Upgrade now complete, I also put up some tutorial screen snaps and update the
descriptions to match our users guide.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/
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Jody Garnett
On Tuesday, 8 January 2013 at 12:50 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> (Resend as we need to make a choice)
>
> TLDR: Allura upgrade in 2013 Q1 will migrate our email archives - want to
> migrate to OSGeo instead? Reply with yes/no and we can create a SAC ticket.
>
> Got an email from source forge today (apparently we have ignored the "update"
> button to migrate to some new "Allura" platform:
> - https://sourceforge.net/p/allura/wiki/Allura%20Wiki/
> - http://incubator.apache.org/projects/allura.html
>
> SourceForge ask us to talk to them if we have an unusually large number of
> forums/repositories/trackers - I thing we really just care about
> our email archives.
>
> SourceForge is NOT changing the following:
>
> Project summary page
> File releases and download stats <--- GOOD
> Project Reviews
>
>
> And is replacing the following with Allura:
>
> Meta-data (name, description, trove categories, etc)
> Members and permissions
> Project News
> Forums
> Hosted Applications and Project Web
> Virtual Host configuration and MySQL databases
> Git, Subversion, Mercurial, Bazaar and CVS repositories
> Mailing Lists <--- NOT SO GOOD
> Tracker data
> Project Donations
>
>
> We do have the option of migrating our email archives over to OSGeo. That may
> be a preferable option if they are going to mess with things overmuch.
>
> Is it worth writing a proposal (or just creating SAC Ticket?). Or do we hit
> the upgrade button and see what the result looks like ...
>
>
> Here is the email:
> > Dear GeoTools, the java GIS toolkit project admin,
> >
> > Since your project has shown some activity in the last few months, we
> > want to be sure that you're aware that some changes are happening at
> > SourceForge, and we want to be sure you're not caught by surprise.
> >
> > As you may already be aware, SourceForge is upgrading to a new platform
> > (code-named Allura), and as a result, we'll be retiring the Classic
> > SourceForge platform, which your project is still using. Our goal is to
> > have everybody off of the old platform in the first quarter of next
> > year, so that we can retire that code and focus our attention on the new
> > platform. It would, of course, be preferable if you migrate your own
> > project in your own time.
> >
> > You can read more about the new platform at
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/upgrade/ and then, when you're ready, press
> > the Upgrade button next to your project name.
> >
> > If you have any concerns about the process, or if your project has an
> > unusually large number of forums, source code repositories, or trackers,
> > please don't hesitate to contact us to discuss your upgrade. It's
> > important to us that it go smoothly.
> >
> > As always, thanks for being part of the SourceForge community.
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