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

[Nate Angell]

+1, but only if Chuck sings Auld Lang Syne at the mercury site wake.

= nate

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>wrote:

> 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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