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== Why is there a new wiki? What is with nixos.wiki? == | |||
The old wiki has some problems: | |||
* many components (mediawiki, php, icu) are severly outdated | |||
- MediaWiki 1.29 (EOL 2018), now 1.35 (EOL 2023-12) | |||
- PHP 7.3.33 (EOL 2021-12) | |||
- ICU 64.2 | |||
* we had issues with the cloudflare DDOS protection making wiki edits fail sometimes | |||
* no WYSIWYG editor | |||
* the infra, which was supposed to be made public close to the start, never ended-up being public | |||
We addressed most of the issues multiple times over multiple years over multiple channels (email, matrix). We never got a direct answer. The last point of contact was made through zimbatm to represent the foundation and ask fadenb if he wants to cooperate on a new wiki. The answer was no. With the old wiki deteriorating and the admin non responsive we sadly saw forking as the only way forward. | |||
references: | |||
- <nowiki>https://nixos.wiki/wiki/User:Winny/WikiRisks</nowiki> | |||
== Why is Nix written in C++ rather than a functional language like Haskell? == | == Why is Nix written in C++ rather than a functional language like Haskell? == | ||