On 03/22/2013 10:43 AM, "Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> To:"@science.uu.nl wrote: >> thing to maintain, especially with a database like mysql. the >> wiki.nixos.org uses postgresql as backend. > Why is a database of that size hard to maintain using MySQL?
i don't like mysql and php that's all. and since wiki.nixos.org is only used by about ~ppl we could also use other systems which for example do not have a database at all. > MySQL is used that much that it should have no trouble coping with such > a small wiki. Eventually some care has to be taken to set fields to > utf-8 collation - but the media wiki should take care of that. > In the end a wiki is a key value store and a search. i maintain several mediawiki instances and i always had a lot of trouble with updating the mysql databases using the admin script coming with new mediawiki releases. and the utf8 stuff is one of such things i had to fix in the past. >> going away from mediawiki is a good thing to say the least. > Again - tell us why you feel that way :) - if we would be using something with git and mdwn we could make an offline version of the wiki pretty easy and ship it with nixpkgs - also offline editing would be a good thing IMHO > I'm pretty sure mediawiki also knows how to cope with spam if you > configure it correctly *and* keep it up to date. yes, we could make registration via captcha or similar things. i didnt' have such problems in the past. new logins could also be moderated. > Marc Weber > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev