On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:43 PM, der Mouse
<mouse(_at_)rodents-montreal(_dot_)org> wrote:
POINTED COMMENT: The wiki is chonically lanquishing in a half
completed state. If everyone who wrote to point out all the known
issues with spam salt would get a wiki password (just ask) and spend
half an hour writing or updating some of the stub entries, the wiki
would be a lot more complete and useful.
POINTED COMMENT: If you didn't require people to use some God-damned
Web interface[%] to update it, you might get more content.
[%] `Pardon my French', but, really, that is already the toned-down
version of how I feel about the current "oh, a Web interface is all
anyone ever needs" zeitgeist.
(What alternatives? A cvs/svn/git/etc repo. A mailserver that will
mail out files on request and accept patches back. An FTP server
jiggered to turn uploads into new revs. An ssh server that drops
clients into a severely restricted shell permitting little but editing.
Doubtless a bunch more I don't think of because I'm an aggressively
old-school old fart who wants content unfettered by imposed
presentation, and probably more I could think of if I put more than
thirty seconds' thought into it.)
LOL!
--
Jeff Macdonald
A programmer, who realized a long time ago that he was a minority.
A programmer, who realized that his favourite tool set might not be
what others had in mind.
Ayer, MA
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