[gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 30: "Planet Gentoo" web log aggregator

[Duncan]

Daniel Drake posted <417EE3D7.8010005@g.o>, excerpted below,  on
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:55:03 +0100:

> Daniel Drake wrote:
>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0030.html
>
> Stuart has brought up the issue of what happens when a gentoo developer
> who uses a gentoo-hosted weblog leaves the project. Would it be
> unreasonable for us just to close and delete that log?
>
> The alternative to this is not to provide our developers with weblog
> hosting - instead, we'd get people to sign up for one of the many free
> blogging services available elsewhere.

I'd suggest the latter -- less for Gentoo to maintain and as covered
before, some already have blogs elsewhere.  The planet is (as I understand
it) just a way to link all the diverse blogs together in one place,
altho we can (as suggested elsewhere) point to resources other than
the blog from it as well, and I think that's a good idea too.

Then, when a developer leaves, after some period (30 days?), their planet
link could be deleted.  Those still following them for whatever reason
would have direct bookmarks, and therefore be able to continue doing so.

This would seem to be better in a couple other ways as well.  Should
something offensive be posted and disciplinary action need to be taken,
removing a planet pointer is far less drastic than shutting down their
blog entirely.  They still get their speech, Gentoo just doesn't have to
link to it if it's not within Gentoo policy.  There's a similar benefit
legally.  Under certain legal circumstances, Gentoo may be ordered to
remove the link, but what is then no longer on Gentoo's servers, they
aren't responsible for.  (Of course, the blog provider may be ordered to
remove the content as well, but then, that's out of Gentoo's
responsibility as well, and depending on where said provider is, that may
not be the case.)

If desired, Gentoo could make arrangements for group hosting on some
provider or other, and offer that as a default for those who don't have
other arrangements yet and want it.  However, I see no reason or need for
Gentoo to get into the blog hosting business directly.  The planet,
linking blogs existing elsewhere, should be enough.

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