[squeak-dev] Squeak Board minutes - 12/17/12

tim Rowledge tim at rowledge.org
Tue Dec 18 18:35:02 UTC 2012


On 18-12-2012, at 7:59 AM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:

> On 2012-12-18, at 16:46, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think we should be careful about mass-porting of projects.  If you look at original SqueakSource, there are a LOT of projects and a lot of them are junk projects.
>> 
>> Here with SS3 we have a chance to start fresh with more quality, less quantity.  Leave the old SS as-is with more quantity, less quality.  It's really not hard to set up Account + Projects at SS3, but just enough that we will end up with new, active projects.
>> 
>> I know you say its nice to have just one place to go looking for code -- ahem, but you already know SS3 is not the answer to that..  Either way we intend to keep the original SS up and running right?
> 
> IMHO it would be convenient if old package URLs continued to work, but I see no point in keeping it active (allowing uploads) indefinitely.


Suggestion; 
a) keep the old URLs working as much as practical.
b) where a package has been migrated and is considered 'supported' in whatever sense people think suitable, use redirection magic to redirect to the new place.
c) where a package has not been migrated, add prominent notes to all relevant places (description page, listings, even the name of the package if that works) to the effect that it might no work, hasn't been re-adopted yet etc.
d) allow a sort of copy-on-write effect to find out which packages ever get used & brought up to date.
e) after some suitable period - say 100 years - drop anything not ever updated.

tim
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