at MIT etc. which may or may not be maintained consistentl=
y over the years).&nbsp;<br><br>With help from a few individuals, notably G=
eorgiy Tsukai, we have already migrated most other common-lisp.net services=
, including gitlab.common-lisp.net (that's been done almost a year now), as=
 well as the common-lisp.net main website, the *.common-lisp.dev project si=
tes, and others.&nbsp;<br><br>cliki.net migration is currently being worked=
 on by Vladmir Sedach (it's apparently affected by some recent issues with =
a Linux xml library, not connected with CL directly, but that clike was dep=
ending on, that Vladimir has to update cliki to work around).&nbsp;</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>The major remaining task is to migrate mail services and =
update corresponding MX records so that incoming @common-lisp.net mail will=
 land at the new server, to be handled for individuals by their ~/.forward =
(we still want to support that for folks with shell accounts on the host), =
as well as fanning out to these mailing lists @common.lisp.net.&nbsp;&nbsp;=
<br></div><div><br></div><div>So if anyone with experience in such matters =
would be willing to spend a bit of time &amp; attention, maybe over the hol=
idays, to look into our mail setup and help with migration, that opportunit=
y remains. When completed, this will allow Erik Huelsmann finally to let go=
 of the legacy host, which some time ago lost its ability to update the OS =
in-place (over the years, a hodgepodge of different OS versions got cobbled=
 together on that host by a string of different admins, to where it's no lo=
nger amenable to normal debian apt update/upgrade). So it's become a burden=
 on Erik to keep that machine running at all.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></div><div><br=
></div><div>The current common-lisp.net is running on a consistent fully up=
dated Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) and, knock wood, remains update/upgradab=
le including its installed gitlab service stack, which we also keep updated=
 every few weeks.&nbsp; Incidentally we are also running a jitsi instance o=
n there at meet.common-lisp.net, which any of you in the community is welco=
me to use for CL related online meetings.&nbsp;<br></div><div><br></div><di=
v>Anyone interested in giving some attention to this mailing list setup, pl=
ease advise. You can respond to this list, to me directly, or join IRC at l=
ibera.chat #common-lisp.net channel. And in any case,&nbsp; Happy Holidays =
and Happy Common Lisping to all!&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><br>Thanks,</div><=
div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Dave Cooper<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div=
><div>P.S. Genworks has been paying the Hetzner fees for the future host (b=
ooked as donations to the Common Lisp Foundation, about $40/month). And Eri=
k H is still paying from his own pocket (or his company's coffers) for the =
legacy one, which is a VM slice of a bigger Hetzner host that he maintains =
(our new host is a physical machine, I believe). Anyway, at some point we d=
o plan to enable donations and offer sponsored links again, to decouple the=
 future viability of common-lisp.net services from the ongoing enthusiasm a=
nd solvency of any particular individual or entity (this will be done on pr=
inciple, and not because I personally do not plan and hope to keep Genworks=
 solvent and enthusiastic indefinitely into the future!).&nbsp; Anyway just=
 a heads up that such donation opportunities will be upcoming as well.<br><=
br><br><br><br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div></div><br></body></=
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