EIC/BNL Computing discussion

[Maxim Potekhin <potekhin AT bnl.gov>]

Hello Jerome,

This was discussed in a long thread with Thomas and Elke and recently at
the EICUG Steering Committee as well as mentioned in the software group
discussions.

The issue is this:

a) there are mandated PHP version bumps required by the hosting service 
- the BlueHost
This trigger (or will trigger) Drupal version migration

b) there is compatibility matrix of PHP vis a vis Drupal itself and the 
installed modules

c) previously Drupal upgrades were direct (and I've done one or two), 
and now with version 8
to be required within the next few months this is no longer transparent. 
Then there will be
version 9 of course.

These migrations are now quite involved and require level of expertise 
way above
casual admin/user.

Instead of being subject to the continued tech debt/liability of keeping 
up with the version
creep and complex upgrades it was proposed to shift to a platform which 
is a lot simpler
to maintain.

Best regards,

Maxim





On 6/9/21 2:51 PM, Jerome LAURET via Eic-bnl-comp-l wrote:
> From the bi-weekly EIC news, I read
>
> > The EICUG is facing increasing issues with maintaining their Drupal 
> > based web site (eicug.org). The
> > agreed plan is to drop Drupal and redesign the web site based on 
> > possibly Jekyll in conjunction with
> > github. Main concern is to maintain the links to important EICUG 
> > documents that are referenced
> > extensively (White Paper, Yellow Report etc).
>
> Where was that discussed exactly and what kind of "increasing issues"
> did the EIC faced? I have not seen anything discussed in the standard
> mailing lists.