What was the original goal of powering the blog with Roller?

• To have a blog, and
• To counter the misconception that NetBSD doesn't run Java well (or at all)...
• By demonstrating that NetBSD runs Java (and well)

How well have we met that goal?

• It's hardly obvious to passersby that the blog is Java-powered
• It's somewhat annoying to admin (and few of us know how)

Could we get more of the intended marketing benefit for less admin cost?

• Document loudly (e.g., on the wiki) how NetBSD supports Java
• Publish the blog with a CMS we already happily admin and use (ikiwiki)

Would anyone feel strongly opposed to the change?

• Not that we can think of (but we'll find out)

Would anyone be particularly happy about the change?

• Yes, some members of admins and www

What functionality is important to preserve when migrating?

• Data: articles and comments (stored as HTML in database)
• Metadata: dates, ordering, relation of comments to posts
• Feeds: feed URLs, UUIDs
• Media: include images in posts
• Commentspam: lock post after N months, no URLs, easy manual delete

What admin-facing functionality would change?

• Accounts: Kerberos suffices, no more blog-specific accounts

What do admins need to feel more comfortable with more ikiwiki?

• More documentation and training

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Previous thinking on what was needed (please merge with the above or discard):

1. Comments
2. Facility for authors to write a summary of their post so that the full post does not appear on the page.
3. list the date as opposed to how many days ago it was posted (this is because we've enabled plugins/relativedate and plugins/prettydate).
4. ability to categorise posts.
5. tags.