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

[mike]

Great, I'll be happy to do it.  Is there a list or can you remember
any of the modifications?  I found some great technical stuff on that
link but not this info...

I'll mail my key off list.

mike

2008/11/6 Garcon du Monde <gdm at fifthhorseman.net>:
> hello,
>
> mike wrote:
>> 2008/11/5 kwadronaut <kwadronaut at autistici.org>:
>
>>> 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 docs.indymedia.org is running on an outdated twiki version.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 ...?
>>>
>> Ugh!  I got the newsletter but didn't read the implications so
>> bluntly.  Cheers for the heads up.
>
> i've been trying hard to ignore twiki for a while ;-)
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> it maybe easy to upgrade twiki, but we do not have a stock install -
> there are lots of custom hacks to make the (old) software suitable for
> indymedia usage. thus, we would need to test it for a bit before making
> it live...
>
>> 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.
>
> it is on a vserver, so it is easy to copy it over and give you access,
> which would probably be better than sending you an archive.
>
> most info is documented on the wiki itself:
> docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/KompostInfo - although it's not
> entirely up to date.
>
> let me know and i will stick this on my list of "things to do". mike,
> can you send me your public ssh-key and i will arrange it for you?
>
> cheers,
>
>        --gdm
>
>
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