[OSGeo-Edu] website clean-up

[Markus Neteler]

(cc Gary Sherman, board)

On 4/23/06, Puneet Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org> wrote:
> Markus Neteler wrote:
> > Puneet,
> ..
> >>
> >> 1. Frank W sent me the IRC log this time around. What is the normal
> >> mechanism for getting hold of the log after-the-fact? Does it require a
> >> "Frank intervention" or is it accessible on-line somewhere (so I don't
> >> have to post it).
> >
> > The logs appear in real-time here:
> > http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/
> >
> > Every day a file is generated which is instantly extended by the
> > IRC bot run by Gary Sherman who owns the qgis.org domain and
> > provides this service for QGIS, GRASS and OSGeo.
>
> So, here is the next question -- these logs will accumulate at qgis.
> Will they remain there permanently, or they will also undergo
> spring-cleaning from time-to-time?

I hope that Gary leaves the logs there "foreever". Maybe we should
backup them onto a osgeo.org server (a cronjob could easily do this
automatically).

> Minutes of the meetings are
> distillation of what happens, and it is likely the minutes scribe might
> miss out on issues. In any case, folks might want to get a sense of what
> "really happened that night." The best practice would be to link the log
> from the meeting diary entry or the minutes. Hence, the need for a
> permalink to the logs.

Yes, that should be the way to go.

> >
> >> 2. Why is the website (edu.osgeo.org and its siblings) under secure
> >> http? I can understand using https when editing, but for normal viewing
> >> public, what good does https serve? Are there any
> >> disadvantages/advantages to this?
> >
> > Good question. I have cc'ed to the OSGeo community manager Daniel
> > who may comment on that. For the the https access appears to be slower.
> >
>
> yes, it is. And, most browsers do that un-necessary warn thing (when you
> enter/leave https), which might make some wonder what's going on. It is
> just needless.

[ see Daniel's answer in other mail, kept here for the board list record ]

Markus