John Stracke wrote:
Evan Prodromou wrote:
What I wonder is whether a Wiki format might not work better for collaboration than CVS. CVS requires setting up user permissions for lots of people, and it can be a hassle. Wikis lower the bar for participation considerably.
But doesn't it also lower the bar for pranks and such--say, person A adds a piece of clipart that person B doesn't like, so B modifies it surreptitiously? CVS would log things like that.
And RecentChanges logs things like that on a wiki.
However, the MediaWiki software, IIRC, had some failings in this respect when it comes to images -- people were able to overwrite uploaded files (which is how MediaWiki treats images) in a way that destroyed information. Has that all been fixed?
-- Toby