"problem with for-pay servers is users are motivated, they help
pay for a few months, then no more"
"so any decisions that affect $$ need to account for probably
Ales paying for it out of pocket"
I have absolutely no issues with removing me as a "single point
of failure", however, if you people want to do it then put up the
*cash*,
time, and get some buy-in from all people doing the development
work.
When my friends on the metalartists.org list lost the previous server
and I started a mailman server for them they donated money via paypal
to get to paid up for a year and a half after just a week. It might
not be hard, even with this bunch to get virtual server money.
For OpenVZ on Quantact.com servers you'd need to budget $30/month
for the level of RAM needed to run mailman. These prices might even
drop some as things progress, since some web hosters, (Network
Solns),
with canned web-app packages (not root accounts), now run at $11/
month.
I'm good for $20 for server support -- I expect that to go for
a years worth after asking the rest of the people that care to
contribute.
So now the question is "Who else will pledge money?".
John