Re: Should pgFoundry mentions be nuked from the wiki?

From: Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>
To: pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Should pgFoundry mentions be nuked from the wiki?
Date: 2016-04-03 19:19:55
Message-ID: 57016CDB.4010802@wars-nicht.de
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On 22.03.2016 03:54, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On 03/21/2016 06:57 PM, Justin Clift wrote:
>> When looking through the wiki, there are various mentions
>> of pgFoundry around. They're not really pointing out that
>> it's extremely legacy/unwanted ;>, and to not put new projects
>> on there.
>>
>> Should we remove the references to it, or make them explicity
>> say something like "Do Not Use pgFoundry for new projects", or
>> <other suggestions welcome>? :)
>
> As far as I know, any active project has moved from pgFoundry. The best
> solution is to find where the new home is and update the links.

When I updated the links in docbot a while ago, for a number projects I
couldn't find more recent links. It probably means that the project is
dead, but the legacy information is nice to have.

Regards,

--
Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
German PostgreSQL User Group
European PostgreSQL User Group - Board of Directors
Volunteer Regional Contact, Germany - PostgreSQL Project

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