[Mageia-dev] references to outside web sites/wiki

Thu Jan 5 15:54:36 CET 2012

On Wednesday, 4 January 2012 23:56:01 Romain d'Alverny wrote:
+> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 22:36, Johnny A. Solbu <cooker at solbu.net> wrote:
+> > On Wednesday 04 January 2012 21:06, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
+> >> wiki.mandriva.com may be shut down for good in just a few days
+> > 
+> > What? Are Mandriva serisouly considering closing down the Wiki?
+> 
+> Mandriva is on the path to filing for bankruptcy on January 16th.
+
+There may be more consequences / preparation than ensuring our web content is 
+fully independant.
+
+We may need to consider:
+1)Prepare for upgrading our servers from Mandiva 2010.x to Mageia (1?). 
+However, I know for a fact that some packages we have on them are not 
+available in Mageia yet.
+
+2)Ensuring we are ready for users who are still on Mandriva to migrate to 
+Mageia. IMHO, this should mean:
+-Backports media resolved
+-Highlighting documentation on upgrading / switching (e.g. downgrading from 
+Mandriva 2011 to Mageia 1, even if it is by exporting package leaf list and 
+backing up /etc, /usr/local/ etc. and re-install keeping /home) such as 
+http://www.mageia.org/en/1/migrate/ on the Wiki and website/blog post
+-Forum section dedicated to assisting users migrating?
+-Blog post prepared, something that commenters on various news sites can point 
+to in replies?
+-Possibly considering contacting large mirror sites (e.g. mirrors.kernel.org) 
+who currently mirror Mandriva, but not Mageia?
+-A concerted effort to start producing comprehensive documentation, as soon we 
+may not be able to point users to online copies of Mandriva documentation
+
+(I personally need to upgrade 3 of my machines and a few machines of 
+friends/family/colleagues)
+
+Regards,
+Buchan
+