[Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site in Sakai's trunk
Mark J. Norton
markjnorton at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 27 18:11:30 PDT 2012
Strange. He told me he had a Desire 2 Learn new songs.
- Mark
On 6/27/2012 9:05 PM, David Ackerman wrote:
> +1, but I heard his Blackboard dealt forbids public singing.
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:32 PM, 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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