Wiki like documentation Was: Re: Wrapping up 7.4 (finally)

[Daniel Stone]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 08:47:47PM +0930, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 07:42:48PM +0900, Jordi Polo wrote:
> >    First, about the wiki engine, Daniel asked for a Moin replacement. What
> >    about Trac? (http://trac.edgewall.org/ ) it is basically the same
> >    syntax than Moin moin, it integrates a bug tracking system (what I
> >    don't know if it is a good idea)  and a lot of plugins
> >    (http://trac-hacks.org/). It is moin moin so horrible to be replaced?
> >    Then is not mediawiki the most beatiful wiki engine out there?
> 
> I am hesitant of replacing a working system to get something started. The wiki
> already has many pages that only need cleaning up and restructuring. If we
> actually hit the limits of the current system, then replacing becomes an
> option.  But we should _not_ do it because we don't like the looks, or the
> fact that other systems may do it better.

I should make it clear that while I'd like to replace Moin, it is
absolutely, utterly, not a blocker to starting work.  We have two
problems: a suboptimal wiki system, and mostly non-existent content.
Don't let the former stop you from fixing the latter. :)

Cheers,
Daniel
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