[kde-community] Discussion: KDE Manifesto, "web services"

[Carl Symons]

On Sunday, November 10, 2013 19:12 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> Hello community,
> 
> In the principles section of the manifesto, we have the following point:
> "Projects that choose not to host their web services on KDE infrastructure
> need to provide administrative access to the KDE sysadmin team; or, if such
> access cannot be granted, a regular backup of all the code and data used by
> the web services should be provided to the KDE sysadmins (except if the
> service is not an integral part of the project's workflow, community
> interactions and public image) to ensure continued availability"
> 
> Don't know how you feel about that one, but it sticks out like a sore thumb
> when you look at the other points in the manifesto. All the other points are
> short and to the point... but that one is just monstrous. :-)
> 
> It's kind of the pandora box though. The idea is basically we want to ensure
> the continuity of online services outside of our infrastructure. I'm
> looking for alternative wording for that one.
> 
> I'd be tempted to go with:
> "Projects that do not use KDE infrastructure for their online services must
> work with the KDE sysadmin team on an agreement to ensure continuity."
> 
> Opinions?
> 
> Regards.

Yes.