[OSGeo-Edu] website clean-up

[Puneet Kishor]

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? 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.

> 
>> 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.

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Puneet Kishor