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On 07/03/2011 01:56 AM, Marcus (OOo) wrote:
> Am 07/03/2011 07:43 AM, schrieb C:
>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 06:29, Graham Lauder<yorick_@openoffice.org>
>> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 12:57 -0700, Dave Fisher wrote:
>>>> Some projects are huge and others small. I downloaded several:
>>>>
>>>> wave@minotaur:~/ooo-test$ ls -1
>>>> development
>>>> documentation
>>>> download
>>>> projects
>>>> www
>>>>
>>>> The size is 2.7GB.
>>>>
>>>> It would be good to come up with a scripted way to convert existing
>>>> webcontent to either mdtext, an altered html, or specialized
>>>> javascript and css. It is likely we can adapt the content and use
>>>> the Apache CMS to wrap a standard skeleton.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Dave
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Much of what is on there is legacy material that could be seriously
>>> pruned. For instance all the old Marketing material that is V2.0 and
>>> earlier could be deleted.
>>>
>>> Argument could be made for the marketing material to start from scratch.
>>> Personally I'd like to see a whole new branding and get shot of the old
>>> stuff, make the first Apache release: V4.0 (Historically, significant
>>> global change has meant a whole number change in the version: V2 new
>>> codebase, V3 Apple compatibility. I think this is significant enough:
>>> pre V4 = LGPL license, V4 and later = ALV2) From a marketing POV it
>>> gives us a handle to hang a campaign on.
>>
>> The majority of the documentation project content is not really stored
>> in the stuff that was downloaded in this test. What you find in the
>> web-content side is pretty much just pointers to the Wiki plus a few
>> files here and there that are not in the Wiki.
>>
>> I would much more prefer that when the time comes to migrate content
>> of the documentation directory, that I simply tag which files are to
>> be transferred and the rest are pruned. I have spent time cleaning up
>> what's there, but there are still 10 years of legacy things still
>> laying about, not used anymore.... stuff that should not be copied
>> over.
>
> I know that many things are simply outdated and could be deleted easily
> without loosing value. However, when we grab the content from the Oracle
> server, look into the content, and then decide if to take over and
> publish or modify or delete, then we we have much to do and a longer
> time no real content on our websites.
>
> So, I would prefer to take over all content and make it public *) . Then
> we can go through the content and add/modify/delete/whatever part-by-part.

yes! exactly...investigating ALL this now will take WAY too long.

>
> *) After the license problems are solved.
>
> My 2 ct
>
> Marcus

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