On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:18:03 -0800, Neil Kandalgaonkar <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/6/11 1:55 PM, Dan Nessett wrote: >> This is a (admittedly long and elaborate) question, not a proposal. I >> ask >> it in order to learn whether anyone has given it or something like it >> some thought. >> >> Has anyone thought of creating MW 2.0? I mean by this, completely >> rewriting the application in a way that may make it incompatible with MW >> 1.x.y. > > In that case why not use some other wiki software? There are quite a > few. See <//http://www.wikimatrix.org/>. > > If you're willing to jettison all existing wiki data I'm not sure I > would recommend MediaWiki for a fresh start. I would in many cases, but > not all. > > In any case, the WMF already have people working on a new parser, and a > new GUI editor. If both of those projects reach fruition I would call > that 2.0-worthy right there. Also, the new parser should provide us with > some means to transition to a different wiki syntax if we think it's a > good idea. > > If we wanted to *really* get radical, then we'd think about changing the > storage model too, but you might as well rename it by that point. > Title, User, PageOutput, and Skin rewrites not radical enough for a 2.0? -- ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name] _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
