[Gimp-web] Preparing for the official launch...

[Henrik Brix Andersen]

Hi all,

On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 17:56, Raphaël Quinet wrote:
> I talked to Yosh about whether it would be possible to make the
> transition from the old site to the new one around the end of this
> month.  He said that it should be OK.  It is likely that there will be
> a new machine to replace wilber (the current www.gimp.org) and the new
> website will be installed on that machine, which will then become the
> new www.gimp.org.

Yes, this would be great - unfortunately I will not be able to be online
and help with the move at the end of this month, r/l interference. ;-)

> Regarding what has to be done before the transition, I think that the
> most important thing is to implement the new menu structure and to
> populate the /source/ directory (which has to be added to CVS).  This
> is mentioned in bug #119246.

I agree that #119246 is a blocker for the launch of the new site, but I
don't think it's the only one. I think #119487 should be fixed before
release as well - else e-mail harvesters might give the new website a
bad reputation...

> I do not consider any of the open bugs as blockers, except for the one
> mentioned above because it will change some URLs.  It would be nice to
> fix as many bugs as possible before the launch, but it will still be
> possible to fix them later if necessary.  I will try to work on some of
> them as time permits (e.g., Netscape compatibility or some bugs that
> are easy to fix).

I hope to be able to find some time to work on the few bugs that are
open against gimp-web at some point in a not too distant future as well.
I've promised scizzo to improve the instructions on how to actually
produce a patch for the gimp - so that's the first thing I'll look into
when the time comes.

Sincerely,
./Brix
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gimp.org>