Re: [libreoffice-website] Use of staging server ( was: official forums)

Hi,

Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2011-11-13 15:45:

> I am actually not working with the server admin staff, but would be very
> interested. Also I have been discussing on and off via skype with
> Florian about options and server side things. Was hoping to have a more
> indepth chat with him about it and about how to move forward, but things
> came up and he was very busy. I am hoping this week I can discuss this
> further with him. As for me getting a LAMP stack installed on linux isnt
> a problem neither setting up.

I am sadly very busy, but I did not forget about you, I'll try to ping 
you when I find time. TDF is pro bono for me, so sometimes, the real 
life kicks in and needs its time...

> Florian did mention the TDF getting another or some more servers, In all

That's on the agenda, but I doubt that it will happen this year, to be 
honest. It's a matter of money and time. But in the long run, more 
hardware will be ordered, because it is needed.

> honesty i would rather test directly on physical hardware if that is
> goign to be where the forums eventually get deployed, as all we would
> need to do is let everyone know that here is the forums that they can
> start being used.

Why would you want to test on physical hardware directly? Where would be 
the difference?

> Another thing I have noticed in my experiences in testing on the actual
> hardware vs virtual machines, is that issues might arise on physical
> hardware and not in a virtual machine and vise versa.

We are just talking about forum software, not rocket science. ;-) So, I 
really doubt we'll run into problems here if we test it in a VM.

> Florian would it be an issue if we tested on physical hardware instead
> of a virtual machine for the above mentioned reason of ensuring no
> issues arise both in a vm and not physical machine and vice versa?

Yes, it would be, as I don't have any spare server where people can test 
software. I can offer a VM, but that's it.

Florian

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