On Dec 22, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:

> Now I'm even more confused.
> 
> Will http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/ still find the list pages or 
> will it redirect to http://www.openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/ and 404, 
> since ooo-site.apache.org/projects/www/lists/ has nothing there?

No it won't redirect. It only redirects at the first level.

http://www.openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/ does not exist at Kenai it gives 
a 404. Nothing to worry about.

The pattern is http://openoffice.org/projects/FOO/lists/

Please try these urls in your browser before you speculate.

Regards,
Dave



> 
> - Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:19
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [WWW] Changeover is Close - Final Tasks!
> 
> 
> On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
> 
>> But we're NOT cutting over "openoffice.org"
>> now so I don't see what the hemming and hawing
>> is about.  We're doing "www.openoffice.org",
>> aren't we?
> 
> Dennis missed our discussion of this trick.
> 
> If a user goes to http://openoffice.org/ then Kenai very nicely redirects 
> them to http://www.openoffice.org/.
> 
> Website migration is decoupled from the following other issues:
> - Mailing List cutover. (ooo-site should avoid allowing users to subscribe to 
> the old lists.)
> - @openoffice.org forwarder cut-off.
> - openoffice.org ids and extensions and templates access.
> 
> There are a bunch of servlets around login and project mailing lists. These 
> will break. They will need to be removed, but I don't think that should stop 
> us from migration.
> 
> I do agree that we should make the old legacy visible on the new site. I've 
> asked for someone to look into /mail_list.html. Links to 
> http://openoffice.org/projects/ and 
> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/. would be welcome additions. CTR 
> people!
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> 
> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]; 'Joe Schaefer' <[email protected]> 
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:46 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [WWW] Changeover is Close - Final Tasks!
>>> 
>>> It has to do with this page and all of the other pages like it for the 
>>> lists that each of the OpenOffice.org projects (and NL projects) have: 
>>> 
>>> <http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists>.
>>> 
>>> If you have an OpenOffice.org login, you will see Subscribe and (if already 
>>> subscribed) Unsubscribe buttons for each list on that page.  Also, the 
>>> archives are accessible from those pages in a browser-friendly form.  This 
>>> is how one can read the list using a browser and there is even a way to 
>>> post to the list via the web interface.
>>> 
>>> While some people aren't aware that there is this one-stop arrangement and 
>>> use the e-mail means of controlling their subscription, others rely on 
>>> this, including TJ for administrative functions.  
>>> 
>>> This aspect of the mailing-list service will go away with the cut-over of 
>>> the web site.  There is no reminder or announcement about that.
>>> 
>>> - Dennis
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Joe Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] 
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:59
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [WWW] Changeover is Close - Final Tasks!
>>> 
>>> Why does one have to do with the other?
>>> We are not cutting over the MX record for
>>> openoffice.org now are we?
>>> 
>>> [ ... ]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 

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