[Incubator] Request for comments: Infrastructure migration assessment

[Cameron Shorter]

Thanks Jo and Tyler,
I feel you have summarised the situation well and hence only have minor 
comments.

I think we should specify a criteria for selecting tools.
* The tool should not cause vendor lock in.
* If a project were to leave OSGeo, then they should be able to set up 
and use all the tools without a license cost.
Ie. Ideally, the tools should be open source, but a "Free for Open 
Source" licence is acceptable.
* Tools that use Open Standards will be used where possible.

Jo Walsh wrote:
> dear Incubators,
> 
> Attached is an document that I helped Tyler produce, assessing OSGeo
> projects' infrastructure needs and what components will need to move
> in order to effect migration off the CollabNet platform into an
> environment which OSGeo can self-manage.
> 
> What is at question here: 
> * What components projects need - are there pieces missing?
> * Are projects interested in buying into a "complete picture" or
>   simply want some OSGeo-managed components (LDAP, DNS, or CMS but not
>   code repository management?)
> 
> The biggest constraint is the MapGuide project infrastructure; when
> the CN contract ends on Jan 1st, MapGuide needs to have something in
> place that will provide at least the same services (SVN, mailing
> lists, web presence) with an SLA. 
> 
> What needs to be figured out by the end of the month:
> * Setup costs (this is probably too important to leave to volunteer
>   energy)
> * Maintenance costs (at least for critical services there needs to be
>   a support SLA)
> * Timescale - what the critical path is.
> 
> I know that a lot of people are insanely busy with F0SS4G this week. 
> It's important to get clarity on what projects' concerns and
> requirements are ASAP, though. Even work on putting this plan together
> and working up a prototype web UI has been stalling because neither
> Tyler or I have had the time to commit; it's getting to the point
> where this can't stall for much longer. 
> 
> I pasted the commentary Markus offered on the board list into
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Talk:Project_Infrastructure_Migration
> and would suggest this is a good place to offer more feedback.
> 
> The alternative to pursuing this plan is 
> * projects continue to run and maintain their own infrastructure
> * the foundation still needs to support CMS, mail, wiki for
>   collaboration and education/publishing needs and this needs an SLA
> * MapGuide takes out its own contract to rebuild its infrastructure
> 
> And i wonder how PSCs and committee chairs would feel about that.
> 
> There's been so much talk about this; reserve over whether it's the
> foundation's place to start reimplementing CollabNet. I don't really
> see the instantiation of trac+svn, mailing lists and a simple drupal
> or plone portal as being that big a deal, and that's already more than
> the CN platform provides.
> 
> cheers,
> 
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> jo
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Cameron Shorter
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