At this point infrastructure would be interested in seeing the DNS zone file for openoffice.org, so we can get some idea of how many different services we're talking about.
If someone has that information, please forward it to me privately. Thanks. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Sun, June 26, 2011 11:33:09 AM > Subject: Preserving Legacy Content (was: Contributors versus Committers > versus >PMC members - AND USERS) > > > On 26 Jun 2011, at 12:21, Rob Weir wrote: > > > We have three basic options for legacy content: > > > > 1) Migrate it to a dynamic equivalent, e.g. form to forum, list to > > list, wiki to wiki. This might be using the same software or a > > different one, though obviously migration is more difficult cross > > apps, especially in the absence of standard formats. > > > > 2) Archive the content statically, e..g., wget the entire wiki, forum > > or list and store the static pages for reference. Ideally, search > > engines and external links don't notice the change. > > > > 3) Ignore the legacy content and let it disappear. > > > > I think this is a case-by-case decision that we'll want to make, based > > at least partially on how how active the existing service is. If it > > gets no writes, but many reads, then #2 might be appropriate. If it > > is active with both reads and writes then that would recommend #1. > > I think option 2 ought to be our default for the whole project, with all > links >always working. From the discussions so far, it seems we are likely to >establish new venues and modes of interaction that would make option 1 an >exception, and option 3 is always to be avoided in a community with as long >as >legacy as OpenOffice.org > > Cheers, > > S. > >
