[SAC] Direction, budgeting, and resources

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Dec 2 15:51:26 EST 2008


Martin Spott wrote:
>From my point of view we don't have "LDAP problems". We have an Apache
> configuration on 'osgeo1' which seems a bit 'inconsistent' to me, which
> makes debugging Trac-LDAP authentication stuff much more complicated
> than it should be and somehow there's nobody who feels responsible
> either to a) make it more consistent or b) grant others the 'clearance'
> to move Apache config stuff around. In fact, nobody really dares to
> touch the Apache config ....  but this is not an LDAP issue - the LDAP
> service works perfectly if configured appropriately.

Martin,

I'll leave the above to Howard - I certainly don't feel safe doing
anything non-trivial to the apache configuration.  I would like to
see this resolved (even though I don't really understand the issues).

> I have to admit that I feel a bit unsatisfied about this - nevertheless
> I have not forgotten that I had been the one who promised to take care
> for the "LDAP issues" ....  I just didn't realize how involved this
> attempt would turn out to be.
> 
>>> If we were to mix in paid or in-kind resources into SAC for
>>> completing some long-standing tasks, do you see it as being a net 
>>> benefit?  Would it hurt SAC's prospects for long-term sustainability?
>> I would like to see some paid system administration time available as
>> long as it isn't too expensive.  I would like to see this used to roll
>> out some new services, review existing security and perhaps lift some
>> existing routine work off volunteers (I really wouldn't mind someone
>> else being mailman-man!).
> 
> I suspect I'd be leaving the group if someone is going to get paid for
> the interesting, 'authoritative' stuff while the boring rest is being
> left to the volunteers. In the end, this might still be a net win for
> the SAC.

OK, well that largely takes any upside out of paid help.

Best regards,
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