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 their priority (or at least approximate priority), with highest priority their priority (or at least approximate priority), with highest priority
 (most important) first. (most important) first.
 +Also, first, bit of "​policy"​ update ... but may be more theoretical (e.g. conflicts with physical
 +reality & resources available at the time of this writing) - and may also, to fair extent, be relatively SF-LUG specific:
 +<​file>​
 +Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:10:12 +0000
 +From: jim <​jim@well.com>​
 +
 +Policies:
 +* The host of the sf-lug web site is a Linux machine or virtual machine
 +  dedicated to running the sf-lug web site only. A "​different host" may
 +  refer to another VM running on the same physical host as that which
 +  supports the sf-lug web site.
 +* the sf-lug web site itself should be static, with no interactive
 +  software, for ease of maintenance and security; it is essentially an
 +  internet-accessible yellow page style advertisement.
 +* The sf-lug web site can include links to interactive web pages,
 +  although properly such interactive pages should be hosted on some
 +  different host other than that which hosts the sf-lug web site (for
 +  easy maintenance and security).
 +* the sf-lug web site host should be open to sf-lug supporters for
 +  whatever they want to try out. "Trust is efficient."​ We assume no user
 +  will alter work done by other users. We assume users will make mistakes,
 +  even hork the host itself, and that users will use sudo rather than
 +  the root account to make changes (exceptions to this include Michael
 +  Paoli and Jim Stockford and whoever else can get Jim or Michael to
 +  approve). Preferably users should experiment on a host other than that
 +  which runs the sf-lug web site itself.
 +* Jim wishes to deprecate PHP on the host that supports the sf-lug web
 +  site. Jim has no power to enforce this. Jim prefers shell scripts, C,
 +  and Python. Jim's authority derives from his paying for domain name,
 +  electrical power, bandwidth, and other costs. To the extent that
 +  other people pay such costs, they derive authority.
 +</​file>​
   ***High availability server** - to the extent feasible, this system should be treated as a server intended to be of rather to quite high availability. ​ E.g. groups (such as [[http://​www.sf-lug.org/​|SF-LUG]] and [[http://​www.balug.org/​|BALUG]]) are or may be rather to quite dependent upon its availability,​ and generally would prefer the system be up and available as much as feasible.   ***High availability server** - to the extent feasible, this system should be treated as a server intended to be of rather to quite high availability. ​ E.g. groups (such as [[http://​www.sf-lug.org/​|SF-LUG]] and [[http://​www.balug.org/​|BALUG]]) are or may be rather to quite dependent upon its availability,​ and generally would prefer the system be up and available as much as feasible.
     ***Downtime and maintenance (system outages)** - to the extent feasible, when such outages are necessary or appropriate,​ they should be targeted to off-peak hours (usage logs may provide useful guidelines as to what days/times would best meet "​off-peak"​ criteria), and should be scheduled in advance and with [[system:​appropriate outage notification]].     ***Downtime and maintenance (system outages)** - to the extent feasible, when such outages are necessary or appropriate,​ they should be targeted to off-peak hours (usage logs may provide useful guidelines as to what days/times would best meet "​off-peak"​ criteria), and should be scheduled in advance and with [[system:​appropriate outage notification]].
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