Sl�vek Banko wrote:

> On Friday 19 of April 2019 12:52:02 Alexis PM via trinity-devel wrote:
>> It's a critical but difficult issue. But obviously the development of
>> the best desktop environment that exists cannot be weighed down or
>> stopped by personal issues. This is not a criticism to anyone, we should
>> be grateful to those who have contributed even if today the lack of time
>> or other personal reasons make them no longer active. But TDE
>> development must continue, there are many people who use it (even if
>> they seem invisible because they are not developers / contributors or do
>> not participate in the mailing lists). A robust infrastructure system
>> that is resilient to personal issues must be sought and put in place. It
>> is necessary to deploy the infrastructure on quality servers that do not
>> depend on a specific person, so I understand the two appropriate
>> questions are "Are there people, companies or organizations that can
>> provide infrastructure to the project?" (it is possible to search and
>> contact those who support other free software projects of similar size
>> and needs) and "If there is not enough server infrastructure provided
>> free of charge for the deployment of all the infrastructure, what is the
>> cost (monthly and annual) of paying for commercial servers with the
>> necessary features?" (and consider the feasibility of a cash donation
>> campaign).
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards.
> 
> I would say that regardless of the problems mentioned, the project is
> doing well. Here are some moments that make us already have services that
> are independent of the primary site:
> 
> At the beginning of 2014 there were problems on the primary site - the
> build of the packages was suspended. As an alternative to this situation,
> the Preliminary Stable Builds repository was created. This repository is
> completely independent of the primary server - in providing space and
> especially in building packages. Although building is not fully automated
> like QuickBuild, we are able to build packages and publish repositories
> independently of the primary site.
> 
> There was another important moment in the fall of 2015. We got as a
> donation from vpsFree.org one virtual machine (VPS). This VPS first served
> as a readonly mirror of GIT repositories (CGit web interface).
> 
> Another important task for VPS was to create a primary redirector. With
> optimizations and caches, this redirector helps significantly in releasing
> new releases. At the same time, it resolved access to packages in case of
> problems or outages on the primary site.
> 
> Another important moment was summer 2018. We launched Trinity Gitea
> Workspace (TGW) at the VPS. This service is also independent of the
> primary site. And now it works as a prime location for all our developers.
> I would say that thanks to TGW we have moved forward significantly over
> the last three quarters of the year.
> 
> Nowadays, there is another service on VPS that we will soon announce - a
> translation management tool.
> 
> As you can see, donating VPS from vpsFree.org has made a significant
> contribution to us. It is possible that the intended structural changes
> will require additional costs. However, we hope that we will be able to
> get support at community or personal level, that there will be no need to
> involve commercial entities.
> 
> Cheers

Thank you all, who make this possible. Following TGW I see how things are
moving with lightspeed infront of my eyes (compared to bugzilla) and I
admire this. I hope for the best of the project.

regards