Michael Stowe wrote at about 11:21:39 -0600 on Monday, November 9, 2009: > > Not sure if I am missing something obvious here, but the BackupPC > > Mediawiki page seems to only allow the upload of *media* files with > > extensions like .jpegg, .png, etc. > > > > Even 'faking' the extension doesn't seem to work for me. > > Note Craig has given me editing access so that is not the problem > > unless there are different levels of access that would deny certain > > types of uploads. > > It's not a permissions issue; by default, MediaWiki a) only accepts > certain extensions, and b) rejects certain mime types. So, short of > reconfiguring MediaWiki, you'll have to link to somewhere else that the > files are hosted. (MediaWiki wasn't designed to host files, per se, but > it was designed so that files could be linked to.)
OK... but shouldn't we be using a wiki service that allows posting of more general files since we are dealing here with support or extensions to BackupPC that typically is written in perl or bash (or in my case also a one-liner cmd script)? I guess we could link to someplace else but that has two problems: 1. There is no "natural" place to host such files and I don't even know where I would put them. 2. It makes it hard to back-up the wiki, ensure consistency, do version control, etc. if important scripts are stored in (random) 3rd party links. I don't know anything about Wikis but I would have thought that such functionality would be available for open source projects which often by their nature have multiple code contributors and extensions that are not part of the core tree. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
