[Discuss] Seeking new GCT source tarball host

[Baptiste Grenier]

Hi there,
We cannot make any promises right now, but we are investigating to see if
we could propose something.
Best,
Baptiste

On Mon, 16 May 2022, 20:54 Mátyás Selmeci via discuss, <discuss at gridcf.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Bringing this thread back from the dead; we have lost the UNL
> hosting for repo.gridcf.org, which some people still use directly,
> see <https://github.com/gridcf/gct/issues/194>.  We hurriedly set
> up a web server in our Kubernetes cluster at UW-Madison but it has
> no SFTP access for uploads which means no new releases.
>
> We are still looking for someone to host the contents of
> <https://repo.gridcf.org> in such a manner as to allow automated
> uploads from the CI scripts.  SFTP would be the easiest but WebDAV
> or something would also work.
>
> We use CloudFlare for DNS aliases, not hosting; gridcf.org is an
> alias for gridcf.github.io, a GitHub Pages page; repo.gridcf.org
> is an alias for gridcf-repo.osg.chtc.io.  If we were to get new
> hosting for repo.gridcf.org, we would change the CloudFlare
> settings to point repo.gridcf.org to the new host.
>
> Thanks,
> -Mat
>
> On 3/8/2021 5:10 AM, Mischa Salle via discuss wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > that's good news for the source tarballs, thanks!
> >
> > However, the gridcf.org domain is definitely something that we need to
> > keep and on the same domain and hosts. I actually thought that all
> > content (incl. the repo) was going via cloudflare, not via OSG directly,
> > but maybe I'm confused.
> >
> > Mischa
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 08:52:14AM +0100, Steve Traylen via discuss
> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 12:16:59PM -0600, Brian Lin via discuss wrote:
> >>> Hi Maarten,
> >>>
> >>> Ah yes, that's right: we host the source tarballs so that build systems
> >>> (Debian, EPEL) can point to them to build the downstream binary
> packages.
> >>> I've updated the subject to reflect the purpose of the host.
> >>
> >> I think all the sources are in github now, it's fine for the source tar
> balls
> >> to come from a tag in github. No need for that extra staging post.
> >>
> >> Refererence for Fedora
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:SourceURL#Git_Tags
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Brian
> >>>
> >>> On 3/5/21 12:08 PM, Maarten Litmaath wrote:
> >>>> Hi Brian,
> >>>> thanks for getting this discussion started.
> >>>>
> >>>> The given repository only appears to contain source tar balls?
> >>>>
> >>>> ________________________________________
> >>>> From: discuss [discuss-bounces at gridcf.org] on behalf of Brian Lin
> via discuss [discuss at gridcf.org]
> >>>> Sent: 05 March 2021 17:58
> >>>> To: Grid Community Forum discussion list
> >>>> Cc: Brian Hua Lin
> >>>> Subject: [Discuss] Seeking new GridCF Yum repository host
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> At the end of February, the OSG released its first version of the
> >>>> software stack without Globus or GridCF software [1]. In turn, the OSG
> >>>> is set to retire the use of GridCF components in its software stack at
> >>>> the end of February 2022 [2].
> >>>>
> >>>> We are seeking volunteers to host the GridCF Yum repository [3],
> >>>> currently hosted by the OSG, before the February 2022 retirement date
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Brian Lin
> >>>> OSG Software Area Coordinator
> >>>>
> >>>> [1] https://opensciencegrid.org/docs/release/osg-36/
> >>>> [2]
> >>>>
> https://opensciencegrid.org/technology/policy/gridftp-gsi-migration/#timeline
> >>>> [3] https://repo.gridcf.org/
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