[Olpc-sysadmin] [Wiki-gang] OLPC's Wiki: Designers and Sysadmin's needed

Tue Jun 9 11:08:56 EDT 2009

I also suggest considering the LTS release for server installation.

--HH.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Stefan Unterhauser<dogi at laptop.org> wrote:
> > Yes me ...
> > I m setting up a new ubuntu 9.04 VM for the purpose of
> testwiki.laptop.org
> > so tomorrow can give that to the public (FGrose, olpc-team and vig)
> > during the weekly #olpc-admin meeting we will discuss the next steps ...
> > Ok FGrose?
> >
>
> I wasn't in the decision making part for the VM, so apologies from
> jumping in, but I am curious about Ubuntu 9.04 as opposed to 8.04
> which is LTS and supported with updates for 5 years. I usually run my
> servers on 6.06 or 8.04, so I thought I'd ask.
>
> cheers,
> Sameer
> --
> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> San Francisco CA 94132 USA
> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/
>
>
> > can everybody who wants to have access send an sshkey
> >
> > by the way since the wiki of vig.laptop.org will be the first testcase
> > for testwiki
> > (cloning the vig database) who wants to have wikiadmin rights there
> > please send to dogi at laptop.org your username ... :P
> >
> > cu
> > dogi
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Tiago Marques <tiagomnm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Are you still looking for someone to fix the wiki?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Tiago Marques
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Seth Woodworth<seth at laptop.org> wrote:
> >>> This is one of my concerns about the vig wiki:  Creating another
> >>> registration wall for users to jump through is a "Bad Idea" (tm).
> >>>
> >>> I can understand if the VIG team wants to document servers and systems
> in a
> >>> way that shouldn't be public.  But there is no reason to move *all*
> sever
> >>> documentation to this new wiki, nor to make everyone who wants to
> >>> participate in the wiki migration to signup and be approved on a new
> wiki.
> >>> Wiki.l.o allows participation without registration for a reason.
> >>>
> >>> Please migrate the page back to wiki.l.o if you would like to use it
> for
> >>> planning.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I've posted this letter at
> >>>> http://vig.laptop.org/wiki/index.php/Wiki_upgrade to initiate a
> >>>> collaboration page for the effort.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please note that editing on the vig.laptop.org  test/development wiki
> >>>> requires an email-confirmed account.
> >>>>
> >>>>    --Fred
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Seth Woodworth <seth at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi everyone,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I want to brief you about a project I want to work on in the next 10
> days
> >>>>> or so involving OLPC's wiki.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Background:
> >>>>> OLPC's wiki is a resource for deployment countries, OLPC volunteers,
> >>>>> programmers, and educators, it contains support information, essays
> about
> >>>>> education, obscure technical documentation, and public health.  It's
> a
> >>>>> fairly large wiki at about 8k articles, ~20k unique visitors a day
> from over
> >>>>> a hundred countries, and at various times in it's lifecycle been on
> the
> >>>>> first page of results on google for the term "wiki". (it's now on
> page 2)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Standing issues:
> >>>>> Wiki.laptop.org is messy.  In many ways wiki.laptop.org has never
> really
> >>>>> had a lot of time and effort dedicated by anyone to coordinate what
> goes on
> >>>>> there.  It is an untended garden, but it still grows great
> vegetables.  The
> >>>>> server that hosts wiki.l.o (pedal) also hosts a lot of
> mission-critical
> >>>>> services (email, etc), and contains some private information.  This
> makes it
> >>>>> really hard for volunteers to get access to the server to help us fix
> >>>>> things.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ideal situation:
> >>>>> Ideally, wiki.laptop.org should be easier for the community to get
> >>>>> involved.  It should be on it's own server.  It should have more
> admin's.
> >>>>> It should have a skin and visual apearance other than that of default
> >>>>> mediawiki.  It should also be a lot more resistant to spam and
> vandalism.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Plan of attack:
> >>>>> We need to set up a test wiki on it's own virtual server.  This new
> wiki
> >>>>> should be the latest stable install of MediaWiki, with all of the
> plugins
> >>>>> that OLPC uses on the current wiki (or maybe not, we should evaluate
> what
> >>>>> we're using).  And ideally we would have a designer skin this new
> wiki
> >>>>> graphically.  Once we have this test wiki up and running, we can
> migrate the
> >>>>> wiki.l.o database to this new server.  Lastly we will move the
> >>>>> wiki.laptop.org domain to point to this new server.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This process needs to start with some information gathering and some
> >>>>> innitial coordination.  I will reach out to several lists early this
> week
> >>>>> and start this process.  This email is going to a few low-member #
> lists
> >>>>> (and individuals) who I think will have an interest and innitial
> feedback.
> >>>>> When the conversation really kicks off, we should use the Volunteer
> >>>>> Infrastructure Group list to coordinate our efforts.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For those of you who aren't yet members:
> >>>>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sysadmin
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you,
> >>>>> Seth Woodworth
> >>>>>
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