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

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Kevin Ottens <ervin at kde.org> 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.
> --
> Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

Short, sweet, and more important: clearer.

Valorie
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