Re: Fwd: Status of Wiki on Lout's SF account

[KHMan]

Remo Dentato wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 6:49 AM, KHMan <address@hidden> wrote:
>  >  We can't really use PmWiki on SF anymore, see:
>  >  http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/SourceForgeServers
>  >  SourceForge would prefer MySQL backends.
> 
>  I had  a look to both wikis and Content management systems.
> 
>  The problem is: the ones that are simple rely on being able to write
>  files, the ones that use MySQL as backend are more complex to use or
>  maintain.

Agree. I feel a bit reluctant to do that, seems like overkill.

> [snip]
>  The options I see are:
>  - static site (pro: easy to setup. con: hard to update pages)
>  - wki or CM + mySQL (pro: on-line page updates, con: hard to setup
> and maintain)
>  - external wiki hosting (pro: easy to set up, on-line page updates,
>  con: requires registration/sync on multiple hosts)
>  - SVN + cron (pro: ... , con: doesn't allow on-line updates, mechanism
>  to be figured out)
> 
>  I would add another one for sake of discussion:
>  - migrate to Googlecode, make SF site pointing to the Googlecode site.
>  (pro: easy to setup, easy to update pages, con: look and feel not very
>  good, might be confusing)

I'd rather not move unless under extraordinary circumstances.
There is a wiki interface, but I like backups of my data too...

I'd rather simple solutions, since Lout is not a very 'busy'
project. Something that we can set up over a few weekends, then
update infrequently, would be nice.

>  About the SVN+cron I'm not clear how this would be easier that FTP
>  (except for keeping tracks of changes).

SF uses only SSH, but if we are comfortable with SSH, then it's
okay for me. I just tested FileZilla/SFTP and it works, so all we
need to agree on is what to use to write and maintain a static site.

Let's see what the rest of the list thinks.

-- 
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia