pcplantdb

[Richard Morris <webmaster@pfaf.org>]

John Schinnerer wrote:

> Aloha,
>
>  > To note: I play up our
>
> > use of/need for the Wiki - so let's please fill it out as much as 
> > possible before I submit this report!
>
>
> I just spent some time there...put a few bones and maybe a scrap or two 
> of flesh in place.
>
> To wit, testing now has a separate top-level section, QA and Test, with 
> a few lightly populated subsections (mostly the obvious and easy stuff).
Nice stuff. I like the
Project dev and test cycle image. (Steph this might go well in the report)
http://eco-living.net/pcplantdb/images/devtestcycle.gif

> Rich, you had sketched out a good start to a 'sanity check' test (in 
> your 'testing' section under spec) so I moved that content to the new QA 
> and Test section for Sanity Check (and edited it some).
Cool. There see to be some deprecated pages there
TestingAmpQA
QA And Testing
is it posible to remove no longer needed pages?

> Speaking of the wiki, are we going to have any security there at all or 
> are we just going to leave it open to get trashed by the first 
> wiki-spammer that notices it?
> I recall some conversation about this but I don't recall what 
> decision(s) were made.
> All the changes I just made required no auth whatsoever... :-!

There does seem to be some posible security features
http://www.permaculture.info/wiki/index.php?n=PmWiki.Passwords

What could be posible is the pages can be organised into groups
we could have one group, say Specifications, which could only be
modified by us, and another group Public which could be modified by
everyone.

Another security measure is to use the MailPosts feature
        http://www.permaculture.info/wiki/index.php?n=PmWiki.MailPosts
this causes an email to be sent whenever a page has changed.

I think this would be a great feature:
	1) it allows us to easily correct any vandalism. If someone mucks up a 
page then we will quickly see it, in an email, and be able to fix it 
quickly.
	2) It could make the wiki more interactive. When someone updates the 
spec. We'll be notified about it and can respond if necessary.
This fixes the biggest problem with the wiki for a spec system, as 
people don't know, without looking if the docs have changed.

Posibly the easiest thing to do is to direct the mailposts to this 
newsgroup, or some other newsgroup set up for the purpose.

Bear, what do you think about this?

Rich