Hello Jan;
I would think that as long as the old wiki.openoffice.org redirects to the new site there should be no problem. We are certainly proud to be under the Apache domain. Pedro. >________________________________ > Da: janI <j...@apache.org> >A: dev@openoffice.apache.org >Inviato: Lunedì 14 Gennaio 2013 15:09 >Oggetto: Mwiki possible name change. > >Hi. > >I want to inform the community about an ongoing discussion in Infra >regarding the use of "wiki.openoffice.org" or "wiki.openoffice.apache.org" > >Background: We decided sometime ago to let me upgrade mwiki, which I did, >with great help from many in here. > >After that there has been a relatively high load on the VM (very positive) >and bi-daily kernel panics due to lack of resources. > >It was then decided to make a new VM with a new ubuntu, instead of an >upgrade in place (to get rid of the kernel panic) which I deemed risky due >to the state (and documentation) of the installation. > >I have completed the work with the new VM, and we were ready to transfer >the live site. > >At that point I learned about plans of using https instead of http. >Infra-root has a policy that all logins (not only for committers) should be >done through https. > >Using https, requires a certificate, and the ongoing discussion is whether >"*.openoffice.org" is really needed or if "*.openoffice.apache.org" would >be ok. > >If I have understood the details correctly (sorry for being vague, but I >have not been able to get a clear answer), the users would address https: >wiki.openoffice.org or http:wiki.openoffice.org and get a response as https: >ooo-wiki.openoffice.org or https:ooo-wiki.openoffice.apache.org. > >I have written/mailed several times that openoffice.org is a legacy, very >important to AOO, and hope it has been understood. The latest discussion >seems to go in the direction of getting a certificate for openoffice.org, >but there are no guarantees. > >I have informed infra, that I cannot participate in works that causes a url >name change, without having a green light from the AOO community. Meaning >that I am now just monitoring what happens and not participating. > >I am sorry to have partly caused the current situation, I wanted to make a >clean installation to make the VM easier to maintain, had I not done that, >the https discussion would problaly never have surfaced. > >I have no deadline for the change, mainly because it is done by others, but >I am convinced that Infra will end with a solution that the community can >accept. > >Please take this as information, I cannot go into a discussion on behalf of >Infra (I am not infra, but we do have other committers that are infra). > >Rgds >jan I. > > >
