-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A good idea, but cannot practice.
- -- Jackey Tse | skjackey_tse | Web Developer | 在.hk <http://xn--3ds.hk> ( xn--3ds.hk) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJJOWZ/AAoJEN5kmg9TdfOJNscP/0PgWlLTfD66CXXf6itvfj1B 4vvr4gvv7hPU58X/F0oOugIEu1PFffn+PYrP+GCB6XOQmFWKWOxIQSFq/74R3LG0 ozVobY3WMA8MHWrG9ZJ29InwdxioG4WrMOesn9tIMMazG3a40CRaAYuchwXYkRol MSLxhGzHGYe4v9GqGuCCOf1MiwCqOrLxie5794084hwAeiY25ZvQpSrvElTWyDpX nN/GvccQmpS4nq65SRW7ShNixHmx3vvvhe1xMi4FRgBEW+0WtX1vUmaJqyeIRZ/E RiuWBha3yuunmF/JhuPM3IIx8mu2OfI1aeh+1KGiWgaYF4S0468ezqLtyK0CpVCj Zjc5ZHk/LiZjXKMGRLi+LQnfsNkv7hR5zXAgUdINhBkx7MUbkq9CbjlobhNnH9tD codnwAgrMT5iZlKuZh46GoJSEkvmT9P57Ng/r1b7VgerR4amjXBBGu/OAwLviQVo LY8UIWO1qVS6xzAeCSEEQRIrLc/cCKhImvyGTl8GJr6FOVHRIesSFDcmjxHx1lZE Cicc6ZtlpNdZXxiZLNUV1RfAvIYHcgYRxn7moWX9YKh33otSPAu2SO/HMr1b3aMA zK3Ry+6RCHKaXettIKVd0Qqot5ASHfyR3k2nNHATU+9UUV5gG0QS5VCeEZx6ZWW4 LGf3hRJMvSieVZITtJ4Z =6eN4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- 2008/12/5 Juliano F. Ravasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > David Gerard wrote: > > "Imagine if Wikipedia could be mirrored locally, run on a local > > mirror, where content was pushed and pulled, GPG-Digitally-signed; > > content shared via peer-to-peer instead of overloading the Wikipedia > > servers." > > The idea of P2P distribution is good. The idea of using Git for this is > not. > > This is exactly what Git is *not* optimized for: lots of individual > files with almost no relation to each other. The same reason you are > advised to not use Git to version control your home directory. > > Git handles trees, not individual files. In a wiki like MediaWiki, each > article has its own history and revision control. Merges to an article > doesn't mean that the whole tree (many gigabytes big) must be handled in > the same tree-wide commit. The user must be able to commit changes to > the most recent revision of, for example, [[Los Angeles, California]], > and push such commits while still holding an outdated revision of some > unrelated article, like [[Comic opera]]. > > The rate of changes in en.Wikipedia can me measured in edits per second, > and these edits are only related to each other (ancestor-descendant > relationship) in each own article. To move to a model where the whole > Wikipedia is a single repository with single tree-wide revisions would > severely disrupt its efficiency. > > Ironically, the per-file revision control model employed by > now-obsolescent VCSes like CVS and RCS would fit Wikipedia better than > Git (emphasis on revision control *model*, not software). > > -- > Juliano F. Ravasi ·· http://juliano.info/ > 5105 46CC B2B7 F0CD 5F47 E740 72CA 54F4 DF37 9E96 > > "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle." -- Erin Majors > > * NOTE: Don't try to reach me through this address, use "contact@" > instead. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
