From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2004-04-19T01:14:29+09:00
Subject: Re: BlueCloth on Instiki (was Re: [ANN] BlueCloth 0.0.2 (beta))

> It's not a wiki feature so much, but is there a reason you don't use 
> the
> rubygem format? I noticed you ship your own versions of redcloth and 
> madeleine,
> both of those have gems now so they could automatically be installed 
> on demand
> as part of the instiki install. BlueCloth has one too, as of last 
> week, I think.

I remember reading that it was still undecided whether gems would make 
sense for applications or whether they should just be for libraries. Is 
the verdict in on this yet? If gems are suitable for applications, 
where should I storage the Madeleine databases and zip dumps? I'd 
rather not hide that away in /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/instiki 
-- or similar. Suggestions?

> I'm looking to move a smallish usemod wiki over in the next month or 
> so, but
> didn't you say the format broke around 0.5.0? I don't mind doing The 
> Great Paste
> once, but every week or two (I like 'release often') would be annoying.

Out of six releases, the format broke once. And the only reason I 
didn't do a converter was because nobody expressed an interest (and I 
didn't need one yet). Any future format breaks will be accompaigned 
with a converter.

> And finally a user prefs page, but that's just me being a usemod 
> weenie.

For now, I think I like the idea of no preferences to keep it simple. 
Perhaps that's just because I can't really see the use in many of the 
options available for UseMod.

http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?action=editprefs

> Thanks a lot for Instiki, by the way. I've been looking for a good 
> ruby wiki that was
> easy to setup and used Textile since last year, this hits the nail on 
> the head.

Thank you all. The immense interest has certainly increased my 
motivation for putting out new versions faster.
--
David Heinemeier Hansson,
http://instiki.nextangle.com/ -- A No-Step-Three Wiki in Ruby
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