> 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.
I believe what SourceForge expects (in the sense of "going with the grain," and generally accepted practices) is to actually set up a small SourceForge project, which then provides version control, download capabilities, and so forth. (Personally, this seems like a lot of overhead to me, so I just host my scripts on my own servers.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
