Oivvio Polite wrote: > Just out of curiosity, how was the decision made that the vim > wiki should be hosted at wikia? Wouldn't be natural for a > project of this size to have a wiki completely under its own > control?
Some history of the wiki is available here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Vim_Tips_Wiki:About While the Vim Tips wiki should be hosted on a system completely under our control, it was decided at the time (early 2007) that relying on a private system operated by a Vim enthusiast may lead to long term problems if that enthusiast were hit by the proverbial bus. Indeed, the whole Vim mailing list ground to a halt for several weeks in 2007 when the hosting server suddenly became unavailable (that's why we are now on Google Groups). I have recently received a good offer of free hosting, but now we have the additional problem that forking would cause, in addition to any concerns regarding buses. John -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
