Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:55:41 GMT From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: a9c2b5bff3 - main - Status/2025Q1/wiki.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <202504231155.53NBtfd2075146@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=a9c2b5bff3c9b761b7843ddf321a763db2e7ab5b commit a9c2b5bff3c9b761b7843ddf321a763db2e7ab5b Author: Mark Linimon <linimon@freebsd.org> AuthorDate: 2025-04-23 11:53:03 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-04-23 11:55:33 +0000 Status/2025Q1/wiki.adoc: Add report Reviewed by: Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org> --- .../en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wiki.adoc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wiki.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wiki.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9d78354f06 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/wiki.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +=== FreeBSD Wiki + +Links: + +link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/FrontPage[FreeBSD wiki front page] URL: link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/FrontPage[] + +Contact: Mark Linimon <linimon@freebsd.org> + +Contact: Wiki admin <wiki-admin@freebsd.org> + +The wiki team needs new blood. + +Since the last status report (2024Q3) forward progress has stalled. +We have given out several dozen new accounts but most of the changes by these new authors have been to individual pages, not to the overall structure. + +Mark Linimon still thinks the wiki could be a great resource if people were willing to put time into it. +But right now, there are more complaints about stale data than there are new contributors and new ideas. + +It is fair to say that right now, the wiki is on autopilot. + +==== Previous plans that have stalled + +Preliminary work was being done on updating the wiki software itself. +Earlier, we were looking at switching implementations because MoinMoin development seemed to have stalled, leaving us with an unwanted hanging python2 dependency. +However, MoinMoin now claims that they are nearing a 2.0 release. +We have not yet tried an install of their latest beta version to test compatibility. + +==== Specific short-term requests for help + +If anyone knows about MoinMoin markup, contact Mark.
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