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diff --git a/doc/forum/debian_backports_update_someone_please.mdwn b/doc/forum/debian_backports_update_someone_please.mdwn index 46b0aca6b..f1854762e 100644 --- a/doc/forum/debian_backports_update_someone_please.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/debian_backports_update_someone_please.mdwn @@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ I'm just in the process of deploying ikiwiki and I'd love to use it in the html5 > for 2 weeks. :) --[[Joey]] >> And are there any chances you doing it... or rather not doing it? + +>>> Sure, I'm busily not doing it right now. Should reach testing in 3 +>>> days. I generally schedule things so a new ikiwiki reaches testing +>>> every 2 weeks to month. Getting important new features and bugfixes out +>>> can take priority though. --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/forum/how_do_I_revert_edits_in_the_web_mode__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/how_do_I_revert_edits_in_the_web_mode__63__.mdwn index c326b8205..eca572c70 100644 --- a/doc/forum/how_do_I_revert_edits_in_the_web_mode__63__.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/how_do_I_revert_edits_in_the_web_mode__63__.mdwn @@ -3,3 +3,27 @@ Puzzled a bit :-/ > There is no explicit interface for reverting edits. Most of us use `git revert`. --[[Joey]] >> That's a blow; I was planning on appointing no techies to keep law and order on our pages :-/ Is there a plugin or at least a plan to add such a 'in demand' feature? + +>>> A lot of things complicate adding that feature to the web interface. +>>> +>>> First, ikiwiki happily uses whatever the VCS's best of breed web +>>> history interface is. (ie, viewvcs, gitweb). To allow reverting +>>> past the bottom of the RecentChanges page, it would need to have its +>>> own history browser. Not sure I want to go there. +>>> +>>> And the mechanics of handling reverting can quickly get complex. +>>> Web reverting should only allow users to revert things they can edit, +>>> but reverting a whole commit in git might touch multiple files. +>>> Some files may not be editable over the web at all. (The +>>> [[tips/untrusted_git_push]] also has to deal with those issues.) +>>> Finally, a revert can fail with a conflict. The revert could touch +>>> multiple files, and multiple ones could conflict. The conflict may +>>> involve non-page files that can't be diffed. So an interface for +>>> resolving such a conflict could be hard. +>>> +>>> Probably web-based reverting would need to be limited to reverting +>>> single file changes, not whole commits, and not having very good +>>> conflict handling. And maybe only being accessible for changes +>>> still visible on RecentChanges. With those limitations, it's certianly +>>> doable (as a plugin even), but given how excellent `git revert` is in +>>> comparison, I have not had a real desire to do so. --[[Joey]] |