Sure, I can set up Confluence on my own hardware. But what about getting the MW data dump to work with?
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > If you have a server, then you can always setup your own confluence for > free, or buy a personal limited license for $10 for 10 users. > > Apache CWiki is on a version 3.4 while the current version is 3.5. > > See http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/try.jsp > > Atlassian has a sandbox as well: > http://sandbox.onconfluence.com/display/ds/Plugins+Installed+on+this+Confluence+Site > > This link might help: http://www.atlassian.com/search/?query=mediawiki > > HTH, > Dave > > On Sep 8, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Matt Richards wrote: > > > Yeah, I've kinda ran into a similar problems when I originally > volunteered > > to help. I don't know how to go about it, without access to various data > > dumps and such that it appears only Contributors/PPMC members have access > > to. > > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Pedro F. Giffuni <giffu...@tutopia.com > >wrote: > > > >> --- On Thu, 9/8/11, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> ... > >>> I see you closed INFRA-3917. > >>> > >> > >> I like to clean my own mess, yes. > >> > >>> Keep in mind that there appear to be others willing to > >>> struggle with Confluence migration (CWiki?). > >>> > >> > >> That makes me very happy! > >> > >> Anyone can reopen the issue: the problem I see is that > >> it's basically only infra@ that can do this conversion: > >> I have no idea if/how someone else can mirror the original > >> information and assuming we can get a dump (which will > >> likely be big) after running the conversion it has to > >> be uploaded in the CWiki server for review. > >> > >>> A problem to consider in contingency planning: What it > >>> means to lock down the current wiki during conversion. > >>> And is the MW kept running for read-only viewing while > >>> conversion takes place, either bit by bit or > >>> wholesale? Parallel live operation does not > >>> appear practical. > >>> > >> > >> It depends: if the conversion script is fast and we are > >> not really editing our MW VM, I wouldn't worry about > >> locking, specially just for a test conversion. If > >> we see the test conversion could produce some > >> workable result we could use a snapshot. > >> > >> I agree it will be tough but if we could rescue say > >> 60% of the information, it would certainly be worth it. > >> > >>> I think Confluence migration remains as a > >>> potentially-necessary Plan B or a potential following Plan A > >>> if needed for the long run. The analysis TerryE > >>> provided suggests that it won't be easy whenever it is > >>> done. I'm thinking it should not be done first if MW > >>> can be operated in the short term. > >>> > >> > >> I agree, there's just not anything I can personally do > >> about it and this being about *doing* and not just > >> proposing I felt it was a matter of honesty to close > >> the issue :(. > >> > >> Pedro. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > --Matt > > -- --Matt
