I could not disagree more with the sentiment on the list. The user is
absolutely right. Unless we take this painful experience and rage
seriously, this project will remain user-unfriendly.
When offered a choice between installing out of the box in a dangerous
way, or forcing them to answer a question before running, choose the
latter. Always.
Dan
Joel Uckelman wrote:
>>I have discovered the problem with the help of someone on IRC. My /tmp
>>directory was deleted.
>>
>>I can't even describe the rage that I have at this news. All my long
>>hours of work were completely destroyed in one clean sweep. I will
>>never have it back, it is gone, and for no good reason. I think I have
>>never in my entire life heard of something as stupid as making /tmp the
>>default data store for a program. My disappointment in the phpwiki
>>software is immeasurable. I know now that because of todays experience
>>I will never use phpwiki ever again.
>>
>>I'm just so angry, I have to go do something else now.
>>
>>-d
>>
>>
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>There *is* a good reason for having /tmp as the default location for the
>wiki database: It's the only place where we can be sure that your web
>server has write permission; without that as a default, it's impossible for
>the wiki to run 'out of the box'.
>
>And, quoting from the INSTALL file, Configuration, section 1:
>
>"PhpWiki will create some DBA files in '/tmp'. They contain the pages
>of the live site, archived pages, and some additional information.
>
>If you don't want the DBA files to live in '/tmp' you must make sure
>the web server can read/write to your chosen location. It's probably
>a bad idea to leave it in '/tmp', so change it in 'config/config.ini'.
>
>WARNING: On many systems, files in '/tmp' are subject to periodic
> removal. We very strongly advise you to move the files to
> another directory."
>
>What's quoted here is very near the top of the install instructions; it's
>not buried someplace obscure. We've prominently displayed a warning that
>covers exactly what happened to you, along with an explanation of how to
>avoid it.
>
>To sum up: I'm sorry that you lost your work, but I think that your
>disappointment in PhpWiki is misdirected.
>
>
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