[kgb-maintainers] Spreading the load on kgb-bot instances (was: Please add new KGB project "debian-cloud")

[Steve McIntyre]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 09:31:49PM +0000, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
>-=| Steve McIntyre, 18.10.2017 18:40:19 +0100 |=-
>> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 09:43:24PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> >Hi guys,
>> >
>> >As instructed on https://kgb.alioth.debian.org/alioth.html, please
>> >could you set us up with a new project for the debian-cloud team:
>> 
>> Also, thinking... What's the load on your machines for the KGB
>> service?
>
>Quite low (looking at [h]top; no hard evidence).
>
>> If you're looking for any more hosts, I'd be happy to run the
>> service on the colo machine that Maulkin and I share in Cambridge, 
>> UK.
>
>There is no problem to add another instance. What would be hard is to 
>make all the projects add it to their kgb-client.conf so that the load 
>spreads.
>
>But nothing stops you from running an additional instance and pointing 
>debian-cloud to it.

Sure, but not exactly needed it seems.

>In general I'd rather see the move to DSA-hosted instance happen. 
>(https://wiki.debian.org/Services/KGB/GoingDSA) Sorry for not finding 
>energy to drive this.

Ah, that's the piece I'd missed - I was wondering why things weren't
on d.o machines yet!

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve at einval.com
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