[mb-devel] Can musicbrainz support lighttpd to replace apache ?

[David Gibson]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:15:45AM -0700, Ben wrote:
> MusicBrainz is different than most open source projects in that the  
> real value is not in the code, but in the data the code produces.  
> Think Wikipedia. Having many people run servers doesn't really help  
> the project. Having many people *use* the server that's already set  
> up does help. Hence, the focus on APIs, as opposed to letting the  
> server run anywhere.

True on the whole.  However, it has been noted that MB is very short
of DB and server developers, a major reason for slow progress.  In my
observation and experience, one of the crucial factors for attracting
contributors is easy initial installation and build, so people can
play before they dive into the code.

Well, my current batch of business may be over in a week or so,
perhaps I'll have a look at installing the mb-server myself and seeing
if I can improve the installation packaging.  Given that my db and web
programming knowledge are very limited, it's something useful I can
attempt.

> On Oct 3, 2006, at 1:44 AM, bowen wrote:
> 
> >But if you
> >want your project been widely used and take more use of open source
> >power, you should think aout that it is very hard to install an
> >mb_server.

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