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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am trying to understand what these two terms mean in the
context of PmWiki and when to use or not use either term. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The term ‘configuration’ is used in the
following contexts:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1. the release directories and release files (the ‘release
configuration’ being the state of these directories and files as packaged
with a given version of PmWiki)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2. the config.php file and its contents (the ‘configuration
file’ and ‘configuration file settings’ as packaged with a given
version of PmWiki)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3. any server requirements in order to use PmWiki (the ‘server
configuration’ being the files and settings that configure a web server
to serve content managed by a given version of PmWiki)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>4. any browser options in order to use PmWiki (the ‘browser
configuration’ being the settings that configure a web browser to display
data sent to it by a given version of PmWiki)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The term ‘customization’ (sometimes used as ‘pmwiki
customization’) is used in the following contexts:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1. additions and deletions to the release directories and
release files (such additions and deletions are said to be part of ‘release
configuration customization’)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2. additions and deletions to the config.php file (such
additions and deletions are said to be part of ‘configuration file
customization’)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The term ‘local customization’ is used in the
context of:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>authorization and access, locale, skins, intermap, group,
page …. ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This brings up a few questions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Do the concepts of local configuration
and global configuration exist? If so, what do they mean?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Why do we have a local
customization and not another type - for e.g., global customization? What
is ‘local’ referring to?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Why can’t we replace ‘local
customization’ with ‘pmwiki customization’?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How about separate concepts
called ‘farm customization’, ‘recipe customization’,
‘skin customization’, ‘group customization’, ‘page
customization’ etc. which are subclasses of ‘pmwiki
customization’?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is ‘per group
customization’ the same as ‘group customization’?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Could ‘skin customization’
(or other) be a part of ‘recipe customization’?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Which customizations are
disjoint?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Which customization takes
precedence over another?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I hope we can come to some consensus on this issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know that some concepts are longer to type and a pain to
get used to but unless we disambiguate terms, we will always have difficulty
with guiding new users and getting them up to speed fast. We will also have an
easier time when sorting out what we mean when we use them and when we try to
think about the sequence of operations happening inside PmWiki. We can of
course always have aliases for any of these terms without losing any
expressibility (e.g., intermap is an alias for ‘inter wiki string prefix definition
table’).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jayaram<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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