[blag-whereto] shutdown/removal of blag vm
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weyasey at gmail.com
Sun Sep 22 21:08:46 UTC 2013
Hi Jason
Great to hear that you will support Blag if ever you need help to pay
for the domain name you know where to find me on a Thursday night, I'm
at 365 as always.
Blag forever
Weyasey
On Sun, 2013-09-22 at 16:42 +0100, Jason wrote:
> I will continue to host the BLAG forums and pay for the domain name
> forever if you guys want.
>
> On 22/09/2013 13:46, tristan wrote:
> > Bonjour A Tous
> >
> > Blag 140k is simply a great""piece of Art"..i don't understand;you seem
> > to have no support from the FSF & Gnu-org.
> > Why?
> > Is gNewSense pulling all the cover?i tried the latest released,not
> > only the installation failed but on the 'Live Cd' it made me think
> > of a php Webpage...!!2.3 was nicer but no comparaison to..BLAG
> > 140k,which as i wrote earlier i have deddicated to an external hard
> > disc.(still super fast..)
> > what can we do ?as average users with no technical knowledge;
> > is it a question of finance?
> > or of mainteneers&developpers?servers?
> >
> > the main difference with all the flashy codec(x) fancy button distros
> > is that there is a philosophy behind it....
> > if Blag dissapears i would be very unhappy with the Gnu-org
> > & the Fsf,considering that they have not defended such a great project.
> >
> > merci en tous les cas a tous.
> > amicalement tristan.
> >
> > Le 22/09/2013 14:11, Unknown a écrit :
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> I too would like to see the servers continue, because some people are
> >> leaving I don't see why they think they are the only one who needed it.
> >>
> >> Please, Please continue to maintain the servers, website and forum for
> >> us poor blaggers who still and always will use blag.
> >>
> >> I am still using Blag 140K it works perfect and do all that the new
> >> bells and whistle OS do and some that they cannot do. Yes I am running
> >> kernel 3.11.1 and I do all the necessary security updates.
> >>
> >> Blag is still needed and used by us simple blaggers who understand that
> >> a great OS don't have to be the latest must have.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Weyasey
> >>
> >> On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 00:10 +0200, robert wrote:
> >>> Hi all!
> >>> Would very much like to keep the server and the forum going. Don't have
> >>> the technical skill to upgrade the server by myself, but willing to help
> >>> in any way i can. Also, i can take resposibility for maintaining the
> >>> forum if Junichirô and you all wish - but if so, i'll need admin access.
> >>>
> >>> Even with good intentions, my work for BLAG over the last couple of
> >>> years has been limited to maintaining the icons and some simple themes.
> >>> I've made a few (pathetic) attempts at spinning a new BLAG version, and
> >>> i'll probably try again - but can't promise any big success on my own.
> >>>
> >>> So - if you are reading this and feel just a little bit motivated: Let's
> >>> have another go at keeping BLAG alive!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> robert (veganix)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> fr., 20.09.2013 kl. 11.51 -0500, skrevvladimirpunk at radiomexico.com:
> >>>> I hope somebody else answear.
> >>>>
> >>>> Only has passed 2 years since the last blag version, I don't see why
> >>>> we could think is not going up again, at the forum recently a new user
> >>>> reported to be comfortable using blag 140k and especting a new one.
> >>>> There are persons interesed in the project, I proposse give it more
> >>>> time and make an effort to share the project with more people. I'm
> >>>> sure more than one would be happy with a new blag distribution (even,
> >>>> I would say, some part of the dissapointed fedora comunity coud come
> >>>> with us).
> >>>> If it counts, I'm still interested in a new blag version, I'll do my
> >>>> best to keep it up again. If there is anybody else interested please
> >>>> answear, if no I understand if you want to close the site.
> >>>> Vladimir
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Mensaje original -----
> >>>> De:
> >>>> Alexandre Oliva<lxoliva at fsfla.org>
> >>>>
> >>>> Para:
> >>>> "Ward Vandewege"<ward at fsf.org>
> >>>> Cc:
> >>>>
> >>>> Enviado:
> >>>> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:16:57 -0300
> >>>> Asunto:
> >>>> Re: [blag-whereto] shutdown/removal of blag vm
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> [adding the blag list]
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi, Ward,
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sep 17, 2013, Ward Vandewege wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > RMS mentioned that you'd like to shut down the blag VM.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not so much that I'd like to; quite the opposite. I just
> >>>> told him
> >>>> what the status was and asked for help in enlisting volunteers
> >>>> to bring
> >>>> it back to life, because it would be very useful for me if
> >>>> BLAG carried
> >>>> on, but I can't undertake the effort of maintaining it by
> >>>> myself :-(
> >>>>
> >>>> The problem is that I don't think it's responsible to keep an
> >>>> unmaintained server connected to the Internet without security
> >>>> updates
> >>>> for so long, and since I'm the person who requested the VM and
> >>>> signed up
> >>>> as responsible for it, I must live up to the responsibility
> >>>> and do
> >>>> something about it.
> >>>>
> >>>> BLAG has not had updates or new releases for a couple of
> >>>> years, if not
> >>>> more, and I don't know that anyone has been working on such
> >>>> things; I'm
> >>>> told by other blag maintainers that by now users and
> >>>> developers have
> >>>> moved on to other distros, or to Fedora with the Freed-ora
> >>>> builds of GNU
> >>>> Linux-libre, and BLAG is dead :-(
> >>>>
> >>>> So, this email should be taken as a call for volunteers who'd
> >>>> like to
> >>>> organize and take over its maintainership, so as to stop us
> >>>> from
> >>>> bringing the unmaintained server down.
> >>>>
> >>>> Another possibility, in case there's still a community using
> >>>> the forum,
> >>>> the server, whatever, is to upgrade the server to Fedora 19,
> >>>> minus the
> >>>> proprietary server in it, and the Freed-ora kernel. Of course,
> >>>> it
> >>>> wouldn't make sense to undertake that effort if it wouldn't be
> >>>> used.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> > Is there any data on the VM that you would like to preserve?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for asking. I have my own backups of the server, that
> >>>> I'll
> >>>> probably keep around for a while, but others might want to
> >>>> copy
> >>>> something out too.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, this email may also be regarded as a chance for people who
> >>>> want to
> >>>> copy stuff out of the server to do so.
> >>>>
> >>>> 8~-(
> >>>>
> >>>> How about we tentatively schedule the blag server shutdown to
> >>>> the end of
> >>>> the month? Barring signs that the, erhm, patient is not dead,
> >>>> of course
> >>>> ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighterhttp://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/
> >>>> You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi
> >>>> Be Free! --http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member
> >>>> Free Software Evangelist Red Hat Brazil Compiler Engineer
> >>>>
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