Re: [xwiki-users] [Proposal] New free and community-managed farm on xwiki.org?

Hi everyone, Some time back XWiki SAS, the company who started XWiki had a free online farm on xwiki.com. This farm was closed for new projects a few months ago after XWiki SAS realized it didn't have the manpower (or finance) to support it in a professional way. XWiki SAS still has a professional farm offering but it's not a free farm (see http://www.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Services/#HHosting) . I'd like to discuss with you the idea of offering a free farm managed by the xwiki community and under the xwiki.org umbrella. In essence it means there would be 2 farms available: * a paying one which is on xwiki.com, for professional needs * a free one on xwiki.org for universities, individuals or anyone not requiring guaranteed support/availability at all times Here's how it would work: * No support guarantee. All support done on the xwiki.org user mailing list. * No stability guarantee. We would always install the latest Platform/ XE/XEM version on it and it would serve as a stability test for the xwiki development team. Obviously the community will always try to make it as stable as possible but that's not guaranteed. * There will be several members of the community who'll have admin access on the farm. * We will reduce admin tasks by offering a simple UI on the farm itself (restart, see memory stats, see blocking requests, ban a wiki, etc)