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On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 07:11:12 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> I realize this is a bit more tangential. I just think that infra is |
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> already a huge failure point, so having more stuff on infra actually |
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> makes that failure point more critical. A Gentoo where little is |
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> hosted on stuff we own is much more resilient in the face of |
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> legal/money/etc issues. If Gentoo just becomes some blessed config |
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> files, a website, and SAML then anybody could host the core from their |
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> basement. |
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I agree on the "infra is a big SPOF", just to me, and my experience, |
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"single developers" are a much larger/more volatile SPOF. |
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Like, I can't even keep my own stuff running, so I'm using myself as an |
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example. |
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But I know too many people who fall into this camp. |
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Individuals are much less likely to have the finances and ability to, |
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not only delegate others to work on their platforms, but are unlikely |
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to have the delegation itself delegated. |
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So as fragile as gentoo infra is, ... its still less fragile in the |
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long term view of things than random 3rd parties. |
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( This is where we cry about the loss of the original gentoo wiki, and |
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how long it took us to replace it, where I'd imagine if it had started |
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out with the full backing of gentoo infra, we'd have lost much less, |
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and we'd have not lost so much of our google juice and 'fountain of |
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arcane knowledge' to Arch ) |
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