On 25 Jun 2008, at 14:12, Calum Benson wrote:

>
> On 24 Jun 2008, at 22:48, Chris Mahan wrote:
>
>>> Providing a single portal also makes more sense
>>> for future enhancements. I would love to see more
>>> mediawiki plugins added to the the genunix site.
>>> But, is it really useful for the OpenSolaris community to try
>>> to maintain and enhance two separate sites?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>> I find myself in agreement with Paul.
>
> FWIW, so do I, at least with regards to the wiki.
>
> Genunix provides other useful services to the OpenSolaris community
> that I wouldn't want to see going away-- its awesome to have such a
> comprehensive mirror site, for example.
>
> But I've only ever used its OpenSolaris wiki (with the associated
> hassle of signing up for yet another account on yet another website)
> because it was the only viable option at the time, not because it made
> more sense to do so.  As soon as it becomes possible, I'll most likely
> remove my stuff from genunix.org, and move it onto opensolaris.org
> instead.

(Just to clarify, this obviously doesn't mean I think we should  
attempt to 'shut down' genunix.org or any part of it-- that would be  
ridiculous.  Really just commenting that I, and apparently some  
others, only ever regarded the genunix.org wiki as a temporary  
measure, albeit a most welcome one.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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