Do note that I don't mind other forms of wiki. I picked this one arbitrarily. I picked it because Andy Hunt runs it on his site
Does JSPWiki v2 provide all of the features necessary to host the ASF Wiki?
Yeah, well, I think so. I already provides RSS feeds, much better structured content support, I find it more usable and it's java so for me it's a plus (but I understand that for others might be a minus so I won't emphasize that here)
(http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/cgi-local/pragprog?HomePage)
It ran nice and stable like, didn't require any maintenance, no databases, etc... Just set the data dir, config any options and you're done.
The point of a wiki is simplicity. My only caution... lot of folks have a tendency to extend the capabilities and flexibilities such that it no
longer is useful anymore. Those wikis die. The most successful wikis are bascially kept simple. The only enhancement I see myself making
is tables because I don't think those are so hard and boy they are sure useful... Granted they can be overused so I understand the arguments against...
(see this page for a good argument for tables: http://www.superlinksoftware.com/cgi-bin/jugwiki.pl?HowToUseJavaCollections - don't that look pretty ;-) )
If folks feel like they want to install and volunteer to maintain another wiki, and they're sure its secure, can be feasibly set up with meager resource requirements
(no idea what nagoya is but Steven has a pretty fat server behind cocoondev and its running Linux and not FreeBSD which is a BIG plus for Java), then I'm
not intending to get in the way.... You just need to be sure you know the answers:
* Will it scale if the wiki becomes widely used and syndicated (UseMod: yes)
* Will it require more maintenance than is feesible in a volunteer run organization (UseMod: no)
* Is it secure from a exploit my system and bring apache to its knees standpoint (UseMod: yes)
* Does it keep it simple stupid (meaning complex markup and flexibility is nice but can be counter-productive, wiki's excel on simplicity) -- (UseMod: yes, very)
* Can it be feasibly set up given the amount of Cat Herding that is necessary to come to a decision and acquire rights, karma and resources -- (UseMod: obviously)
<sarcasm>
And if you're going to have the usual heated discussion (No I want a PyWiki and bla bla bla) before reaching a decision....
</sarcasm>
* Can you migrate the data over feasibly -- (UseMod: obviously)
<veryserious> Those are higher priority than Cool Feature X.... </veryserious>
-Andy
