Re: [DIGImend-devel] SourceForge retiring hosted apps

[Nikolai K. <sp...@gm...>]

Hi Dave, Viktoria,

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Favux ... <fav...@gm...> wrote:
> I don't know if Nick has had a chance to look at the SourceForge
> e-mail notice yet or not.

Yes, I've seen it.

> They're dropping the hosted MediaWiki like they have Wordpress.  So now we
> have to set up our own MediaWiki by September along with Wordpress for the
> blog.  This stinks especially because we just finished getting the wiki
> up.
>
> Currently there is a major gotcha.  You'd want to install the current
> mediawiki-1.19.1 version but right now it doesn't work on SourceForge.
>  Neither does version 1.18 or 1.17.  Apparently you have to go back to
> version 1.16.5.  They make no guarantee they'll have SourceForge
> compatible with MediaWiki's current version when they sunset the
> hosted MediaWiki in September.  In fact they provide themselves an out
> by referring us to a third party MediaWiki hosting site like:
> http://wikkii.com/wiki/Free_Wiki_Hosting  So their migration sites
> need to be monitored for an announcement that they've fixed the issue.
>  Hopefully it isn't so late in the game that it turns into a mad
> scramble.
>
> Also they'll have to implement OpenID authentication to SourceForge
> accounts.  So watch out for that announcement too.  Probably want SF
> URL Shortener and Redirects from old Hosted App locations, also not
> implemented but likely of lesser importance.  I'm not sure what
> they're talking about with their new Allura platform.  What it buys
> you migrating to that.  Some claim about easier data migration because
> of a new data API?  We're a Classic project, correct?

Yes, we're a Classic project.

> Once past those hurdles the tricky part appears to be the MediaWiki
> LocalSettings.php configuration script.  It's needed because the
> MediaWiki's installer thinks it is dealing with a fresh install.  So
> you have to include a LocalSettings.php file in the base of your
> MediaWiki install.  Get that wrong and I suppose you have to reinstall
> and reload from your data backup.
>
> The main issue though is that the migration has to be done by someone
> with administrator privileges.  So I think you're stuck with it Nick.
> Sorry.

Thanks for a detailed explanation of the issues, Dave.

SourceForge.net was showing signs of maintenance deprivation for a while.
Their staff seems to be stretched. I really wouldn't like to maintain my own
install of MediaWiki and, say, Wordpress. I'd rather spend my time on direct
project tasks.

Considering all of the above, I think it would be a safer bet to just move
the Wiki off SourceForge.net. And the blog too.

And I'm really starting to think about changing the platform completely.

What do you think? Do you have any ideas where we should move our stuff and
how much of it?

Sincerely,
Nick