I don't think that it was specifically dropped, it just wasn't made a requirement for new projects coming into OSGeo.
There are project pages on the OSGeo site (like http://www.osgeo.org/grass - just product info "fliers") but from there the project URL can be anything from external host-based (like http://grass.osgeo.org/ - which is non-canonical, this seems to be the same as grass.itc.it) to hosted host-based (http://mapguide.osgeo.org/) to dedicated domains (like http://www.qgis.org/). I don't think that projects should be _required_ to use project.osgeo.org, but I believe that SAC is typically happy to set these host records up for projects if they want them. Domain/url changes are never simple if you want to retain your search engine results, and marketing is an important part of any OS project. Here is some very good advice to follow when doing so: http://tinyurl.com/5s2w3q A bit specific to Google, but it can be extrapolated out to the other engines too. Jason -----Original Message----- From: Paul Ramsey Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] URL project.osgeo.org During ColabNet days, we had this scheme, but it was dropped when we moved. Was there a reason for it? I personally feel some love for it, since it allows things like bringing the Mapserver site into osgeo.org with a simple URL change. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
