X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/0f3f809a45f25e6a32ff505c5d8d3da43be77abb..3bccedd49230314f44d26aafa4391cb1217213ed:/doc/todo/edittemplate_should_support_uuid__44___date_variables.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/edittemplate_should_support_uuid__44___date_variables.mdwn b/doc/todo/edittemplate_should_support_uuid__44___date_variables.mdwn index 7ec95b536..6d702fedf 100644 --- a/doc/todo/edittemplate_should_support_uuid__44___date_variables.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/edittemplate_should_support_uuid__44___date_variables.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=anderbubble/edittemplate author="Jonathon Anderson"]] [[!tag wishlist patch]] I use a default template for all new pages: @@ -17,3 +18,70 @@ I've already made these changes in my installation, and have made my patches ava Changes to the structure of `$pagestate{$registering_page}{edittemplate}{$pagespec}` mean that a `cgi` rebuild is necessary (for reasons I don't entirely understand); but I think that's preferable to creating an entirely separate `$pagestate` namespace for storing parameters. That said, I'm not really a perl programmer, so corrections are welcome. > I like this patch. I hate seeing things I've already read get marked as unread in my rss feed. -- [[JoshBBall]] + +>> (I don't have commit access so take this with a pinch of salt - +>> I'm just trying to help deal with the code-review backlog.) +>> +>> I mostly like the first and third patches in the branch (adding v4 +>> (random) UUIDs, and adding the timestamps). I'd be tempted to rename +>> `time` and `formatted_time` to `iso_time` and `time`, but that's +>> a matter of taste, and perhaps people with commit access have +>> stronger opinions one way or another. I haven't researched +>> whether there's precendent for any particular naming style +>> elsewhere in ikiwiki. +>> +>> The UUID bit would require adding some reference to libuuid-tiny-perl +>> to the Debian packaging - I think a `Recommends` is too strong +>> but a `Suggests` seems OK. +>> +>> I don't like the second patch (adding URL-namespaced UUID support). +>> I'm having a hard time thinking of any situation in which a v4 UUID +>> would be unsuitable, which means it's unnecessary complexity. +>> FYI, the reason that it makes a rebuild is necessary is that +>> you've restructured `$pagestate`, which is carried over from one +>> refresh to the next (that's its purpose), and you haven't +>> built in any migration or backwards-compatibility code that will +>> cope with it being in the old format. My inclination would be to +>> drop that patch. If there's a really good reason to prefer +>> v3/v5 UUIDs, please describe it and I'll try to suggest some +>> better way based on that, maybe global configuration in `$config`. +>> --[[smcv]] + +>>> [[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/edittemplate2 + browse=http://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/smcv/ikiwiki.git/shortlog/refs/heads/ready/edittemplate2 + author="Jonathon Anderson, [[smcv]]"]] +>>> Here is a version of that branch that I [[would merge|users/smcv/ready]] if I could. +>>> Changes since Jonathon's version: +>>> +>>> * only generate a UUID if needed +>>> * read `/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid` instead of using [[!cpan UUID::Tiny]] +>>> if available, to avoid the dependency on at least Linux +>>> * remove v3/v5 UUID support since I don't really see the point, +>>> and if included, it would need a migration path for `$pagestate` +>>> * use RFC 3339 time format for `time` to make the timezone unambiguous +>>> * add `html_time` which is the output of `IkiWiki::displaytime`, e.g. +>>> a `