Re: a host for the Lua site

[David Given <dg@...>]

Roberto Ierusalimschy wrote:
> After more than three years of good services, Soho One, the current host
> of the Lua site, is discontinuing its hosting services. So, we need a
> new host.  It would be great if someone from the Lua community could
> provide this facility.

I get the impression, from reading between the lines, that this may not be a 
popular suggestion, but... how about SourceForge (http://www.sourceforge.net)?

> The current site requirements are:
>
> - 30MBytes of space (plus some space to grow)
> - ~6 GBytes/month of data transfer (this is increasing continuosly...)
> - a few (less than 10) email forwarding
> - (ssh access to update it would be welcome)

They do all of this, really well, plus loads more. (CVS! Yay!) Bandwidth 
limits aren't a problem; they have an extensive network of mirrors built in to 
their system. The project management interface is really great and can only 
make things easier; everything's seamlessly integrated into everything else... 
and as a less tangible benefit, being on SourceForge can only increase Lua's 
visibility.

I have a few minor projects hosted there, and I've been very happy with it. In 
some ways it's a better development environment than the one I use at work...

It's all free, too, although it's polite to donate if you use it a lot.

If for some reason you don't like SourceForge, there's always Savannah 
(http://savannah.gnu.org), which provides much the same services with a 
different political slant. It's not limited to GPL software, though.

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