[Imc-aotearoa-tech] Re: [Catgeek] Migrating Active.

[safari at cat.org.au]

Hello,

I know I'm going to sound like a party pooper... but... 

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, finn c. wrote:
> [it's even got an install.php], so it probably wouldn't be to much stress 
> to set it up on colourful.

I wouldn't advocate doing anything on colourful until we've got it
settled. httpd is still being annoying and I'd like to get the sites we
are currently hosting (and that are broken) sorted before adding to the
workload.

> I'm pretty busy atm, so what'll probably happen is that the current
> active setup will be left as an archive if possible. There are some
> scripts that can be used to migrate from standard to dada, but they are
> written in perl which kinda scares me. Hey I'm learning though.
> 
> I have a few questions:
> * Could I get a mysql database and some dev space? Where would be the
>   best place for this?

Please can we not do this on colourful?

> * Would it be best to put off moving the current a-imc till after it becomes
>   semi-irrelevent?

I'm thinking now isn't the best time for cat to take on a greater
workload, since really important stuff is still getting left due to not
enough geeks on board. But if you reckon you wouldn't need us to do
anything, then I'd say it's fine. Oh, and also, most importantly if it's
not going to increase our bandwidth suckage. 

> * Is maintaning the standard active a-imc gonna be a pain for cat in 
>   the future? ie keeping old versions of php running, perl module
>   problems etc etc. 

as per above

again, sorry for pooping on the party.


kind regards,
safari