Pierce, I don't regret that you have selected MoinMoin. I like it myself. However it could be more easy to extend DocBook features of MoinMoin than to integrate MoinMoin and DocBookWiki.
Regards, Dashamir Pierce Tyler wrote: > Hi, Fintan: > > That is a very interesting idea. It would give users the best of both > worlds, really. > > We recently finished evaluating wikis for implementation at our site. > And the choice came down to MoinMoin vs. DocBook Wiki. It was an > extremely tough choice. Both packages have strengths and weaknesses. But > in the end we went with MoinMoin because the community is larger and > more active and development is moving forward. > > While MoinMoin does offer some DocBook support, that support is not > nearly as extensive as DocBook Wiki's. Also, the backend SVN support > offered by DocBook Wiki is something MoinMoin does not currently offer. > > I suppose integrating a PHP-based application with MoinMoin, which is > written in Python, could pose some challenges. But, again, I really like > this idea if it were possible--or if people were interested in trying to > make it happen. > > Best regards, > Pierce > > > Bolton, Fintan wrote: >> Hello Dashamir, >> >> I wonder if you have ever considered re-packaging DocBook Wiki as a >> plug-in to one of the mainstream Wikis, such as Confluence or Moin-Moin? >> >> It is a peculiar paradox that, although DocBook Wiki has much better >> DocBook support than any other Wiki out there, it has failed to gain >> much traction in the Wiki space. I suspect the reason for this is that >> there is currently a rather high threshold to getting a new Wiki flavour >> accepted. For example, on a typical open source project, you would have >> very little prospect of persuading an open source community to drop >> Moin-Moin or Confluence in favour of a little-known product like DocBook >> Wiki. Even persuading the community to adopt it as an 'extra' Wiki would >> probably be an uphill battle. >> >> In marketing terms, therefore, it would be much easier to get DocBook >> Wiki accepted if it came in the form of a Confluence or Moin-Moin >> plug-in. Adding plug-ins to Wikis is a routine procedure that would be >> unlikely to arouse much controversy in an open source community. >> >> Of course, I am glossing over the technical difficulties here, which >> might be considerable. But the integration would not have to be perfect. >> The main goal would be to make DocBook Wiki look similar enough to the >> host Wiki, so that it can gain acceptance. On a technical level, >> probably the main priorities would be to integrate user administration >> with the host Wiki and to change the appearance of the pages to look >> more like the host Wiki. >> >> Regards, >> Fintan >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> ---------------------------- >> IONA Technologies GmbH (registriert in Deutschland, AG Darmstadt) >> Registernummer: HRB 7939 >> Geschäftsadresse: Im Leuschnerpark 4, D- 64347 Griesheim, Deutschland >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Doc-book-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doc-book-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Doc-book-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/doc-book-users
