On 09/07/2020 12.16, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > >>> 2. wiki.qemu.org is a MediaWiki instance. Account creation is a hurdle >>> to one-time or new contributors. It is unclear whether GitLab's wiki >>> is expressive enough for a lossless conversion of the existing QEMU >>> wiki. Any volunteers interested in evaluating the wiki migration would >>> be appreciated. >> >> Yeah, this is a potentially big piece of work. We didn't finish this >> in libvirt either. Looking at the libvirt mediawiki though, I decided >> not todo a straight export/import of all content. > > FYI: gitlab wiki is basically just a git repo with markdown pages + > renderer + gui editor. You can also update the wiki using git clone + > edit + git commit + git push.
FWIW, seems like we could use the "pandoc" tool to convert Mediawiki (our old Wiki) to Markdown (Gitlab wiki). I've done a quick test and converted https://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/MailingLists into https://gitlab.com/huth/qemu/-/wikis/Contribute/MailingLists with some few clicks. But the longer I look at most Wiki pages, the more I think that we should convert the important pages rather into a part of qemu-web instead. I'll have a closer look and will suggest some patches when time permits... Thomas
