On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 06:38:03PM -0600, Ian wrote:
Much more pratical would be a mirroring system. Bomis
could continue to do
the main
wikipedia.com where updates would take place and the
authoritative version would reside, and mirrors could automatically
download new versions of pages. There could be more then one tier of
mirrors to lift even more bandwidth and CPU time (which appears to be a
bigger problem) off of Bomis.
The mirrors could wouldn't have to use php-wikipedia, they could just have
static pages (though they could have edit this links, which would take
you to
wikipedia.com).
Granted, I don't have the time to put the code where my moulth is.
The existing PHP code will be useless in generating a static site
suitable for mirroring.
Well, I do have the wt2txt utility, which will convert articles into
DocBook XML, which is easily publishable in many formats including
PDF, PostScript, text, and good old html.
Sime I'm already working on very much the same problem, there's no
need for you to duplicate work. My code is all under the GPL. So if
any programmers want to help with this, talk to me.
--
David C. Merrill
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Linux Documentation Project david(a)lupercalia.net
Collection Editor & Coordinator
http://www.linuxdoc.org
I wonder if in part why so many people are angry at Microsoft is not just
because their products frustrate them so much, but also because this
frustration is ignored. The computer makes people feel like they are
dummies, when in fact it is the computer that is stupid.
--MIT Associate Professor Rosalind Picard