Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-30 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:18 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Am 26.09.2010 00:48, schrieb Georg Brandl: >> Am 26.09.2010 00:16, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": Redirect wiki.python.org to the Python wiki front page, and put the Jython wiki somewhere on its own (whether it's wiki.jython.org or

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-27 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Éric Araujo writes: > Le 25/09/2010 10:20, anatoly techtonik a écrit : > > Python ML are: > > 1. require dedicated admin to update, who is not a member of the group > > 2. don't have search > > 3. don't have optional thread subscription > > That's already enough to seek better platform for c

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-27 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Sep 27, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Éric Araujo wrote: >> Because Yet Another Mailing List doesn't solve the problem. >> If you need one - go Google Groups like packaging folks did. >> Python ML are: >> 1. require dedicated admin to update, who is not a member of the >> group 2. don't have search >> 3.

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Hello Le 25/09/2010 10:20, anatoly techtonik a écrit : > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> That's a good point actually... why *isn't* there a pydotorg-wiki-sig? >> (Aside from the obvious point of nobody ever asking for one). > > Because Yet Another Mailing List doesn't so

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-27 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:31 PM, A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 03:53:58PM +0200, Georg Brandl wrote: >> * redirect from wiki.python.org to wiki.python.org/moin > > I've added a element to the top page of > wiki.python.org, so browsers will now jump to the /moin/ page > immediate

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-27 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 03:53:58PM +0200, Georg Brandl wrote: > * redirect from wiki.python.org to wiki.python.org/moin I've added a element to the top page of wiki.python.org, so browsers will now jump to the /moin/ page immediately. This won't help crawlers that don't parse the HTML, but that

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Scott Dial
On 9/26/2010 11:45 PM, R. David Murray wrote: > On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:56:20 -0400, Scott Dial > wrote: >> On 9/26/2010 3:12 AM, Martin v. Loewis wrote: >>> Preventing the browser from prompting the user on the chance they >>> might want to enter an OpenID is not possible, and stopping to use >>>

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> No, Martin really meant "not possible": once basic auth is started, > the browser prompts for username and password and you are in basic-auth > land thereafter; the web server has *no way* to tell the browser to > *stop* using basic auth. Yes, but Scott proposed that OpenID users might fill in t

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread R. David Murray
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:56:20 -0400, Scott Dial wrote: > On 9/26/2010 3:12 AM, Martin v. Loewis wrote: > > Preventing the browser from prompting the user on the chance they > > might want to enter an OpenID is not possible, and stopping to use > > basic authentication is not feasible. > > In theo

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Scott Dial
On 9/26/2010 3:12 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> 2) The URL registered with the OpenID provider is a bit of a wart: >> "http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=openid_return"; vs. >> "http://bitbucket.org/"; > > You mean, as this is what the provider then shows you for confirmation? The provider als

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Steve Holden
On 9/26/2010 10:25 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> I've been talking about redirecting all the time, haven't I? > > You said "put the Jython wiki somewhere on its own". That seemed to > suggest it won't be anymore at wiki.python.org/jython. > >> * redirect from wiki.python.org to wiki.python.org/

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I've been talking about redirecting all the time, haven't I? You said "put the Jython wiki somewhere on its own". That seemed to suggest it won't be anymore at wiki.python.org/jython. > * redirect from wiki.python.org to wiki.python.org/moin > > * (optionally) redirect from wiki.jython.org to

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 26.09.2010 14:59, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": > Am 26.09.2010 13:58, schrieb Nick Coghlan: >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" >> wrote: >>> But that can't work: then off-site links into either wiki break. >> >> Georg isn't suggesting a general structural change, just a chang

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:59 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Am 26.09.2010 13:58, schrieb Nick Coghlan: >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" >> wrote: >>> But that can't work: then off-site links into either wiki break. >> >> Georg isn't suggesting a general structural change, j

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 26.09.2010 13:58, schrieb Nick Coghlan: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> But that can't work: then off-site links into either wiki break. > > Georg isn't suggesting a general structural change, just a change to > have the URL when you land *directly* on wiki.pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:20 PM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > My advice - subscribe people editing page by default (a checkbox near > submit button). This way more people will receive notifications when a > page is changed and will be more interested to contribute themselves. > Of course, there must

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > But that can't work: then off-site links into either wiki break. Georg isn't suggesting a general structural change, just a change to have the URL when you land *directly* on wiki.python.org automatically rewritten to resolve to wiki.pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-26 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> 1) Registering via OpenID is a bit clumsy since there is a "Register" > link that does not mention OpenID. Thanks. Fixed. > 2) The URL registered with the OpenID provider is a bit of a wart: > "http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=openid_return"; vs. > "http://bitbucket.org/"; You mean, as

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Scott Dial
On 9/25/2010 5:37 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> Unfortunately, most sites using OpenID seem have an awkward login >> process. Maybe it's just me (I don't use OpenID much) but I expect >> that without a lot more handholding of new users, OpenID actually >> turns more people away than any other regis

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 26.09.2010 00:48, schrieb Georg Brandl: > Am 26.09.2010 00:16, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": >>> Redirect wiki.python.org to the Python wiki front page, and put the Jython >>> wiki somewhere on its own (whether it's wiki.jython.org or not). >> >> But that can't work: then off-site links into either

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 26.09.2010 00:16, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": >> Redirect wiki.python.org to the Python wiki front page, and put the Jython >> wiki somewhere on its own (whether it's wiki.jython.org or not). > > But that can't work: then off-site links into either wiki break. Why -- they can be redirected easi

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Redirect wiki.python.org to the Python wiki front page, and put the Jython > wiki somewhere on its own (whether it's wiki.jython.org or not). But that can't work: then off-site links into either wiki break. Regards, Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread skip
>> As we're now seeing, people don't feel that it's acceptable to >> publish the subscribers list, Michael> To be fair, quite a few people said they thought it was fine / Michael> a good thing. A couple (maybe 3?) said that as the list was Michael> originally advertised with

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 25.09.2010 23:43, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": For me a major annoyance is the empty page with two links on wiki.python.org While it allows to tell new people that there is also a Jython wiki, my vision that it should be instead be oriented on existing contributors immedi

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>>> For me a major annoyance is the empty page with two links on wiki.python.org >>> While it allows to tell new people that there is also a Jython wiki, >>> my vision that it should be instead be oriented on existing >>> contributors immediately providing instruments to work with Python >>> wiki.

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Unfortunately, most sites using OpenID seem have an awkward login > process. Maybe it's just me (I don't use OpenID much) but I expect > that without a lot more handholding of new users, OpenID actually > turns more people away than any other registration/login process. So how do you like the Op

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Paul Boddie wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> Also, I gotta say that the wiki login process is awkward. > > MoinMoin supports OpenID, although I did find and report issues with Moin 1.9 > in this regard. Something on my now-huge list of things to do is to make M

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Georg Brandl
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 wrote: >> >> I certainly agree with that. So, how can we solve those problems? >> >> Radomir has shell access now so perhaps we c

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Michael Foord
On 25/09/2010 20:12, Paul Boddie wrote: [snip...] Guido van Rossum wrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Michael Foord wrote: Wiki maintenance is discussed, along with other python.org maintenance topics, on the pydotorg-www mailing list: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Paul Boddie
Hello, I've been following this thread all week at work, but I thought it might be time to respond to the different remarks in a single response, given that I am involved in editing and maintaining the Wiki on python.org, and I had a strong enough opinion about such things to give a talk about

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 25.09.2010 15:15, schrieb David Stanek: > On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:22 AM, anatoly techtonik > wrote: >> >> For me a major annoyance is the empty page with two links on wiki.python.org >> While it allows to tell new people that there is also a Jython wiki, >> my vision that it should be instea

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread David Stanek
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:22 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > > For me a major annoyance is the empty page with two links on wiki.python.org > While it allows to tell new people that there is also a Jython wiki, > my vision that it should be instead be oriented on existing > contributors immediately

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > > More wiki and website maintainers needed! That's the consequence. You need to seek the reason why there are no maintainers or active members on pydotorg-www lists. I've expressed my thoughts earlier. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:40 AM, Stev

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-25 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >>    Antoine> Given that few or none of us seem to (want to) actively >>    Antoine> contribute to the wiki, I'm afraid python-dev is not the place >>    Antoine> to ask.  Perhaps a call should be issued on c.l.py ... >> >> It would be nice

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-24 Thread Guido van Rossum
There actually is an admin team, and they actually do set ACLs. >>> >>> Who are they? >> >> I don't actually know entirely; at a minimum, Skip Montanaro. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Michael Foord wrote: > Wiki maintenance is discussed, along with other python.org maintenance > topics, o

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-24 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Michael Foord wrote: > Wiki maintenance is discussed, along with other python.org maintenance > topics, on the pydotorg-www mailing list: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www > > More wiki and website maintainers needed! We could probably adver

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-24 Thread Michael Foord
On 24/09/2010 06:46, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: Am 24.09.2010 00:39, schrieb Guido van Rossum: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:35 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: With an admin team behind it, you can also make more use of ACLs to flag certain parts of the wiki as "official" by making them only editable

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-24 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 23.09.2010 22:25, schrieb anatoly techtonik: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Barry Warsaw 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

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 24.09.2010 00:39, schrieb Guido van Rossum: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:35 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> With an admin team behind it, you can also make more use of ACLs to >>> flag certain parts of the wiki as "official" by making them only >>> editable by certain people (e.g. only devs, on

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:57:19 am Barry Warsaw 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

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:35 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> With an admin team behind it, you can also make more use of ACLs to >> flag certain parts of the wiki as "official" by making them only >> editable by certain people (e.g. only devs, only the triage team, only >> the wiki admins). But ke

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> With an admin team behind it, you can also make more use of ACLs to > flag certain parts of the wiki as "official" by making them only > editable by certain people (e.g. only devs, only the triage team, only > the wiki admins). But keeping those user lists up to date is itself > something that re

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:52 AM, wrote: > >    Antoine> Given that few or none of us seem to (want to) actively >    Antoine> contribute to the wiki, I'm afraid python-dev is not the place >    Antoine> to ask.  Perhaps a call should be issued on c.l.py ... > > It would be nice if you could actua

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Barry Warsaw 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 he

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread skip
Antoine> Given that few or none of us seem to (want to) actively Antoine> contribute to the wiki, I'm afraid python-dev is not the place Antoine> to ask. Perhaps a call should be issued on c.l.py ... It would be nice if you could actually send messages to the people who do actually u

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread skip
Antoine> The present Python wiki isn't very inviting graphically, and Antoine> its structure doesn't look very thought out. I imagine it can be made to look more like the rest of python.org without a lot of trouble. As to the structure, like most wikis it quickly resembles a bag-o-pages

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:57:19 -0400 Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Sep 23, 2010, at 05:32 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > >I don't think they are a waste of time. However, as you and Dirkjan > >pointed out, a wiki needs some "gardening" to take care of its > >structure and its presentation. The present Py

Re: [Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Sep 23, 2010, at 05:32 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >I don't think they are a waste of time. However, as you and Dirkjan >pointed out, a wiki needs some "gardening" to take care of its >structure and its presentation. The present Python wiki isn't very >inviting graphically, and its structure does

[Python-Dev] Python wiki

2010-09-23 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:53:55 -0400 Barry Warsaw wrote: > > Of course, if the consensus is that wikis are just a waste of time and do more > harm than good, then we should shut ours down. (I don't agree it is though.) I don't think they are a waste of time. However, as you and Dirkjan pointed ou