[Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site in Sakai's trunk

[Aaron Zeckoski]

It is worth mentioning that mercury is not just a site. It is actually a
portal which was generally intended as a way to present a single site or to
make development easier or something to that effect.

In general, it is probably not a good idea to develop in the mercury portal
since it doesn't translate all that well to the charon or neo or xsl
portals all that well (as I learned painfully many moons ago).

I think killing it in all forms is probably fine as long as we have a
moment of silence and a montage of screenshots.
:-)
-AZ


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've proposed the mercury site be replaced with a normal demo site as part
> of the experience improvement:
> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22122
>
> I agree that whilst there might be some historical reason, its a legacy we
> can move on from. Every time I show Sakai to someone they say "Why is it
> called 'Mercury'?"
>
> cheers,
> S
>
>
> On 28/06/2012, at 5:47 AM, Nate Angell wrote:
>
> On that note: why is Pluto naked and speechless while Goofy is dressed and
> can talk? Is Pluto Mickey's warning to Goofy?
>
> = nate
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>wrote:
>
>> Unlike pluto, mercury (portal) was formed when the system (Sakai)
>> coalesced so I think the analogy is apt.
>> :-)
>> -AZ
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder if removing Mercury as a site would get people as angry and
>>> removing Pluto as a planet!
>>>
>>> *"When I was your age, Mercury was a site!"*
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>> http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/when-i-was-your/
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Kara Stiles <kstiles at unicon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's some superstition that it's bad luck to get rid of it.  At
>>>> least, that's what I've been telling people for many years.
>>>>
>>>> Bye now,
>>>> Kara
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Mark J. Norton" <markjnorton at earthlink.net>
>>>> To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:15:07 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site
>>>> in Sakai's trunk
>>>>
>>>> Nostalgia?
>>>>
>>>> On 6/27/2012 2:16 PM, Charles Severance wrote:
>>>> > /Chuck
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