[Tikiwiki-users] Back Online: Sourceforge's Allura based SVN developer services should work again from now on

[Torsten F. <to...@ti...>]

Hello folks,

one strange week we had to face unexpectedly, as Sourceforge broke down
completely due to a data storage failure at 17 July 2015.

Without any option to SVN checkout, up, commit or else we had to realise
how much we as FreeOpenSource projects, contributors and users depend on
(mostly free of charge) internet based services like for example
versioning systems and what might happen, if those things brake down for
whatever reason.

One week that maybe gave some of us some relief rather than usual
working pressure. Some unexpected and involuntary "holidays"; but
hopefully this experience gives us the chance to reconsider the
dependencies in our modern lifes and what we will do about our findings.

Finally after 24/7 working hard on restoring our data and services
/(services which are given to the FreeOpenSource projects for nothing
more the free ! )/ the guys at Sourceforge managed to bring back online
the Allura based developer services - meaning that our SVN should work
again from now on. Please go ahead, test and use SVN and report any
issues to the dev-list for that we can contact SF.

The Sourceforge Administrators still have to sort out a bunch of other
SF-services. So we owe them our respect and solidarity, completely
independantly which consequences might be agreed for us as a project.
We shall send the guys a bunch of free hugs and positive energy, for
that they can soon go back to their families instead of staying overtime
every day in the offices and datacenters. Not another week hopefully -
many of them might have wife (or husband or partner) and kids.

So here finally the initial good message:
*http://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-subversion-svn-service-online/

*Happy days,
Torsten


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