[haiku-development] Re: How do we proceed with the dedicated server? [was: Re: Re: Expressing the purpose of a development mailinglist]

  • From: Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:45:54 +0200

Hi OLliver,

2009/8/13 Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On 2009-08-13 at 15:39:26 [+0200], Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:04, Jorge G. Mare (aka
>> Koki)<koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > A choice has to be made on the service
>> > provider and Haiku Inc. has to fork out the money for this to happen,
>> > and I am not sure what the process is to make this happen.
>>
>> I'm hoping to put together some sorts of a yearly-expected budget,
>> that can be displayed publicly somewhere, somehow.  But I'm
>> indifferent as to whether or not that should hold up the upgrade.
>>
>> My reasons for this is simply the expected costs increase from WF to
>> the dedicated service..  roughly $300USD to $900USD -- excluding setup
>> fees.
>
> So how shall we proceed with the dedicated server proposal?

If the Haiku Inc. board approves of the transaction, I say we can go for it.

> I'd be all set for going ahead with the order (excluding domain transfers, in
> order to not interfere with the alpha release) and starting the basic setup
> once the server is available.

Good.

> I would guess that we need a couple of weeks to ensure that all the different
> services (and backup schemes ;-) work as expected, especially since several
> people that have volunteered to help me with configuring the web services
> will be busy with the alpha release, too (and I think the latter should be
> our focus).

Yes, there is an overlap. However, I have time to at least preconfigure my VM.

> When everything is working, we can finally transfer the domain, which I think
> should then belong to haiku inc. instead of an individual (the current owner
> is Tyler Akidau).

Good plan.

Kind regards,

N.

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