From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-12-18T23:55:13+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7575] Re: Ruby RAA

gotoken@math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp (GOTO Kentaro) writes:

> But why don't you use RWiki?  That allows us to write in our RD :-)
> See ((<RAA:RWiki>)) and ((<RAA:RWiki-installer>)).

To be honest: I had for other UseModWikis set up already: creating a
new one takes about ten seconds. Installing and managing RWiki is far
more complex (even with the installer). I was also concerned by the
potential for the background demon to grow in size: this Wiki is
running on a fairly small machine outside the firewall. So, UseModWiki 
was a pragmatic choice.

I also thing that RWiki has a serious flaw. References to undefined
pages show up just like normal links. This isn't the way a wiki is
supposed to work. That fact that other wikis display ToBeDefined as
ToBeDefined_?_ acts as both an aide memoire _and_ as an invitation for
others to complete the work.

However, I also know that it might not be the most politically correct 
thing to run a non-Ruby Wiki.

What do folks think?


Dave