Minutes/2025-05-02

From Usenet Big-8 Management Board

Present: TM, RL, MM

  • Administration
    • comp.lang.asm.x86 comp.lang.asm.x86 on Google Groups
      • RL still awaiting a response from Ivo and the three volunteers to coordinate setting up a moderation system.
    • news.groups.proposals
      • The group's signing key uses the e-mail address ngp-approval-key@ngp.big-8.org. Agreed to leave this as-is for now, as this is just an identifier. We can later consider adding a new identity with a new address, and/or upgrading to a GPGv2 key.
    • comp.compression.research comp.compression.research on Google Groups
      • TM posted the 2nd RFD. Unless a 3rd RFD is warranted, LCC to be posted on 2025-05-09.
    • Moderated groups without moderators
      • soc.genealogy.surnames.britain soc.genealogy.surnames.britain on Google Groups: No further update from volunteer.
      • rec.humor.funny rec.humor.funny on Google Groups: No further communication from Brad Templeton.
      • Ivan Shmakov followed up on his expression of interest in moderating some groups. TM to respond.
      • comp.binaries.cbm comp.binaries.cbm on Google Groups: RL to request an update from the new moderator.
      • rec.arts.anime.creative rec.arts.anime.creative on Google Groups: Expression of interest from tidux in taking over moderation with a robomoderator. RL to respond.
      • MM had approved TM's draft of the LCC. RL to examine the LCC. TM to post the LCC once everyone has approved it.
    • soc.sexuality.general soc.sexuality.general on Google Groups (non-functioning moderated group): Agreed to defer until mass deletion RFD is concluded.
    • soc.culture.jewish.moderated soc.culture.jewish.moderated on Google Groups (non-functioning moderated group): Agreed to defer any further action until the current mass deletion RFD is concluded.
    • comp.sys.wearables comp.sys.wearables on Google Groups: RL to ping Greg Pfeil for an update on the moderation infrastructure.
    • comp.protocols.dns.bind comp.protocols.dns.bind on Google Groups: MM to ping Dan Mahoney for an update on the mail-to-news gateway.
  • Infrastructure
    • Status of cron jobs for offsite backups: The existing Mail in a Box scripts stopped working following the OS update (see below), which may need to be addressed before further work. RL to get backup scripts working so that we can move on to decommissioning Mail in a Box.
    • TM has updated the OS on our web server to the latest LTS release.
    • TM has updated MediaWiki on our web server to the latest legacy LTS release, and will update again to the latest LTS release time permitting.
    • mail.big-8.org
      • TM reported further non-delivery messages which MM determined are related to SPF/DKIM issues when forwarding mail from mail.big-8.org.
      • Decommissioning of the domain blocked until we have backups in place.
    • Decommissioning Mail in a Box, Nextcloud, etc. blocked until we have backups in place.
    • RL to continue to investigate whether Apache can be configured to always use the most recent version of PHP, or to exclude PHP from automatic upgrades.
  • Software/funding
    • TM: No update yet on GPG signing best practices on Savannah
    • Thunderbird 128 contact deferred given Julien's comments on INN.
    • TM still to respond to Julien.
    • OTF IFF/NGI0/Sovereign Tech Fund: no further updates
  • Misc
    • Agreed to review Paul Schleck's proposals of August 2024 by next meeting.
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