[pmwiki-users] Why all this zapping?

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Mon Apr 30 11:11:41 CDT 2007


On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:12:07 -0400
"Neil Herber (nospam)" <nospam at eton.ca> wrote:

> A couple of questions that have come up a few times still have
> not been answered to my knowledge. Could you please clarify?
> 
> 1) Is there any difference between ZAP and Acme?
> 2) If no, then could you use just one of the names?
> 3) Is there any need for 2 identities (you and the Coyote)?
> 4) If no, then could you use just one of the names?
> 
>  From what I have seen in questions posed here about ZAP and
> Acme, they are confusing people more than clarifying the reasons
> they both exist.
> 
> I think you would do yourself and PmWiki a favor by using one or
> the other.

I think that is a more general problem of the Pmwiki. The site has
too many ways of how to do things, and it does not explain clearly
when one is deprecated or there is a better way of doing it or
what is related to what. Dan is a more extreme example of that
by being a lightning rod [why? Because he manages in ruffling
too many feathers with statements such as I am making a new
wiki, or I want to be on top].

This is not just ZAP vs Acme vs ...

This is the benefit and the drawback of 'openness.' It would nice
if sometimes [but not too often] Patrick would 'lay down the law.'
On the other hand, this 'debate' is good to the community, it
shows that there are enough people who care.


BTW, I have not been able to use ZAP or Acme because it/they
changes to fast and too much.

-- 
Thanks



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