[Systems] Pootles heads-up

[Sayamindu Dasgupta]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
> El Wed, 11-11-2009 a las 23:41 +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta escribió:
>> Pootle 1.3 would be released pretty soon, and it has a _lot_ of
>> improvements and bugfixes which should help us provide a better
>> experience for our translators.
>> I am currently testing the latest 1.3 code against a copy of our data,
>> and there seems to be no major regressions. In view of that, I think
>> it may be safe for us to upgrade once a stable release comes out.
>> A major reason for me pushing the new version is the possible
>> performance enhancements, our current installation uses sqlite, which
>> is not a nice thing if you have many users. 1.3 will be using Django,
>> which means we have the option of MySQL as well (I'm conducting the
>> tests in a Ubuntu 9.04 VM with MySQL).
>
> Great. This is also a good opportunity to migrate Pootle away from
> sunjammer.
>
> We could use beamrider, which is identical to sunjammer, or a dedicated
> VM. Whichever you prefer, since you are the admin.

I would prefer a VM, as it makes sense to have as less people as
possible with root access on a given system. It also makes it easier
for me to test out new stuff, etc without causing interference to
other services that may be running in the system.

Thanks,
Sayamindu


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Sayamindu Dasgupta
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