Re: Fwd: Query about offline viewing of this wiki

Boyuan Yang <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Dec 2024 22:53:33 -0500
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
Hi,

在 12/28/2024 12:40 AM, Daniel 写道:
> Good day! I would like to know if you can help me. On wikipedia, anyone 
> can download the entire site in a compressed format that can be 
> uncompressed indexed and viewable on the fly. I am wondering if your 
> site has that capability as well.
> 
> I can resend you my original email but I thought it best to let you read 
> the full conversation below.

As far as I know the MoinMoin Wiki software indeed does not provide a
full offline download functionality. If you find this functionality
important, you may want to submit a feature request at the upstream
Wiki software development repo at https://github.com/moinwiki/moin .

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang


> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Andrew M.A. Cater* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Date: Fri, Dec 27, 2024, 8:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Query about offline viewing of this wiki
> To: Daniel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 04:17:15AM -0800, Daniel wrote:
>  > Good day!
>  >
>  > I would like to know if there is a link to an xml.gz of this wiki I can
>  > download for offline viewing. Trying to search for it tends to link me to
>  > pages on gzip and xml files rather than pointing me to a link to download
>  > the wiki.
>  >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The Community Team is here to make Debian a welcoming place and also to
> resolve occasional conflicts and disagreement within the project itself.
> We're also happy to resolve queries but I think this one is probably
> one for the web team https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Webmaster <https:// 
> wiki.debian.org/Teams/Webmaster>
> 
> I don't think there is a compressed archive of the Debian wiki - it's
> changing fairly regularly but the web team should be able to advise.
> 
>  > Also, do you know if this wiki contains all of the information 
> provided in
>  > Debian docs or is there a wiki style xml.gz of this I can also download?
>  >
> There is documentation for each Debian package - usually in /usr/share/
> [packagename] - but there's also the Debian web site.
> 
>  > For reference, I am trying to download a fair amount of 'wiki' 
> content for
>  > offline viewing without an internet connection.
>  >
>  > Why wiki style? Because it takes a large pile of information and presents
>  > it in a searchable browser based style that is easily deployable to an
>  > entire classroom or offline community.
>  >
> 
> The Debian wiki is built on moinmoin - you may need some elements of
> that framework to display it well.
> 
> In the hope that this is useful.
> 
> With every good wish, as ever,
> 
> Andrew Cater
> ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>)
> [For the Debian Community Team]
> 
>  > Thanks for your time!
>  >
>  > Daniel Roseman
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