Hi TJ,
I can provide hosting space for website and would take care about to
keep updated.
Anything else it is needed do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind Regards
Christian
Am 07.04.26 um 19:25 schrieb TJ Saunders:
As many of you are aware, the state of the ProFTPD Project's infrastructure is
in desperate need of maintenance/upgrading. The VMs which host the project's
website, Bugzilla instance, forums, FTP downloads, etc are all quite old --
this is why, for example, the website, Bugzilla, forums currently do not have
great HTTPS support. (The underlying VM image has an OpenSSL package which
predates TLSv1.2, among other things.)
These VMs are currently running in a provider's network, which has been quite
generous in allowing these to run. However, that provider has gone through
different company acquisitions; the fact that the VMs are still running is,
honestly, more by luck than by intention. Now, the current company has
indicated that these VMs _will_ be shut down by September of this year, if not
sooner.
I know that maintaining infrastructure, in my spare time, is not very appealing
-- I have to do it too much already for my day job. No excuses, just
commenting on why nothing really has been done on this front. But now we have
a forcing function.
The project core team has discussed this situation. Right now, we are leaning
toward shutting down the website, Bugzilla, and forums, and relying on the
existing GitHub repo for most needs. Most bug reports/issues are already filed
there, and there have been no significant forums postings for more than a year
now. Most modern browsers are unhappy about the plain HTTP website, and update
the lack of TLSv1.2 certificates for the forums.
This all demonstrates that GitHub meets most of the project needs with regard
to infrastructure. It also means fewer moving parts for future maintainers of
the project to maintain, going forward.
With this in mind, I'd like to solicit your thoughts/feedback on what sort of
things you'd want to see in the GitHub repo (if anything), knowing that these
changes are coming. Feel free to respond to me personally if you prefer.
I don't have any particular dates/times when we'll shut those VMs down (other
than before September), but it'll be happening this year, one way or another.
Cheers,
TJ
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