From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2005-01-13T10:47:07+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Soks - Yet Another Wiki

Alexey Verkhovsky wrote:
> James Britt wrote:
> 
>> If the perpetual "Bad file descriptor" error on Win32 is fixed too, 
>> that would rock; if not, I could never recommend it to my co-workers.
> 
> 
> All references about this problem on the web are dated in June and seem 
> to be on a one-click installer 1.8.2 RC 7 or thereabouts.
> I don't seem to get anything like this on my own Windows box with Ruby 
> 1.8.2 final and Instiki 0.9.2. Has it disappeared and/or was fixed?

> 
> If it is happening on a current version, please let me know.

I last ran it on the Ruby 1.8.2 final 1-click.  Not sure what version of 
Instiki.


> 
>> But Soks uses flat files, not Madeleine, which wins the day for me, 
>> because other apps can use/create the wiki files for their own 
>> nefarious reasons.
> 
> 
> I can certainly see the benefit of this. In fact, the same thing (flat 
> file per page persistence) is considered as a possible route for Instiki 
> 2. Although it's more likely that we will go with SQLite / ActiveRecord 
> backend instead.

Too bad.  I prefer to stick with  text files as much as possible, as it 
makes it easier for me to move data around and arbitrarily mix and match 
other applications plus keep all application code as pure Ruby.

So far, I tend to follow this progression:

1. Plain text in flat files
2. Madeleine
3. Some more formal database, such as postgreSQL


I need to look at SQLite a bit though, see if it can be bundled with an 
application so that no additional downloads or compilations are needed.


James