Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-users] The Wireshark wiki has a new home
On 8/12/20 7:51 AM, Maynard, Chris via Wireshark-users wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wireshark-dev <wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
>> Of Guy Harris
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:52 PM
>> To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Community support list for Wireshark <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] The Wireshark wiki has a new home
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2020, at 5:18 PM, Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> As part of our larger GitLab migration effort I've migrated the Wireshark
>> wiki to its new home at
>>>
>>> https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/wikis/home
>>>
>>> There's still a fair amount of post-migration work to do (for instance the
>> "HowToEdit" is specific to our old wiki), but the new wiki should be faster and
>> easier to edit, particularly if you're familiar with Markdown.
>>
>> So how do we edit a Wiki page? I'm logged into my gitlab.com account, but I
>> don't see, for example, an "Edit" button.
>
> Same. *Maybe* this is because Gerald is the only member of the project so far?
> https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/project_members
Well, this stinks. I managed to overlook the fact that wiki editing requires Developer permissions, which means that editing the wiki requires the same rights as accepting merge requests and creating new branches:
https://gitlab.com/help/user/permissions
This is fine for core developers, but not so great for other people that currently have editor permissions. Other people have the same problem, but I don't see any indication that this will be fixed any time soon:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/25177
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/27294
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/15504
We have a few options in the mean time:
* Switch back to MoinMoin / wiki.wireshark.org and let it continue to bit-rot.
* Switch back to MoinMoin, find some other wiki software, and migrate to it.
* Create a separate, public wiki-only gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark-wiki project, and grant Developer permissions to anyone that wants to contribute.
* Create a separate, possibly-private wiki-only gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark-wiki-backend project, grant Developer permissions to anyone that wants to contribute, and mirror it to the main project wiki.
* Some other variation of the previous two items?
