[Flightgear-devel] Fwd: SourceForge.net: Transition away from project FTP services

[Curtis L. O. <cu...@me...>]

I think we can deal with this ... too bad we are losing this service from SF.


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Date: 05 Sep 2001 13:50:22 -0400
From: Jacob Moorman <mo...@so...>
Reply-To: Jacob Moorman <mo...@so...>
Subject: SourceForge.net: Transition away from project FTP services
To: cu...@us...

Greetings,

As announced via the SourceForge.net site status page, sitewide e-mail
(2001-07-19) and the project shell server Message of the Day (motd),
the SourceForge.net team is currently in the process of phasing out
project FTP services.  You are receiving this message because your
project currently has data stored in your project FTP space.


Overview of how projects serve files:

SourceForge.net has historically provided four means to disseminate
file data:

  - Project CVS services (provided by cvs.sourceforge.net)
  - Project web services (provided by yourproject.sourceforge.net)
  - Download services (provided by prdownloads.sourceforge.net)
  - Project FTP services (provided by yourproject.sourceforge.net)

As you probably know, CVS is a mechanism for developers to store project
files during the development process, as to maintain file history and
ensure smooth interaction between members of the development team.
No quota limitations are placed on developer CVS repository usage.

Project web services are provided to all projects.  Each project is
given up to 100MB of disk space for storing data on their project
web site.  This web site is accessible at:
http://projectname.sourceforge.net  Data may be posted to this web
space by accessing the project group directory for each project on
the SourceForge.net project shell servers, 
i.e. shell.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/p/pr/projectname

The File Release System (FRS) on SourceForge.net is used to place files
on our high-capacity download server network.  New documentation for
the File Release System has recently been written and is available at:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=6445&group_id=1
No quotas are placed on download server usage.

The final mechanism for file dissemination, project FTP services, is the
service we are in the process of phasing out.  No other changes are
occurring at this time; CVS services, project web services and download
services will continue operation as they have in the past.


Why is this change occurring?

The SourceForge.net team has recently been working to improve the
performance and capacity of the download server network.  This network
is geographically diversified and has been streamlined to help ensure
excellent download speeds.

A fair amount of management overhead is generated by this duplication
of service.  Project FTP services have traditionally had some
scalability and uptime issues, whereas download services were designed
with scalability in mind.  To ensure that we may continue to provide
the best possible solutions to each project hosted on SourceForge.net
and the end-user base of those projects, we have elected to phase out
project FTP services.

This decision was made in April; since that time, we have been laying
the groundwork, in increasing the performance of the download server
network, ensuring service stability, and writing documentation to help
in this transition.

In the event that you should have concerns about this transition, please
let us know.  Comments, questions and concerns may be submitted through
the SourceForge.net support request system, located at:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001
Please include the UNIX name for your project when submitting a support
request.


What do I need to do?

You are receiving this e-mail because you are the project
administrator of a project hosted on SourceForge.net; your project is
currently making use of project FTP space.  Please do the following:

1. Review the contents of your project FTP space.  To review the
contents of your project FTP space, login to the SourceForge.net project
shell server via SSH and examine the contents of
/home/groups/ftp/pub/projectname

2. If the content located in your project FTP space is no longer needed
or is content that has already been posted to the file release system,
please remove that content from your project FTP space.  We recommend
that you make a backup of this data before removing it; we recommend
that you not remove this data until you have made a backup of this data.

3. If this content is unique and your project still has the need to
make this content available, please see the "What are my options?"
section of this document.

4. Once you have cleared the contents of your project FTP space, please
login to the SourceForge.net site and submit a support request with the
following properties:

  - Priority: 1 (lowest)
    -- this is merely as an aid in isolating these requests
  - Summary: Project FTP Space Cleared
  - Body of the support request should include the UNIX name(s) for
    any projects for which you have cleared the project FTP space.

URL to submit a support request (after login to the SourceForge.net
site): https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001


What are my options?

Since project FTP services are going away, you have the option of
handling that data in four ways:

1. Move the data to the download servers.

The SourceForge.net download servers are an excellent replacement for
the project FTP servers, offering higher capacity and performance, and
without quota limitations.  If the data in your project FTP space is a
file release or file release materials, this is the ideal option.
Instructions on using the file release system to get data on to the
download servers may be found at:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=6445&group_id=1


2. Move the data to your project CVS space.

If the materials in your project FTP space are development materials,
developer working data, etc., then it may make the most sense to move
this data to your project CVS repository.  Project CVS services do not
have quota limitations.  While CVS services do require a special client
to access (a CVS client), you receive the added benefit of file history
retention.  Keep in mind that this is generally not a good solution for
binary files, and should not be considered if the files in question are
not specific to your development team (i.e. if end-users need these
files, do not move them to your CVS repository).


3. Move the data to your project web space.

SourceForge.net provides each hosted project with up to 100MB of project
web space.  While this space is generally used by projects for storing
HTML and PHP web content, CGI scripts and other data of this nature,
you should consider moving files from your project FTP space to your
project web space if those files are small, are not file releases
(file releases should be placed on the download servers), or do not
have general benefit to your end-user base (files of that nature should
probably be placed on the download servers).

Files may be moved easily from your project FTP space to your project
web space by logging in to the project shell servers via SSH, then
using 'mv' to relocate files from your /home/groups/ftp/projectname
directory structure to your /home/groups/p/pr/projectname directory
structure.  It should further be noted that you may place files which
are solely for the use of your development team within this group
directory structure as well; only content in the cgi-bin and htdocs
directory structures are web-accessible, however.


4. Remove the data.

If none of these solutions meets your needs, please consider whether
this data is actually required.  In the event that you decide it is
no longer required, please backup your data first, then remove it from
your project FTP space (as discussed above).  In the event that you
have considered the previous options and none seem to apply suitably
to your case, please contact the SourceForge.net team (by submitting
a support request) for further assistance.


Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.  In the event
that you should have any questions or concerns regarding this notice,
this transition process, or any other SourceForge.net matters, please
feel free to submit a support request at:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001


Thank you,

Jacob Moorman
Quality of Service Manager, SourceForge.net
mo...@so...



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