[Python-Dev] Python Language Summit EuroPython 2010

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 19:38, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> From what I've been able to tell from afar, I strongly suspect PyPI's
> downtimes would be greatly reduced with a move to mod_wsgi (currently it is
> using mod_fcgi, and most downtime is solved with an Apache restart --
> mod_wsgi generally recovers from these problems without intervention).
> Martin attempted this at one time but ran into some installation problems.
> It seems like the team of people managing PyPI could benefit from the
> addition of someone with more of a sysadmin background (e.g., to help with
> installing a monitor on the server).

I have some experience with mod_wsgi (and this is what we're using for
the hg.python.org setup, I think). I'd be happy to help out more with
that, if it helps (though most of my experience is not with the
Debian-based distributions).

Cheers,

Dirkjan