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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> On Mar 19, Jeremy Blosser [jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org] wrote:
> > I need someone to step up and own keeping Drupal updating on
> > www.sourcemage.org, or it's going to have to come down.  As the guy who
> > owns the server I cannot allow software to be installed that isn't
> > maintained against this kind of vulnerability.  I also don't have time or
> > inclination to do all the updates myself when I've got other stuff I need
> > to do and the actual value this app provides us right now is so limited.
> >
> > Those of you want that want to keep Drupal vs. just a wiki, the option is
> > up to you, right now.  Either one of your volunteers to keep it updated, or
> > not.
>
> Well, David Kowis stepped up to buy us time and do this upgrade, but I
> don't think he wants to own the thing long-term or make sure we keep it.

Nope, not so much. It is way more than we need.

> Since I can't go along with running a big web app on one of my servers that
> isn't maintained and no one has stepped up to maintain this I'm adding
> migrating off Drupal to my list.  If there aren't new major issues that
> come up and force the timeline I'll first look at getting us another forum
> app that does ML integration.  I think integrating the forums and SM-Users
> list makes the most sense to increase usage of both.

Yep, that'd be pretty sweet.

> If someone really thinks we need to keep Drupal but isn't up to
> volunteering to maintain it then all I can suggest is finding another place
> to host it that can maintain it for you and propose that to the project as
> an option.  I'm more inclined to run our stuff ourselves on platforms we
> can support.
>
> Meanwhile I'd suggest that any important docs that only exist on the Drupal
> site should get recreated on the wiki.

Just affirming my anti-Drupal stance. I did the one fix because I wanted 
to give us more time to research something useful without crippling what 
we've got right now.

David