Am 25.09.2010 21:12, schrieb Paul Boddie: > Georg Brandl wrote: >> Am 23.09.2010 22:25, schrieb anatoly techtonik: >> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote: >> >> I certainly agree with that. So, how can we solve those problems? >> >> Radomir has shell access now so perhaps we can ask him to make the >> >> Python wiki theme more visually appealing. What roadblocks do people >> >> encounter when they want to help garden or reorganize the wiki? >> > >> > First of all Wiki is outdated. Correct me, but python.org specific >> > customizations are not modules, but patches that makes it hard to >> > update the Wiki to latest version or add new customizations. >> >> That's why we have a Moin core developer on the team. ISTM that Moin 1.x >> is notoriously hard to extend -- once you go beyond plugins adding new wiki >> macros -- which is part of what the team wants to fix in 2.x. > > Although I understand the sentiments about "specific customizations", > python.org should only have its theme as something that isn't a generic > extension to MoinMoin, and that theme should be actively maintained. When > python.org switched its architecture a while ago, the special theme > presumably came with the deal, but it's been so out of date for so long that > I switched to one of the standard themes years ago. Fortunately, Radomir's > EuroPython theme is actively maintained, works with recent MoinMoin releases, > looks a lot better than the old theme, and is used elsewhere.
As a disclaimer, I have no idea about the specific configuration of Moin used at wiki.python.org. > As for Moin 1.x being "notoriously hard to extend" beyond macros, you can get > a long way with macros and actions, although I agree that sometimes it's > possible to hit architectural constraints. It's just that every Moin installation I've come across used custom patches, and as a consequence was difficult to update. Georg -- Thus spake the Lord: Thou shalt indent with four spaces. No more, no less. Four shall be the number of spaces thou shalt indent, and the number of thy indenting shall be four. Eight shalt thou not indent, nor either indent thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to four. Tabs are right out. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
