On 03/16/11 12:18, Enrico Tröger wrote:
Regarding the wiki software, basically I don't mind which wiki. Though I have some technical preferences about the software.
I'd prefer to have a PHP based solution as it would nicely integrate into the existing Lighttpd+FastCGI setup, from my personal experience I'd vote for Dokuwiki or PMWiki.
MediaWiki is probably the most standard Wiki software (ie. Wikipedia and friends) and it's written in PHP. It also supports ReST as noted in this thread. I've never heard of DocuWiki though, it looks interesting too. I haven't looked at PMWiki yet.
I agree that the main focus in choosing the wiki software should be in usability for both, authors and readers.
MediaWiki has that going for it, for sure. It's probably also top of the pile in security and stability (assumption based on its widespread use). Personally I don't feel too strongly about which software, but I would think something familiar to people who may edit other Wikis would be good.
MediaWiki is also in the Debian repositories (at least for Squeeze). I'm not sure though what distro the server is running or if having a package even matters.
Thanks, Matthew Brush