Re: [GMOD-devel] [Gmod-tripal] Migrating gmod.org advice/RFC

[Hilmar L. <hl...@dr...>]

> On Sep 1, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Dave Clements <cle...@ga...> wrote:
> 
> So, my vote is stick with MediaWiki.  I don't think there is any hope of migrating to GFM without seriously mangling 90%+ of the pages.



I’d mostly agree with that. I think in general the pains of migrating a MediaWiki are often overestimated, perhaps because most people you speak to have never done it (or have never had to). I’ve brought up 5 from dumps over the last couple of months. If you follow the instructions, it usually works.

That said, the one factor that in my experience can complicate things (and explode time needed) tremendously may well apply to the GMOD wiki, and that’s use of a lot of extensions. Extensions often don’t keep up with the main MediaWiki version and so aren’t available, or are buggy for the latest MediaWiki version. Even when they still are available and current, they sometime have changed their markup rules. Accommodating all that can be a real pain.

  -hilmar 
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