Hello; I have not been to involved with that process lately but my understanding is:
- Infra requires a update to recent version of the MediaWiki software. - It would be preferable to have no hacks or no non-standard extensions. - They want to have documentation concerning the maintenance of the system. Additionally they would prefer to use a FreeBSD jail, but this is not mandatory. I was considering stepping in for this last issue but I have no MediaWiki expertise and having me as another guy learning is probably not helpful at this time. Pedro. --- On Tue, 9/6/11, Matt Richards <[email protected]> wrote: ... > Well, I thought Terry has resigned > from the project according to another > thread, leaving the wiki migration at a bit of a stand > still. Figured I > could step in and pick up where he left off on this. Am I > able to, as a > non-contributor reach out to Apache Infra on this (from > what I read it seems > the infra ML are for existing contributors only)? Not sure > who all is > involved at this point. > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton > wrote: > > > > > My understanding that it really is a test build > and it has *not* been > > maintained in synchronization with the OpenOffice.org > operating version. So > > if that system started to be used as a production > instance separate from > > OpenOffice.org, it would be a fork and there would be > some issues with that. > > > > The plan was to put the existing wiki into read only > and then do a final > > export. That export would be used to build the final > ooo-wiki. The next step > > is to change the DNS. Once DNS is complete branding > changes will be made. > > > > > > > > Also, I don't believe that would be an acceptable > arrangement for Apache > > Infrastructure, for important operational > reasons. Someone from there can > > explain the rules for having a MediaWiki server being > sustained. > > > > Terry has said he will finish the work. It is possible > that Drew can do it. > > I know that Terry was documenting everything for > Infrastructure. > > > > Perhaps you should ask infra what they will require > given the events of the > > last days. > > > > I also wonder what moderation and administrative > situation exists on the > > Wiki and if there is any overlap beyond Terry and Drew > between these two > > groups. > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > PS. A lot of us are older, let's have some > consideration for other's health > > and stress levels. > > > I totally understand real life/health needs to come before > any of these > types of projects. No problem. > > > > > > > > > > - Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matt Richards [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 08:32 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS][wiki] Migration (was Re: > Who Wants to build > > OpenOffice?) > > > > > > As far as point 2, I thought Terry had completed > the all of the migration > > > work and all that was left was to create a final > export and cut over the > > DNS > > > entries? In my mind, if there is already a lot of > content on the MW and > > the > > > Apache Foundation allows us to continue to use > it, why not? > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Pedro F. > Giffuni <[email protected] > > > > > >> wrote: > > >>> Hmm ... > > >>> It looks like I missed where the > decision to use MediiaWiki and > > >> deprecate confluence > > >>> was taken. I guess it was arranged with > infra as long as MW is up to > > date > > >> and > > >>> the extensions are documented. > > >>> > > >>> I am not complaining though: it sounds > like lazy consensus in action > > plus > > >> we can > > >>> always change mind later on and try the > conversion script. > > >>> > > >> > > >> Do you have a > counter-argument? I think the factors are > at play were: > > >> > > >> 1) We have a huge amount of content already > in MediaWiki from the > > >> legacy project. Although it might be > converted to Confluence, the > > >> effort would be large. > > >> > > >> on the other hand > > >> > > >> 2) MediaWiki was not supported by Apache > Infrastructure and getting it > > >> supported and migrated would require a lot of > admin work > > >> > > >> So far, it looks like the admin effort has > made more progress than the > > >> translation effort. Maybe > not a final decision, but that is how it > > >> looks to me today. > > >> > > >> -Rob > > >> > > >>> Pedro. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > --Matt > > > > > > > > > > -- > --Matt >
