On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:08:01PM +0100, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu Mar 21, 2013 at 14:38:03 +0100, olivier sallou wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to know how would this proposal be managed by potential > > student. > > Student will need a cloud access for experiments, and this > > is unfortunately not free. > > Amazon provide a free (mini) instance but storage capacity of this > > small instance may be too limited for such experiments and setup. > > Does it include automatic image generation scripts (from a Debian > > desktop/server and not cloning an image) or "just" connecting to an > > Amazon instance, add some scripting and save as new image ? > > First solution would be a perfect solution (for me and others), but is > > more complex, expecially with amazon. > > If additional co-mentors are required for the project, I can help (if > > any student proposal is valid...). > > A Debian GSoC project proposal, that needs 'non-free' and 'non free' > services to work are a very bad idea in my opinion. > > Debian Social contract says at §4: > 'Our priorities are our users and free software' Without my GSoC hat on: Please also note section 5: Works that do not meet our free software standards > > I hearby ask the Debian GSoC Coordination team to reject project > applications, that need Amazon's (or any other commercial or non-free) > cloud service to function properly. Some other services have a compatable API: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStack#Amazon_Web_Services_compatibility > > Cheers, > Martin While I don't disagree non-free services aren't great, or even something we should spend student-time on, I won't make such a decision [yet]. I mean, we do already use AWS time to do rebuilds for FTBFS testing. I'd argue that's a good use of time, and results in a better Debian. To your request: I'll talk with the other SoC admins and see what the collective decision is. > -- > Martin Zobel-Helas <zobel@debian.org> Debian System Administrator > Debian & GNU/Linux Developer Debian Listmaster > http://about.me/zobel Debian Webmaster > GPG Fingerprint: 6B18 5642 8E41 EC89 3D5D BDBB 53B1 AC6D B11B 627B > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cloud-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: [🔎] 20130321210801.GW31917@ftbfs.de">http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 20130321210801.GW31917@ftbfs.de > -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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