Re: [Guix-europe-sac] Shutting down qa.guix?

[Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>]

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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> writes:

> Am Sat, Dec 09, 2023 at 11:54:59AM +0100 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
>> I think this underlines a collective failure to get our act together.
>
> indeed, and besides what Simon mentioned about the bank situation I think
> there was a certain lack of consistency between deciding on the technical
> and on the financial questions. And of course the lack of urgency, since
> anyway things continued thanks to Chris... So thank you for all you have
> done, Chris, and thank you for taking action now to force us to get our act
> together! Indeed QA has become a central part of our project infrastructure.
>
> I suggest the following, which resolves the lockstep between technology and
> finance:
> - Decide that the funds at the FSF pay for the hosting in its current form.
>   Ideally move the billing to Guix Foundation, and then, as we use to do
>   for bayfront, periodically ask the FSF to reimburse the hosting cost.
>   I think we have an informal consensus for this, and just require a formal
>   vote at the Guix spending committee and at the Guix Foundation SAC.
> - Reimburse Chris for the costs incurred for hosting before this move.
>   As Simon has said, we have a vote for this already, but could also
>   start over with the exact amount once the first point is handled, so
>   that Chris does not pay for future hosting any more.
>
> Then in a separate step, other people can discuss about potential
> technical changes to the hosting situation. It would probably be good
> to have a small group of people, including Chris at least for a
> transitory period, who take care of the sysadmin part.
>
> Any thoughts on this proposal?

Sounds good to me.

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