On Sun, 16 May 2010 10:39:37 -0400 >>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
Jeremy> As time goes on and I see such a strong stance against any Jeremy> formal wiki syntax I get less and less excited about using Jeremy> Fossil. Same here...I became so excited about Fossil and ready to leave darcs (although being it's user since very beginning or sometime around 0.9.x release) to have one integrated solution with SCM, wiki & tracker. However, the joy did not last long, i.e. I quickly found the 'Markdown' thread. :-( Jeremy> It's very, very, very discouraging to me. The more I think Jeremy> about it, the more I think I'll be using git/darcs with Jeremy> trac/redmine. I'm very sorry to report this, I like Fossil Jeremy> quite a bit but cannot deal with the wiki. I can't deal with Jeremy> telling others about it. Why not just use Fossil as the SCM and Jeremy> include a diff wiki system? How do the two integrate? Now I Jeremy> have to setup themes in both? Now I have to mirror user Jeremy> accounts? How can I reference a ticket number from the wiki? Jeremy> How can I reference a SCM REV # from the wiki? How do I easily Jeremy> reference a ticket number from Fossil? A wiki page? It's a mess. For some time I was thinking to just use distributed tracker, but I gave up on it - it is not any longer integrated solution as Jeremy put nicely together above. Jeremy> The integration of Redmine/SCM or Trac/SCM is fantastic and Jeremy> it's what Fossil could be but has clearly said it doesn't want Jeremy> to be. Yeah, that's really pitiful. I'll stay with darcs and (most probably) use Roundup tracker. As far as wiki/docs is concerned, I'll continue using reST markup allowing me to easily convert with Pandoc to HTML/PDF/... Maybe, we'll even deploy Gitit (darcsit) which can use any Pandoc-supported markup. All in all, Fossil is very nice SCM, with good-enough tracker, and we had fun exploring it. However, we haver to say 'Goodbye' since its wiki is the example of not following: "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." (Albert Einstein) Sincerely, Gour p.s. Browsing the archives shows that Jeremy & myself are not the only people leaving Fossil due to its wiki... -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG key: F96FF5F6 ----------------------------------------------------------------
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