On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 03:49:08PM +0200, Eelco Dolstra wrote: > Hi, > > On 25/09/15 14:24, Matthias Beyer wrote: > > > So, an idea came up - why not using static pages for all of this? If you > > want to do contributions via git, you can use github. If one want to > > host it, one can use github pages and build it with travis-ci. These > > things are documented and they _work_ for other people, so why not for > > a wiki? > > > > To be able to build pages with travis-ci and github pages, one needs a > > static site compiler. > > This is essentially how the NixOS homepage is built, i.e., a git repository + > Template Toolkit + a makefile. And of course you can make pull requests on > GitHub. But I wouldn't call that a wiki, since you can't easily edit it from a > browser, or make it world-writable. But if we do want go that way, another > possibility is GitHub Pages + Jekyll. > > The main advantage of using a GitHub wiki is that we then don't have to manage > user accounts and deal with spammers. But as you say, the downside is that we > can't customize much.
A huge disadvantage of using github tools are that they're proprietary, so people using free systems can't contribute (easily.) What about ikiwiki? _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
