[Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site in Sakai's trunk
Mark J. Norton
markjnorton at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 27 17:51:45 PDT 2012
With lots of beer and tall fruity drinks ...
I can certainly live without Mercury at this point. I did attempt to
write my own portal at one point, using Mercury as a starting point. It
was a decent way to learn the technology, but things have moved on. +1
for removing it.
- Mark
On 6/27/2012 8:35 PM, Robert E. Long wrote:
> And it must be at a Japanese karaoke bar...
>
> --Bob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 27, 2012, at 20:32, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com
> <mailto:nangell at rsmart.com>> wrote:
>
>> +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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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!"/
>>>
>>> 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 <mailto: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
>>> <mailto:markjnorton at earthlink.net>>
>>> To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
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>>> 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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