Wouldn't a move to either github pages or github wiki be easiest, management-wise? I could have a crack at converting the Drupal database to markdown files.
Emile On Apr 7, 2014 3:15 PM, "Patrick Ohly" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > Spam has been an on-going issue with comments and the Wiki on > syncevolution.org; some spammers must have found a way around the > captcha mechanism for registering users or a hole in the Drupal > installation. > > It became worse again recently. I cleaned up last week, but over the > weekend another 50 fake users were registered and several hundreds of > fake new Wiki pages created. This showed up in the site feed. > > I'm therefore revoking all write access to the site for normal users. I > would have liked to avoid that because some users found the comments > useful (*), but I have neither time nor motivation to maintain that > aspect of SyncEvolution. > > Besides the comment system, the site would also need some serious work > on updating the content and perhaps pruning some of the old, obsolete > comments and pages. There's also the risk that Intel will stop > supporting the separate SyncEvolution site and expect some of the > content to move 01.org, Intel's central site for open source projects. > I'm not sure how download.syncevolution.org would work in such a case. > > If there is someone around who wants to host the site and/or become > administrator, please speak up. The site content is stored in Drupal, > with a file system directory exposed as download.syncevolution.org. > > (*) On the other hand, some of the comments were bug reports or general > requests for help, which probably would have been better handled via > this list or the bug tracker. > > -- > Best Regards, Patrick Ohly > > The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although > I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way > represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak > on behalf of Intel on this matter. > > > > _______________________________________________ > SyncEvolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.syncevolution.org/mailman/listinfo/syncevolution >
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