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

[Steve Swinsburg]

Bam, love it.

Removing the mercury portal is now in Jira form:
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22341


On 28/06/2012, at 11:11 AM, Mark J. Norton wrote:

> 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> 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> 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!"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
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>>> Nostalgia?
>>> 
>>> On 6/27/2012 2:16 PM, Charles Severance wrote:
>>> > /Chuck
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