[libreplanet-discuss] public-inbox mirror (was Re: Modernizing the Libreplanet Community Infrastructure)

[hellekin]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 03:00:20AM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
> I would be open to setting up a public-inbox mirror for this
> and other GNU lists(*).
>

I take the liberty to split the topics since I'm interested in 
the other discussion.  Thanks.  You're welcome to reply to
this message in order to follow-up on the discussion about
public-inbox.  Note that with Discourse, doing this would be 
a breeze, and, as you know, nothing prevents anyone from not
following this order on a mailing list.

==
hk

(Rest us not edited, so you can reply easily)
 
> The most notable instance is the one I run for the git project:
> 
>       https://public-inbox.org/git/
> 
> All the code is AGPL-3.0+ and designed for low-end hardware
> (both client and server): git clone https://public-inbox.org/
> 
> I already run one mirror for the FSF directory-discuss list, but
> the HTTP interface is only available via Tor .onion, but I
> suppose I can enable the HTTPS interface if folks want it.
> 
>       http://ou63pmih66umazou.onion/directory-discuss/
>       nntp://ou63pmih66umazou.onion/inbox.comp.fsf.directory-discuss
>       nntp://news.public-inbox.org/inbox.comp.fsf.directory-discuss
> 
> I'm not sure about enabling it to a non-Tor audience, since
> there's zero address obfuscation and intended for communities
> where nobody cares to obfuscate their address.
> 
> If desired by the FSF, I can enable email address obfuscation (a
> new feature); but I advise against it since it increases the
> chance of the list being a single-point-of-failure.  You'll note
> the public-inbox.org/git "reply" links point to instructions for
> using "git send-email" with a full command-line.
> 
> I'm 100% committed to keeping the project JavaScript-free and
> catering to folks on low-end hardware.  I also detest GUIs since
> graphics drivers are complex, quickly obsolete, expensive to
> maintain, and more and more seem to require non-Free firmware
> (or drivers are non-Free).
> 
> Disclaimer: I am not part of FSF or GNU; have no official role
> in the git project and do not speak for them.  Perhaps the
> best part of public-inbox is anybody can setup an archive of any
> list.
> 
> (*) having full archives on ftp://lists.gnu.org/ makes it easy
>     for anyone to do the same, even.
> 
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