Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Google Apps Standard Edition @ gentoo.org

[Sebastian Pipping]

Hello,


On 03/31/10 07:28, Alec Warner wrote:
> Currently a number of developers have engaged Google Apps Team Edition
> for gentoo.org.  However Team Edition does not come with gmail and a
> subset of Team Edition users would like to host their gentoo.org mail
> on gmail.
> Activating Standard Edition is free and likely requires minimal
> configuration on dev.gentoo.org to setup.  Standard Edition comes with
> Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Mail, Google Sites, Google Video,
> and probably a bunch of other stuff we could turn on.

I am worried that if people start using say Google Docs for
collaborating on Gentoo content, everyone else is forced to use Google
Docs to participate.

While I do appreciate projects like TechTalks and Summer of Code I
personally do not trust Google with my data.  Also, most of these
services are not Free Software -- I don't trust non-free software.
If they are let's run our instance, not theirs.
if they aren't lets go for something else.

Btw if we really need a shared web-calendar let's make a project for
that and get it done.  Ironically, it may even fit for GSOC.


> This service would be opt-in (only devs that want an account get one).
>  Infra should continue to offer standard mail services on
> smtp.gentoo.org.

As mentioned before: Opt-in is an illusion from the point on, where
people need the same piece of software to collaborate.  May not apply to
some (Google Mail) but sure does to others.


> This thread is primarily engaged in gauging interest in such a setup.
> Please reply if you are interested (or go vote on the bug.)

To be very clear: Please take my vote against increasing dependencies on
Google.

On a side note: This is not a technical discussion only.
As such please use gentoo-core for this next time.  Thanks.



Sebastian