Thread: [Jython-users] FAQ + Wiki

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Hi,

Does anyone know what happened to the Jython FAQ and Wiki?

tnx,
Robert

oops, another rm -rf with root perms

the last time this happend SF had been attacked.

Finn said he put in place a new backup mechanims.
We should wait for his intervention, at least I have
missed his explanation about the details
and could not figure them out quickly 
logging in to SF.

Samuele Pedroni.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert W. Bill <rb...@di...>
To: <jyt...@li...>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 1:38 AM
Subject: [Jython-users] FAQ + Wiki

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know what happened to the Jython FAQ and Wiki?
> 
> 
> tnx,
> Robert
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Jython-users mailing list
> Jyt...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jython-users
> 

[Samuele Pedroni]

>oops, another rm -rf with root perms
>
>the last time this happend SF had been attacked.
>
>Finn said he put in place a new backup mechanims.

Yeah, that was a way of getting the backup off-site and onto Pythonlabs'
backup tapes. It seems we need them now.

Barry, would you be able to find some copies of these files:

   jython-faqw.tgz
   jython-moin.tgz

I'm not entirely sure when the backup should be from, but on oct. 9,
SourceForge added a note about how each project have to do their own
backups. I guess that the backup have to be from sometime before oct. 9
to have any usefull data on it. The compined size of the two files
should be bigger then 34Kb.

>We should wait for his intervention, at least I have
>missed his explanation about the details
>and could not figure them out quickly 
>logging in to SF.

Well, the backup only creates the .tgz files at
   http://www.jython.org/backups

Once in a while, Barry then copies them to tape. 

There is no support for multiple backups or generations in the simple
copy scheme that I use. The next day the cron job is executed, the
previous backup is overridden.

If the problem of "rm -fr" is something that will happen again and
again, we have to improve our backup mechanism. I certainly can't bug
Barry every time.

regards,
finn

>>>>> "FB" == Finn Bock <bc...@wo...> writes:

    FB> Yeah, that was a way of getting the backup off-site and onto
    FB> Pythonlabs' backup tapes. It seems we need them now.

    FB> Barry, would you be able to find some copies of these files:

    |    jython-faqw.tgz
    |    jython-moin.tgz

Yep, I've got daily copies of them dating back to Aug 4.  We back them
up nightly and rotate our tapes weekly, with about a 7 week tape
cycle.  Also, this is on a big disk so I don't routinely wipe them.
wget is nice in that it doesn't overwrite yesterday's copy, it simply
appends the next serial number to the file name.

    FB> I'm not entirely sure when the backup should be from, but on
    FB> oct. 9, SourceForge added a note about how each project have
    FB> to do their own backups. I guess that the backup have to be
    FB> from sometime before oct. 9 to have any usefull data on
    FB> it. The compined size of the two files should be bigger then
    FB> 34Kb.

The jython-faqw.tgz file from Oct 8 is 47825 bytes while Oct 9's
32166.  Similarly jython-moin.tgz from Oct 8 is 78210 while Oct 9's is
2760, so I'm guessing whatever bad thing happened, happened sometime
b/w the suckover of the 8th's and 9th's backup.

    FB> If the problem of "rm -fr" is something that will happen again
    FB> and again, we have to improve our backup mechanism. I
    FB> certainly can't bug Barry every time.

I certainly don't mind the occasional snafu, and so far it hasn't been
a problem.

The Oct 8 copy of both tarballs now reside in

    ftp://ftp.python.org:pub/jython

Please let me know if there's anything else you need.

Cheers,
-Barry

[Robert W. Bill]

>Does anyone know what happened to the Jython FAQ and Wiki?

The data have been restored now. Thank you Barry, for your help.

regards,
finn