[EdLUG] April 2019 | List settings (un-hide emails), and Venue (again)

Sun Mar 10 23:00:42 UTC 2019

Hi

++ Website

Thanks to all who responded to confirm their preferences.

Since my last call-out, we came to be in a 3-way tie between putting the
statically generated site on our current hosting, using Gitlab, and using
Github.

Since I did suggest that Gitlab (being majoritarily open source) might be
preferable over Github, I have shuttered the Github edlug site and issue
trackers, and moved them to https://gitlab.com/edlug - you'll be able to
view projects and notes there on the relevant projects Issues pages.

I have also taken a backup of the Drupal site files and at this point, I'm
ready to remove Drupal, and instead add a redirect to the
https://edlug.gitlab.io site. I will likely do this in the coming week.

++ List

Finally, you may notice that the sender address should now have reverted to
showing addresses, since I have received no objections to this change (and,
in the past, seen a number of requests to stop the hiding). It is done,
addresses will be visible once more.

That's all for now !

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===
Tai Kedzierski

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On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 13:55, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Thanks to all who attended last night, it was quite the fun event ! As
> expected, there were photos of the photobooth and of the EdLUG crowd, and
> quite fun. We'll have to figure out where to put these ; for my part I am
> considering just chucking the handful of snaps I took onto Instagram and
> tagging #linux :-p
>
> There were some noise issues with the neighbouring dominoes club but
> nothing we couldn't handle with better equipment... except.... (*suspense*)
>
> In this mail:
>
> * list migration/settings decision
> * venue status
> * April pre-announcement
>
> +++++
>
> *Mailing list*
>
> I've been digging around how the mailing list works and found that we
> actually are not self-hosting it, but in fact it is being run by
> Lug.org.uk themselves directly.
>
> As a result, the cost of changing mailing list system and upsetting the
> user registration is no longer offset by the benefit of "ceasing to
> self-host." This also means that our tweaking is pretty much limited to
> configuring Mailman variables through its web interface.
>
> >> I'd like at this point to propose that we turn off the address hiding
> so that senders' addresses are in the clear once more.
>
> I can add some rudimentary word filtering to try and catch issues and
> avoid the situation that led us to hiding addresses in the first place.
>
> >> I'd like to do this change this week-end, unless I receive any
> objections on this thread.
>
>
> I did try to see if I could add some sort of semi-obfuscation to Mailman
> myself, but there's no guarantee that it would get through to Lug.org.uk's
> deployment.... and also Mailman is much more of a beast than I had thought
> it would be - I'm still partway through implementing it...!
>
> +++++
>
> *Venue*
>
> The Foxy Fiddler proved to be potentially satisfactory as a venue....
> except that it's soon no longer going to be a bar anymore! On the 18th of
> March they are closing for refurbishing, to re-open as a restaurant. As you
> can guess, this means we won't be able to fit in as a rag-tag bunch of
> people so easily...
>
> As such, we'll have to fall back to the second choice -
> . >> the Royal Dick Bar at the back of Summerhall << .
>
> There are advantages to this in a way - it remains wheel-chair accessible,
> I know for sure their kitchen stays open tile well past 7pm (Fiddler closed
> kitchen early, unexpectedly!), and Summerhall is a good name to associate
> with in terms of independent and creative activities.
>
> Also the hacklab is right next door to the bar, in the courtyard, and we
> can go drop in on them any time, since their open night is Tuesdays ;-)
>
> If this does not work out for any reason, we're back to searching.
>
> +++++
>
> *April 2019 meetup*
>
> I won't be able to make it to the April meetup, so I've nudged Kris and
> Shehraz to take the helm on that one ;-)
>
> There is no talk scheduled for April, but if you'd like to offer one,
> please let them ---^ know
>
> +++++
>
> There we are. Still much to do in patching up and dusting down.
>
> See you all in May -- when I intend to do a talk on the new website setup
> - Gitlab or Github !
>
> And as a reminder, the poll closes on Sunday.
> https://framadate.org/DAJ2lUiUwnjhDEKQ
>
> -- Tai
>
>
>
> I use LibreOffice <https://www.libreoffice.org/> , a free,
> Freedom-respecting replacement for MS Office
>
> *Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price.*
> https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
>
> --
> EdLUG mailing list
> EdLUG at lists.edlug.org.uk
> https://lists.edlug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edlug
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