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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Bdale,<br>
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On 2016-08-18 22:53, Bdale Garbee wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Filipus Klutiero <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chealer@gmail.com"><chealer@gmail.com></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">While having to learn a new syntax is already quite a disadvantage, at
least for me
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It is for all of us... which is exactly why we moved to the ikiwiki+git
combination... because at least at the time it used technology and
skills that all of the board members were comfortable with, and enabling
ourselves to be able to more easily contribute to the web content was a
higher priority than enabling "others" who might not have the same
skills to do so.</pre>
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I am not sure of your point, but as I wrote, I had forgotten that
SPI previously used Plone. I did not mean to criticize the switch
from Plone. I do not remember using Plone except as a visitor. I
have no idea if the move was good, bad or irrelevant. The move may
have been a good one, but having completed that change does not
prevent going further.<br>
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Frankly, though, the fact that anyone can install the ikiwiki processor
locally and apply it to a checked out copy of the web content git
repository means that it may just be a better plan to assume that anyone
who wants to contribute will be willing to "figure things out"...</pre>
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This may be repeating Joshua's informal message, but this seems to
equate the capacity to learn with the desire to learn. I can
probably learn Klingon, but I have no desire at all to do so. Even
if everyone *could* contribute to the current website does not mean
that everyone will be *willing* to learn how it is done (and to
invest the time needed to setup the necessary environment).<br>
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Bdale
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Filipus Klutiero
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.philippecloutier.com">http://www.philippecloutier.com</a></pre>
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