[Moin-devel] subwikis/subdirectories

[Thomas Waldmann]

> Is there any thought/plan with MoinMoin on supporting sub-directories
> or sub-wikis?
>
Thoughts: yes.

> One argument I'm having right now is over TWiki vs
> MoinMoin.  TWiki has a single level of indirection with "webs" or
> subwikis and is moving towards a fully hierarchical design.
>
Having a full hierachical design can get you (or rather some of your 
wiki's users) lost in this hierarchy and it adds complexity for the 
user, who has not only to think about the page name, but also where to 
put his page into that hierarchy of sub-wikis.

OTOH, easy creation of sub-wikis would be nice for wiki hosting 
providers like us. It would also be nice IF used with care.

> For example, instead of having "data/text", have "data/text/dir1",
> "data/text/dir2" etc.  The current subpage "/MySubPage" syntax could
> support this.
>
Yes, but that would make searching and page name pattern maching more 
complicated to implement.

> My main issue is over scaleability as the number of
> pages increases.
>
How much pages do you have? At linuxwiki.org we currently have about 
1600 pages and 17000 backup copies and we do not have any performance 
issues yet caused by page count or filesystem.

I also have concerns about performance, but it is more regarding CPU 
load when access rate increases. But there is quite a big performance 
boost in sight after 1.1 ("persistence"), so I don't worry.

greetings,

Thomas