I'm on board with this plan as well. I'll update the wiki links in the proposed website to go directly to confluence.
Justin On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Rob Godfrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Since we've already discussed it offline, you won't be surprised :-) ... > but yes, I agree with this approach also > > -- Rob > > > On 28 June 2013 10:00, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 26 June 2013 16:13, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Keith spotted earlier that any links to the wiki export no longer seem to >> > work, with links 404'ing other than the index page itself at >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/qpid/ >> > >> > The original email below would seem related, as the autoexport plugin >> used >> > to do the export is no longer going to be supported following a >> Confluence >> > upgrade and will not be coming back. Following some of the links in the >> > mail (e.g on the JIRA) suggest there are some manual alternatives such >> as a >> > maven based build project to do the equivalent of the export plugin. >> > >> > All that said, going to our actual Confluence instance just now says that >> > the major upgrade has actually *not* occurred yet as indicated in the >> mail, >> > with a banner instead saying "Upgraded to 3.5.17. Upgrade to 5.1 >> delayed." >> > Either way, our html export seems to be screwed currently. >> > >> > What would we like to do about this? >> > >> >> Anyone else (thanks Steve!) care to chime in on this? It would be good to >> get something agreed that we can then start working towards to help clear >> up the current mess. >> >> >> > >> > I have said previously in the website threads that I would actually quite >> > like to get rid of the HTML export and move any remaining user >> > documentation of real use to the main documentation/website, deleting >> most >> > of what is on the wiki, and subsequently using the actual wiki (rather >> than >> > an export) for only the things that it is best suited to going forward. >> > >> > As such, I think my choice would just be to get >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/qpid/ redirected to the actual Confluence wiki >> > at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/qpid just now and then >> > start down the path of clearing most of the existing rubbish out. >> > >> > Robbie >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: gmcdonald <[email protected]> >> > Date: 18 June 2013 12:56 >> > Subject: IMPORTANT: Major Confluence Upgrade Coming Soon. Please review >> > test instance now. >> > To: [email protected], [email protected] >> > >> > >> > [PMCs please forward to your dev list ; Incubator Mentors please forward >> to >> > your Podling dev list. >> > Note that this message may be received twice as it will also go to >> > committers@ list.] >> > >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > If your project has a Confluence Wiki then this is an IMPORTANT >> > announcement >> > for you and your project. Please read this email carefully. >> > >> > NOTICE: The ASF Confluence instance is planned to be upgraded this >> Saturday >> > 22nd June 2013. Judging by the time taken to upgrade the test instance, >> > please expect the service to be in a down or read only state for the >> entire >> > day. >> > >> > This email is to let you know that a test upgrade has already occurred >> and >> > is live for you to play with now. This gives us all an opportunity to >> test >> > for stability as well as any upgrade/plugin issues that might have >> happened >> > along the way. >> > >> > Our current confluence wiki is at version 3.4.9 from way back in February >> > 2011 and Atlassian have released a further 45 updates along the way, >> > including another 2 major versions. >> > The test instance has been upgraded several times along the way, with >> > database surgery, operating system and server changes along the way. >> > >> > There have been casualties. Most notably is the Autoexport Plugin has had >> > to >> > be disabled permanently as during extensive testing, this plugin stopped >> > working on version 4.3. Templates and Macros are also affected with major >> > changes from wiki markup to xhtml amongst other things. Some plugins >> > survived with upgrades all the way whilst some have been >> > decommissioned/replaced or have changed to 'paid for' versions that we >> need >> > to sort out licensing for. Nothing major that I can tell, but that's >> where >> > you lot come in with your testing of your own spaces. >> > >> > Please familiarise yourself with what's new in Confluence 5.1 at >> > >> https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.1+Release+Notes >> > and also take a good look around our upgraded test instance. Do not worry >> > about mucking anything up on the test instance as that is what it is >> there >> > for. Any changes/additions made will be lost on Saturday when a new >> > migration will take place. The current confluence version will remain >> > online >> > in a read only state until the new version is completed. >> > >> > A jira ticket has been raised at >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-6406 where projects can add >> > comments on any issues they are having with the test instance as compared >> > to >> > their old site. Just problems only please, do not turn it into a how to >> use >> > confluence 5 thread. In addition, if there are any features that you >> > currently use that do not work in the test instance, please replicate the >> > feature in the current production TEST space so that I can test them all >> in >> > the one place along the way. (Ask if you need create page permissions to >> > cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TEST ) >> > >> > It may be possible in the future to replace Autoexport by playing around >> > with the API to export the pages but this is not a priority, nor is it >> > supported. We warned projects long ago that the Autoexport Tool would be >> > incompatible with future Confluence versions and that time has now come. >> > >> > Ok so, please test and report to the Jira Issue mentioned anything amiss >> > with your space. Go to https://cwiki2.apache.org/confluence and have a >> > play >> > around. You have 3 DAYS to report anything you find. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Gavin (ASF Infra) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
