Re: salsa.debian.org maintenance (GitLab 11.1.4 upgrade, external storage migration)
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 01:46:00PM +0000, Ulrike Uhlig wrote:
> Consent
> -------
>
> I feel like we're currently balancing on a thin cobweb of fait accompli.
> Are such decisions team internal or do they require the consent of the
> project?
There is no notion of a project consent in Debian, apart from a GR.
> How does this entire issue relate to the GDPR?
It does not, as this information does not contain personal data.
> How does this relate to our Social Contract?
>
> - 4. "Our priorities are our users and free software". This is very
> vague but one could argue that this paragraph is not entirely
> respected.
It is. We try to provide our users the best service we can.
> Data
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>
> Google Cloud storage is tightly linked to their AI & big data analytics
> features which I personally find highly questionable.
Please explain. Google Cloud storage is just a large disk. The
analytics stuff can access the data if it got the authorization to
access it.
> As this
> intelligent cute monster feeds on data and metadata, it's part of its
> ecosystem to provide free services in order to get more free food.
> (Mentioning this because Marco d'Itri was raising the issue of having to
> pay for storage.)
Google Cloud storage is no free service. We certainly pay for it; with
Google's money, but still.
> To end with, I believe that a self-hosted solution would address all of
> these issues.
This is nice, but incorrect.
Regards,
Bastian
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