Re: Wiki ToDo

[Rik]

On 10/02/2013 03:27 PM, address@hidden wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 22:41:50 +0100
> From: Carn? Draug <address@hidden>
> To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Fwd: Release Wiki ToDo
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> On 2 October 2013 21:37, Rik <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On 10/02/2013 10:25 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
>>> >> On 10/01/2013 01:07 PM, Rik wrote:
>>>> >>> 10/1/13
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> John,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Last time we created a ToDo list on the Octave Wiki for all that had to
>>>> >>> happen before the release.  Seems like it would be useful to do that 
>>>> >>> again.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> We have a few definite bugs to fix, an XML Appdata file to create, and 
>>>> >>> ???
>>>> >>> before creating the first release candidates.
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes, I think we should create a list of items for the release.  Would you
>>> >> prefer to do this on the wiki or on the task tracker?  Maybe the wiki is
>>> >> easier to edit, but the task tracker limits editing to the people who are
>>> >> members of the Octave project on Savannah.
>>> >>
>>> >> jwe
>>> >>
>> > I prefer the Wiki.  The task tracker is really just a glorified threaded
>> > discussion board; this means that instead of crossing items off a ToDo
>> > list, or deleting them entirely, you have to keep re-posting the reduced
>> > list as a new comment.
> I was asking Joanna (who helped us setting the wiki some 2 years ago)
> about having permissions for a group of pages on the wiki.
>
> Apparently it is possible to create a namespace on the wiki that is
> readable by everyone but only editable by a group of users. So we
> could create a namespace and group (maybe named dev) so that a page
> such as "dev:todo_octave3_8_0" is only editable by Octave developers.
> This could become handy again in the future.
>
> Do you think this worth setting up?
I'm inclined to wait and see if we have a problem.  If it does become
abused by spammers we can shift to something else, but there was very
little problem the last time and it will only exist for a few weeks.

--Rik