Proposal: MercurialDev wiki

[Paul Moore]

On 22/04/2008, Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> wrote:
> I think it would make a lot of sense to split off the pages about
> Mercurial development into a separate wiki.

I'm not sure this is worth doing. Personally, I like the fact that the
"internals" details are accessible from the main Mercurial wiki.
Certainly they aren't needed for the average user, but understanding
the internals a little helps users gain an accurate mental "model" of
how Mercurial works. Also, it may encourage users to contribute.

What benefit do you see from splitting?

> After all, we do have a -devel list for some reason.

Personally, I see mailing lists as different, so the reasons don't apply.

> Bryan could then again subscribe to .* on the devel
> wiki.
>
> I would expect the devel wiki to have smaller change noise
> than the main wiki. It sure would also be less attractive
> to spammers.

While I sympathise with Bryan's problem, I don't think it justifies a
wholesale restructuring of the wiki :-) And I'm not sure it will make
much difference to the spam issue - don't spammers use automated tools
so that the purpose of the wiki is unlikely to make a difference?

Paul.