> On Feb 6, 2019, at 03:46, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > > One thing I learnt early on was that the most important thing is the raw > content. Although coming from a data handling background that was something > of a given anyway. There is a LOT of very good content on the current > website, but it would be so much easier to handle if it was all in a database > so that it was easier to index and search. And everything together in the one > database with tables for comments, bugs, rfc's, news, cnferences/exhibitions, > and even these lists ... and so on. Then translation would be easier since > one only has to address the raw text and not worry about style issues. > > There is probably another 20 years work to move the existing content into a > form that is more practical today, so is the effort worth it?
Not to mention the incredible pain it would be to get all the mirrors to support databases and run migrations on deployments. It’s just another kink in the chain. One of the reasons the php.net websites are put together the way they are is to allow ease of distribution across all the mirrored machines around the world. -Ben
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