-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Frey schrieb: [...] > The reason the wiki hasn't gotten off the ground so far is due to a number > of reasons. The wiki we settle on must be able to: > > - keep indefinite history > - track who contributes (only registered users can write to it) > - send email notifications to anyone who is interested, about > changes and edits, and let this setting be global, > or on a per page basis > - allow full backups of the complete edit history > > Basically, I don't want to have people's work lost in a poor wiki choice, and > I want it to be as open (from a change history point of view) as possible, > to me, as well as the community. The requirement for registered sourceforge > users (or registered wiki users, however that's done) is so that copyright > of content can be attributed. > > So far, the default Sourceforge wiki has not satisfied me that it comes close > to handling this, but Sourceforge has been adding features called Hosted Apps, > and I believe their Hosted wiki application has promise. > > So if you want, you could really help me out by reading up on the Sourceforge > Hosted App Wiki, and see if it can accomplish the above requirements. > Let me know what permissions you need to contribute to the wiki, or whether > I need to apply to the sourceforge admins to get it setup. [...]
Hi, I started evaluating the hostedapp wikis provided by sourceforge. They've got two: mediawiki (the same as used for wikipedia) and trac comes with a wiki as well. I didn't take a closer look at the trac wiki since you were looking for a wiki only. In general, mediawiki offers: * Full backups. * Sending email notifications on a per page and on a global basis. * Editor tracking. * Page history; I couldn't find any specs whether it's indefinite. Sourceforge doesn't give a lot of information about it's settings: * They offer & encourage users to make backups but don't explain what's included. (I suppose, it's a full backup but supposing isn't knowing.) * Notifications on a global basis can not be activated through user management but are managed through a global php-array. (mediawiki's fault.) * Editor tracking is enabled at least for the mediawiki that are attached to user accounts. (I opened one for my user account to toy around. Sourceforge doesn't say, whether project attached hostedapps have the same configuration as user account attched.) But it's even worse: I activated a sourceforge wiki for my user account and discovered that the mail-function is broken. To receive notification mails, each wiki-user has to confirm his mail address for mediawiki separately. However the mail containing the mediawiki confirmation code never reached me. I filed a bug report three days ago but it's still unanswered. My impression is, that mediawiki as hostedapp is still in testing and lacks ease of use and sourceforge specific documentation. We might eventually be able change the systemwide configuration by sending feature/support requests (depending on their installation architecture). That'll take some time before it's up and running. Unless you disagree (if you consider using the trac hostedapp for example) I'll keep an eye on the progress mediawiki is taking at sourceforge and start editing the existing documentation meanwhile. Bye, Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmeiB0ACgkQtxc9nyAFrEPgQACgpYhM8VJkcOEfJvV1vfsY5PEy +GQAoKPxaWAoXuYH5P7tK/dlfrwpktON =sH7T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
