Hi, So … the server now runs Ubuntu 22.04. Jay! This was a much harder upgrade though. Various things were wrong, and are likely still a bit wrong in places. Robbert had to rescue the network configuration that went missing completely after the upgrade (requiring a trip to the data center). Various packages have been discontinued by our linux distribution, including the version of the mailing list software that we use (so that had to be installed manually). The new version of php is much stricter than the old version (so some website hacks were also needed). Et cetera. It has been a “process” ... The basic functionality appears to be back online, although the web interface to the mailing lists does not work yet (we will try to fix that tomorrow). But there are likely to be small problems with other services still. Please *do* let me know if you notice something odd! In any case, today was the last of the big software update procedures (at least for the next year or so). Best wishes, Taco and Jules and Robbert

On 6 Apr 2023, at 18:20, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

If you notice anything wrong, please warn either me personally or ntg-server@ntg.nl.

Unless major problems develop, we will continue the update process on Tuesday afternoon.

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KUDOS to you guys and thanks a *lot*! W Am 11.04.23 um 22:42 schrieb Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context:

Hi,

So … the server now runs Ubuntu 22.04. Jay! This was a much harder upgrade though. ... In any case, today was the last of the big software update procedures

Best wishes, Taco and Jules and Robbert

Hello, the github repo at https://github.com/contextgarden/context-mirror is not updated since March 20th. I don't know whether it's related to the server update, but maybe you know. BTW thank you Taco, Jules and Robbert for your work. Massi Il 11/04/23 22:42, Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context ha scritto:

Hi,

So … the server now runs Ubuntu 22.04. Jay!

This was a much harder upgrade though. Various things were wrong, and are likely still a bit wrong in places. Robbert had to rescue the network configuration that went missing completely after the upgrade (requiring a trip to the data center). Various packages have been discontinued by our linux distribution, including the version of the mailing list software that we use (so that had to be installed manually). The new version of php is much stricter than the old version (so some website hacks were also needed). Et cetera. It has been a “process” ...

The basic functionality appears to be back online, although the web interface to the mailing lists does not work yet (we will try to fix that tomorrow). But there are likely to be small problems with other services still. Please *do* let me know if you notice something odd!

In any case, today was the last of the big software update procedures (at least for the next year or so).

Best wishes, Taco and Jules and Robbert

On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 12:13:58AM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:

On 4/14/2023 3:50 PM, mf via ntg-context wrote:

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Hello,

the github repo at https://github.com/contextgarden/context-mirror is not updated since March 20th.

I don't know whether it's related to the server update, but maybe you know.

I fetch from the origin,

https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror.git which seems up to date; i suppose github gets it from there but occasionally it lags behind; it's sort of the original git archive and our backup plan.

https://github.com/contextgarden/context

Should be okay,

Hans

thank you Taco, Hans, and Aditya, Mikael, et Hans, I was just curious about your git strategy and wanted to ask you about something. Did you guys ever consider having a cgit interface and hosting it. A bunch of projects have done it heck. Even git, which is where everything solely depends on in the end, is running it. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/ https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/

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On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 10:57:15AM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:

On 4/15/2023 3:23 AM, Carlos via ntg-context wrote:

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thank you Taco, Hans, and Aditya, Mikael, et

Hans, I was just curious about your git strategy and wanted to ask you about something.

I have no strategy. I see it as just an offline repository and archive.

It's a strategy. It may not be the fanciest but you wrote earlier:

it's sort of the original git archive and our backup plan.

https://github.com/contextgarden/context

‹backup plan› has the same meaning there than a master plan (no pun intended with git) hence the association with a strategy. But when I wrote ‹strategy› it was not written with the intention to convey a message of exhaustive calculations to get or divise the plan of plans. NO. Rather more like what the definition says about it a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. what is the backup plan of git as an archive but just a backup strategy.

The luametatex repos sort of resembles what I have on my machine but even then I always use intermediate 'compare before merge' steps that predate git. Git (or svn) is nice for seeing changes but I admit that I never roll-back using git. When I have to integrate something in e.g. luametatex that comes from git I always diff (winmerge) and "manually merge". So much for stragety: not that fancy.

I agree

The context updates are assembled from a completely different dev structure (think also of temporary files, runtime files for manuals etc that don't belong in something git) and turning that modus operandi into something git would make my way of doing things pretty inefficient, so unless very little changes etc happen i won't change that.

But it's good for the memory Hans. It's good for us. Studies on humans have revealed that learning or adapting to new methods might prove beneficial in the long run.

All the git magic is maintained by Mojca and occassionally we discuss how to move on (we have some pending install-from-git stuff but that might take a while before being promoted).

I'm not really interested in al the additional stuff like chats, pull requests, keeping track of comments in git, all these (for me useless) statistics. I don't want to end up in an endless 'check this or that' noose, so for me email and communicating (could be visual) with some involved does it well; more fun too.

I agree with you there. But who said anything about messages, chats, and the interactive social gitclub as gitlab, github and its ilk have suddenly become part of

For some other projects git(hub|lab) is a communication method, basically an on-line storage.

...

Did you guys ever consider having a cgit interface and hosting it.

A bunch of projects have done it

heck. Even git, which is where everything solely depends on in the end, is running it.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/

https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/ There is not much to gain with adding yet another interface to what we have now. It only works if one or more people commit (no git pun intended) themselves long-term to it which relates to ie beging used.

It's just an interface much more simpler than what the git archive backup interface currently in use presumably undergoes. Git is sort of big as-is and that's not even counting all its remote helpers by which all those places depend on (gitlab, github, bitbucket), which makes it even bigger. I've just seen that interface in a few projects and thought it was nice that the devs have somehow implemented it.

(Keep in mind that it's all volunteer work.)

Hans

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