Re: [Phpwiki-talk] page archiving

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

Quoth Steve Wainstead:
[snip]
> Archiving is in the to-do list
> https://sourceforge.net/pm/task.php?group_project_id=7691&group_id=6121&func=
> browse
> 
> This list is really part to-do, part wish list. Archiving is def. one of
> the top priorities for the next release.
> 
> ~swain

I read the to-do entry for archiving, and have a few thoughts and questions.

1. The level of archiving should be wiki-owner-configurable, obviously. The 
number of page versions kept should be open-ended, from zero to all. That 
way, users with little disk space can limit the number of versions kept, 
while those who want to archive everything can do so as well.

2. How does phpwiki store previous versions now? Would it be feasible 
simply to extend that? If not, what sort of thing do you think would work 
best? CVS or RCS, perhaps? Keeping a database of numbered diffs?

3. I know phpwiki is divided into the database interface code and the wiki 
code. It sounds like archiving would mostly affect the wiki code, and the 
database interface code only if something like CVS or RCS were used.

Anyway, I'd appreciate hearing what you guys think would be the most 
fruitful approach.

-- 
J.