[Spaceapi-devel] SpaceAPI forked at spacedirectory.org - what's the plan?

[Eric Stein]

That's a good point. Yeah, it would be better to start over after 
they've been not auto-patched this whole time. Fire at will. :(

Eric

On 01/21/2017 12:15 PM, sheila miguez wrote:
> I don't know him and all the details but I am sad that all that 
> happened. I hope the ongoing work has a contributor covenant or code 
> of conduct that can help next time something happens. I know it won't 
> necessarily prevent things, but trust me, having anything at all can 
> help when you get in a position where shit is happening.
>
> Re the VMs, I'm going to suggest we spin those down since they aren't 
> being used. If they are running without getting updates they will be 
> targets of opportunity.
>
> Once you need a VM we can talk to the group again.
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2017 12:01 PM, "Eric Stein" <toba at des.truct.org 
> <mailto:toba at des.truct.org>> wrote:
>
>     Out of respect for Koen's wishes, I have removed him from the
>     thread. Please reply to this message if you have anything to add.
>
>     Eric
>
>     On 01/21/2017 05:06 AM, Koen Martens wrote:
>
>         Hi all,
>
>         I originally came up with the idea of the spaceapi, and it's
>         fun to see
>         how so many of the early adoptors made it into something real.
>
>         However, after the lies, propaganda, crap and abuse the CCC
>         and Jacob
>         Appelbaum directed at me, i no longer feel at home in the
>         hacker-community at large. I have long since said goodbye to that
>         treachorous quagmire of backstabbing bs. I've sure had some
>         great times,
>         and there's many in the community I miss, but on the whole the
>         balance
>         has tipped to the negative regarding my involvement with it all.
>
>         Do whatever you want folks, just don't include me in any of
>         your plans.
>         Especially not if the ccc is in any way, either directly or
>         indirectly,
>         involved.
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         Koen (gmc)
>
>         On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 04:02:04PM -0600, Jim Campbell wrote:
>
>                 I think I'm reading this as the servers that we've had
>             running for a long
>                 while haven't been used at all?  Is that right? I had
>             assumed that, since
>                 the space api website was up, that it was using those
>             servers.
>                 Whatever you all end up doing is fine, but those
>             servers have been up for
>                 probably years, so I'm a bit disappointed to know that
>             they haven't been
>                 used. Let me know what you decide to do.
>                 Jim
>                 On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Eric Stein
>             <toba at des.truct.org <mailto:toba at des.truct.org>> wrote:
>
>                   Hey SpaceAPI maintainers & interested parties...
>
>                   Just heard from Sheila that
>             https://spacedirectory.org/ is a thing
>                   that's happened.  The announcement about
>             spacedirectory.org <http://spacedirectory.org> -
>             http://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-January/011302.html
>             <http://lists.hackerspaces.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-January/011302.html>.
>
>                   I got us some VMs from Jim a long time ago and we
>             never managed to cut
>                   over to them due to various reasons. Do we still
>             need those servers?Â
>                   Current SpaceAPI maintainers (Roland, Romain, Koen)
>             - what do you think
>                   of this?  I personally am hopeful that they mean
>             well and we could
>                   merge our efforts potentially. Some of the things
>             that Romain already
>                   wrote could potentially be usable on this new effort
>             but I don't
>                   personally know how to set them up properly.
>
>                   I don't know how they intend to do governance of the
>             spec / requirements
>                   for the new directory software.
>
>                   Eric Stein
>
>                   @toba
>
>                   Pumping Station: One member
>
>
>

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