Re: [mlmmj] server switch over

On 2021-01-25 at 23:08+0100 Geert Stappers wrote:
> IIRC has the other choice the status "asking, I be back"

I’ve asked Mythic Beasts and this was their reply:

>> Yes, we'd be happy to support mlmmj in return for a short
>> acknowledgement, e.g. in the page footer as on the valgrind
>> site. Decent open source mailing lists software is something
>> we get a lot of benefit from, so we're keen to support
>> projects in this field. We can certainly do the same as we do
>> for valgrind, which is to throw free bandwidth on top of a
>> standard paid virtual server, but it sounds like that might
>> not be all that helpful if you anticipate it being a low
>> bandwidth. As an alternative, we'd do a 50% discount on a
>> server up to a VPS 4, or a 25% discount on a bigger VPS.

I’m not sure how useful that is. If you think this is worth
pursuing, I could ask them whether they would be willing to
apply the discount to my current VPS2, in which case if it’s big
enough I could host mlmmj for nothing and pay for the domain
renewals too. It’s possible that the mlmmj requirements are
small enough that I could just add it to the domains on my VPS,
though that wouldn’t pay for the domain.

  — Jón

> 
> 
> The reason for server switch over is being able to update the website.
> 
> Previous requests on website update went unanswered. It is still fine is
> someone says "Oh, I can update http://mlmmj.org/"
> 
> 
> Plan for server switch over
> 
> * Mads Martin  says something like "Yes, those who have DNS of mlmmj.org
>   are with us for this transfer"
> * Now it makes sense for going further
> * We have a Virtual Private Server
> * We prepare that VPS
> ** Webserver
> ** website content
> ** Mailserver
> ** mlmmj
> * Some checks
> * Go / no go  decission
> * Happy flow continues
> * DNS update
> * DNS cache delay
> * We are switched over
> * Happy ever after with those who care about mlmmj
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Geert Stappers
> -- 
> Silence is hard to parse
> 
> 

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