[Ubuntu-SG] The ubuntu.sg web site

[Chen Xiangpeng]

Hi Guys,

I agree with Francis. Redirect to the wiki.

Most of the user group's activities revolves around the mailing list anyway.

Regards,
XP

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 09:02, Francis Bond <bond at ieee.org> wrote:

> G'day,
>
> I vote for (1) redirect to the wiki for now.
>
> 2010/1/5 C David Rigby <c.david.rigby at gmail.com>:
> > On 12/31/2009 02:02 PM, C David Rigby wrote:
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> For various reasons, the three people who have been the primary
> >> contacts for the ubuntu.sg website are no longer engaged in
> >> maintaining and upgrading it. It is several iterations behind the
> >> current version of Drupal. The upgrades that have taken place since
> >> the installed version was released include fixes for cross-site
> >> scripting and other security risks.
> >>
> >> We need to decide what to do with the site. If there are members of
> >> the Ubuntu community in Singapore that wish to step forward and take
> >> charge of the site, I am agreeable to turning over the responsibility
> >> for it. If not, then I advise shutting it down. The last post to it
> >> was over two months ago, so I get the impression that it is not much
> >> used.
> >>
> >> Your thoughts?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> C David Rigby
> > Thanks everyone for your comments and offers of help.
> >
> > I just attempted to update the site to the latest version of Drupal so
> > as to address the security issues. I discovered that I no longer have
> > access to either PHPAdmin nor the ftp server on the host. Ergo, I can
> > not really do anything to update the site.
> >
> > Our host administrator is currently in national service. When he will be
> > able to get back to us is unknown. AFAIK, Heidir and I are the only ones
> > with full administrator access to the site proper. We can work with the
> > site as it is currently configured, but we cannot update it, add
> > functionality, etc. As well, neither of us has the time to do much with
> > it anyway.
> >
> > Heidir suggested to use the Team Wiki
> > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam) to maintain a presence on the
> > web. This is a good idea.
> >
> > IMHO, the current site should be deactivated until it can be properly
> > maintained, and a link referring visitors to the Team Wiki would be easy
> > enough to include. However, I do not want to force that on everyone. So,
> > if I could get everyone's feedback on the issue one last time, I would
> > appreciate it.
> >
> > Your choices are:
> >
> > 1. Deactivate http://ubuntu.sg and redirect visitors to
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam
> >
> > 2. Leave things as they are and hope for developments in the future.
> >
> > Regards
> > CDR
> >
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