[Tovid-users] Proposed: move tovid to Google hosting

[Joe F. <pen...@gm...>]

Proposed: move tovid to Google hosting

Existing assets:
 1) Sourceforge project page (sf.net/projects/tovid)
  * download host & history
  * mailing lists & history
  * svn host & history
  * web host
  * bug tracker
 2) Forums (createphpbb.com/tovid)
 3) IRC (chat.freenode.net/#tovid)
 4) Wiki (tovid.wikia.com)
 5) Fresheat listing (freshmeat.net/projects/tovid)
 (6. Berlios project page)

Google Code offerings:
 1) Google Code project page (ex: code.google.com/p/tovid)
  * download host & history
  * svn host & history
  * bug/issue tracker
 2) Google Groups:
  * mailing lists (ex: groups.google.com/group/tovid-users)
  * image hosting
  * page hosting


My recommendation:

Discontinue using sourceforge and berlios sites and services and move to
Google Code hosting. Discontinue using the createphpbb forums and move to
Google Groups. Keep IRC, the wiki, and Freshmeat.

Considerations:
 1) Moving: In moving to Google hosting, there are a few things that we
    __cannot__ move:
  * mailing list archives
  * forum archives
  * bugs and feature requests (well, we can move these, but one-at-a-time and
    by-a-human)
  * download counts
  * tovid's web/ftp space (most can be moved to the project or groups portal,
    but not as-is: Google limits the style of pages)
 2) Legacy: since some information cannot be moved, we should preserve it.
  * Reduce the Sourceforge project page to only the mailing list archives and
    old version downloads.
  * Lock the forums so that no new posts may be made.


Plan of action:
I will move my berlios project (vidprofile) to Google Code to learn how to
move svn repositories and update the other services. Having one round of
mistakes and learning will make tovid's move much easier.

Thoughts and opinions?

Joe