[pmwiki-users] PmWiki work directory

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:54:09AM -0000, marc wrote:
> Patrick R. Michaud said...
> > The simplest approach at this point is to simply have PmWiki
> > create a work.d/ directory (in the pmwiki root) and have it start 
> > storing its files there.  The work files that have traditionally
> > gone into wiki.d/ would then lose the dot, so that we have:
> > 
> >     work.d/flock
> >     work.d/pagelist
> >     work.d/notify
> >     ...etc...
> > 
> 
> If this "simple" solution works, then may I turn the question around and 
> ask: what problems (or future limitations) would it impose? (As opposed 
> to a more complex solution.)

Downsides:
   - it's another (webserver writable) directory to keep track of
   - for sites that have been moving wiki.d/ out of the pmwiki root,
     this directory has to be moved also
   - the work.d/ directory has to be protected somehow (just like
     wiki.d/ does)

> It would be great to see the session situation simplified (if that's the 
> right word).

Agreed.

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