A Temporary Moratorium
As everyone knows, we are rapidly approaching Phase 1 of the
website transition:
making the new authentication and authorization application live. We
call this new application "Auth" and it`s basically our new user
management system. The current target for this Phase 1 move is late
June. Then we plan to roll into Phase
2 with the migration of the site's content to XWiki in late August.
Hopefully, that part is starting to resonate at this point. If not,
that`s ok. We have some substantial communications planned to keep
driving the schedule forward.
Also, during the period between the two initial phases, the existing site will be adapted to use the new Auth system. Leaders of communities, projects, and user groups will be able to add and delete users, create new repositories, and provide access to repositories and web pages just as before. Some of these actions will be performed using the new Auth system, so we will provide documentation outlining the new system shortly.
However, during the interim period, we will not be able to support the creation of new communities, projects, and user groups on the site. The technical difficulties involved will preclude us from being able to support this activity during this critical period, so we will have to put in a temporary moratorium on creating new groups. Fortunately, very few new groups are being created on the site at present, so it shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience for the majority of the community. For those community members who might be inconvenienced, though, we certainly apologize up front and we ask for your patience as we enter this complicated transition period. We have been planning and building this website replacement for well over a year now, and we are getting close to the final implementation. Once we are running on the new site, we will be able to offer everyone a much more flexible environment to grow well into the future.
So, if you were thinking of opening a new project, community, or user group this summer, please get your proposal approved and a request to the project-setup list now. The deadline for new group requests to the project-setup list is June 15th, and the moratorium on creating new groups will run until the end of August when we move to XWiki. Note that this moratorium will not affect the creation of new Mailman lists.
Website Transition Documentation | Auth System Beta | XWiki Website Beta | Program Roadmap
Also, during the period between the two initial phases, the existing site will be adapted to use the new Auth system. Leaders of communities, projects, and user groups will be able to add and delete users, create new repositories, and provide access to repositories and web pages just as before. Some of these actions will be performed using the new Auth system, so we will provide documentation outlining the new system shortly.
However, during the interim period, we will not be able to support the creation of new communities, projects, and user groups on the site. The technical difficulties involved will preclude us from being able to support this activity during this critical period, so we will have to put in a temporary moratorium on creating new groups. Fortunately, very few new groups are being created on the site at present, so it shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience for the majority of the community. For those community members who might be inconvenienced, though, we certainly apologize up front and we ask for your patience as we enter this complicated transition period. We have been planning and building this website replacement for well over a year now, and we are getting close to the final implementation. Once we are running on the new site, we will be able to offer everyone a much more flexible environment to grow well into the future.
So, if you were thinking of opening a new project, community, or user group this summer, please get your proposal approved and a request to the project-setup list now. The deadline for new group requests to the project-setup list is June 15th, and the moratorium on creating new groups will run until the end of August when we move to XWiki. Note that this moratorium will not affect the creation of new Mailman lists.
Website Transition Documentation | Auth System Beta | XWiki Website Beta | Program Roadmap
While I agree that June-August isn't a huge amount of time to expect many new communities to be formed, but things like projects seem like in more of a demand? Is there likely to be a temporary procedure to at least create a svn/hg repo for code? I'd guess that most other groups could wait until the transition.
Thanks for the update on the project - very helpful.
Posted by Glynn Foster on May 24, 2009 at 03:41 PM JST #
hey, Glynn. Existing projects can add new repos during the interim period. Is that what you are asking?
Posted by Jim Grisanzio on May 25, 2009 at 12:58 PM JST #
Yep, sounds good, thanks!
Posted by Glynn Foster on May 26, 2009 at 02:57 PM JST #