[IMC-Docs] twiki is dead - docs is still living in the caves

[boud]

hi all,

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, mike wrote:

> Ugh!  I got the newsletter but didn't read the implications so
> bluntly.  Cheers for the heads up.

Same here. It did sound a bit funny, with the "governance" euphemism
for "retaining some level of authoritarian control", but i didn't check
further.

A few links:
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/quarrel_over_twiki_friendly_takeover_by_founder
http://colas.nahaboo.net/twikiirc/bin/irclogger_log/twiki_fork?date=2008-10-27,Mon

http://www.nextwiki.org/

> I use twiki at work and it's good - the newer versions are worth upgrading to.
>
> I guess time will tell if twiki_fork is successful, but I am happy to
> help with upgrade effort.  Bristol imc use the docs quite a bit, it's
> a good tool.

http://www.nextwiki.org/Home/WhyThisFork 
says:

    > No core contributors have agreed to continue development based on
      the new governance model.

meaning that the TWIKI.NET stream is probably going to stagnate while
the forked version with the main developer community will take over.

IMHO it's obvious that if/when we (well, i'm 99.99% or so a lurker
here, so to be honest, it's more "you" in reality, sorry...) upgrade,
that we go for NextWiki or whatever it is, in support of the non-(TM)
version.

solidarity
boud


>
> I have done upgrades in the past, it's easy.  Reasonably new version
> is in debian so easy install.  The TWiki data directory is completely
> compatible AFAIK you just copy into new install and bingo, off we go.
>
> We have a server for bristol.indymedia.org with free space.  Don't
> know how big the docs is, but if someone sent me a tar.ga archive I
> could try an upgrade / install and report back.
>
> mike
>
> 2008/11/5 kwadronaut <kwadronaut at autistici.org>:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I suppose most of you will have heard of the death of twiki (I choose
>> sides, yes). And I also presume most of you are aware of the fact that
>> docs.indymedia.org is running on an outdated twiki version.
>>
>> So I'm wondering about your opinions.
>> Should we worry about the twiki corporation going after money for the
>> trademark? Try to get time and energy together on upgrading stuff all
>> the way to the untitled twiki_fork? Or ...?
>>
>> kwadro
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