On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Ryan Lane <rlane32(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't really find updates to be terribly
difficult. You mostly just
check out (or download) the newest version, and run update.php. This
is probably more difficult without shell access.
With Wordpress upgrades it's
even easier: two clicks and you're done
(okay, except if you run multi-user WP setups). Same for extension
updates. It even *notifies* you for updates, especially for
security-critical - if you don't follow the -announce lists and
subsequently never update, your wiki can and will be open to any
security issue coming up.
-I don't
want to go to my ftp to download my local settings file, add a few lines then reupload it.
This is caveman-like behavior for the modern internet.
Get a host that supports SSH. Use VI, Emacs, nano, pico, etc.
HAHAHA, sorry but
this way of thinking is stone-age. Who are we to
require our users to get more expensive hosting AND knowledge of
VI/Emacs (a newbie most likely won't have HEARD of ssh, vi and emacs!)
just for being able to modify the core settings of a wiki without
having the FTP extra work? Come on, it's so easy to make a web-based
settings editor. Mighta even be lots easier to just move all settings
stuff except MySQL data into the DB.
Marco
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