Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-06 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:32:20 -0500 > William Hubbs wrote: >> I looked at this first, and it is very hard on the server. >> Every pull or clone you do to update things works like an initial >> clone, so it takes pretty massive resources. > Surely,

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-06 Thread William Hubbs
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 12:34:33PM +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:32:20 -0500 > William Hubbs wrote: > > > I looked at this first, and it is very hard on the server. > > Every pull or clone you do to update things works like an initial clone, > > so it takes pretty massive

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-05 Thread Kent Fredric
On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:32:20 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > I looked at this first, and it is very hard on the server. > Every pull or clone you do to update things works like an initial clone, > so it takes pretty massive resources. Surely, then the recommended approach involves: 1. Selecting

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-05 Thread Kent Fredric
On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:44:42 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > Have you even looked at gollum for example? it can support mw markdown. I've looked at it, but none of my reading of online material indicates whether it supports more than the existing media-wiki *syntax*. For instance, Gollum states

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-05 Thread William Hubbs
On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 01:26:51PM +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:44:11 -0500 > William Hubbs wrote: > > > Yes I would benefit from this change, but it is not a case of optimizing > > for one. It is a case of opening up the use of the wiki to the largest > > audiance

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-05 Thread William Hubbs
On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 11:08:10AM +0200, Nils Freydank wrote: > Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2018, 19:39:43 CEST schrieb William Hubbs: > > All, > > > > some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring > > it up here as well. > > > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-05 Thread Nils Freydank
Am Dienstag, 3. Juli 2018, 19:39:43 CEST schrieb William Hubbs: > All, > > some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring > it up here as well. > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > mediawiki and look at something with a git

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-04 Thread Kent Fredric
On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:44:11 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > Yes I would benefit from this change, but it is not a case of optimizing > for one. It is a case of opening up the use of the wiki to the largest > audiance possible. This is just good universal design. Unfortunately, my experience with

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-04 Thread Jonas Stein
>> some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring >> it up here as well. >> >> I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing >> mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? It would be very >> nice to be able to edit wiki pages in markdown

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-04 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 10:31:20PM -0400, Matt Turner wrote: > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 1:39 PM William Hubbs wrote: > > > > All, > > > > some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring > > it up here as well. > > > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-04 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 07:21:53PM +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:39:43 -0500 > William Hubbs wrote: > > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > > mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? It would be very > > nice to be able to

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-04 Thread Brian Dolbec
On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 19:21:53 +1200 Kent Fredric wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:39:43 -0500 > William Hubbs wrote: > > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into > > killing mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? It > > would be very nice to be able to edit wiki

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-04 Thread Kent Fredric
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:39:43 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? It would be very > nice to be able to edit wiki pages in markdown or another similar format > and use git to

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread Matt Turner
On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 1:39 PM William Hubbs wrote: > > All, > > some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring > it up here as well. > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? It would

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 09:09:16PM +0100, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 03/07/18 21:01, William Hubbs wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 09:20:53PM +0200, Jonas Stein wrote: > >>> I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > >>> mediawiki and look at something with a git

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 03/07/18 21:01, William Hubbs wrote: > On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 09:20:53PM +0200, Jonas Stein wrote: >>> I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing >>> mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? >> I think the wiki is very useful and should remain. > Like I

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 09:20:53PM +0200, Jonas Stein wrote: > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > > mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? > > I think the wiki is very useful and should remain. Like I said, there are wiki packages out there

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread Jonas Stein
> I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? I think the wiki is very useful and should remain. > It would be very nice to be able to edit wiki pages in markdown or another > similar format > and use git to

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 01:47:19PM -0400, Brian Evans wrote: > On 7/3/2018 1:39 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > All, > > > > some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring > > it up here as well. > > > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: killing mediawiki

2018-07-03 Thread Brian Evans
On 7/3/2018 1:39 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > All, > > some of us have talked about this on IRC off and on, but I want to bring > it up here as well. > > I don't care that we have a wiki, but can we please look into killing > mediawiki and look at something with a git backend? It would be very >