Erik Moeller wrote:
>
> On Mit, 2003-01-22 at 18:18, Pieter Suurmond wrote:
> > Wiki-server should be able to take care of this, I presume....
> > (I am an experienced CGI/C/C++ programmer but am not too familiar with
> > python, perl, php, SQL-quering. etc... I don't know what you system-
> > administrators all use to keep the wiki-servers up and running.....)
>
> Pieter,
>
> if you know C/C++, PHP should be a breeze to get into. We could really
> use experienced developers. Why not give it a try? You can find some
> useful info in the growing (still underdeveloped)
> http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_Wikipedia_hacker
> on meta.
>
> BTW, do we want to build a public tasklist on meta where anyone can pick
> projects to work on? The SourceForge facilities are seriously underused,
> and it seems to me like a wiki is best for that kind of stuff.
>
> Regards,
>
> Erik - always pimpin' for new developers
> --
> FOKUS - Fraunhofer Insitute for Open Communication Systems
> Project BerliOS - http://www.berlios.de
Thanks for your reply Erik. Sounds stimuling, exciting... :-)
I am going to have a look at ''How_to_become_a_Wikipedia_hacker''.
As a matter of fact, I think *specifying* wiki-syntax is more
important than *implementing* it. I regard myself not as a
''hacker'' any longer :-)... and I would like to rename that
page to ''How_to_become_a_Wikipedia_developer''.
I also dislike the METAwiki-concept a bit. When a systems fails to
describe itself in its' own terms (a recursive definition thus)
it is not good: all METAwiki-people should come down to regular
wiki in my opinion. I am afraid some people will soon start a
metameta..... (Or am I just a bit 'paranoid'). Let's stop forking,
let's unite!
I've got other weird ideas: Write a complete standalone Wiki-server
in pure C. (not depending on any mySQL, PHP, Apache-webserver, etc.).
Once a proper definition of Wiki-syntax and semantcs cristalizes,
this could be done (I could do it).
I already started to describe wikisyntax with use of (metasyntax)
ISO-EBNF on one of the Dutch pages...
Well, I'll keep in touch, going to read that 'hackers-page' now...
Thanks,
Pieter Suurmond