[Phpwiki-talk] Re: [phpwiki-checkins] CVS: phpwiki/lib/WikiDB dba.php,1.4,1.5 file.php,1.4,1.5

[Joel U. <uck...@no...>]

Thus spake Dan Frankowski:
> I agree with David Howland that the right thing to do is to not even run 
> (or produce only a page showing a warning, but no edit buttons, etc.) 
> until the setting is proper. I'd start the setting with a blank or with 
> "./files" or something.

./files won't work because the web server will generally not have write
access there. Adopting that as a solution would leave people wondering
why they can't get their wikis to load.

> Of course, since I'm not willing to dive into the code to change it at 
> this point, my voice is not as authoritative. :) However, I still figure 
> it helps the project as a whole to apply pressure for the right solution.
> 
> Dan

My understanding from looking at the configurator code is that soon this
will be a moot point, since the configurator will prompt for a database
location. (Reini is working on that, I think?)

What I committed results in a warning being displayed in a red-bordered box
(for DBA, at least---I haven't been able to figure out why everything is
displayed as a notice for flat file---anyone know the answer?), which is how
it used to be, and how I thought it still was until just yesterday.