[pmwiki-users] Recipe Redundency... problems?

[The Editor]

On 5/17/07, the Other michael <xraysmalevich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking as a user, and somebody that's poked around (though not in
> the past month) within JITS -- the two recipes are quite different.
> JITS is not a "re-hash" of PITS, but a different approach to the
> problem.
>
> As Jiri said -- JITS was designed to be wiki-resident. With the
> exception of the ZAP requirements (and Zap's AuthUser requirement)),
> the JITS code is only wiki pages (with zap markup). This mean those
> with edit privileges do not have to work with config & other php
> files, etc. to customize their installation. Plus, when JITS upgrades
> their customizations will remain intact.

Actually just to note:  ZAP does not require Auth User unless you are
using one or more of its member/group management functions. It has not
required AuthUser since around the end of 2006 if I recall correctly.

> The Cookbook has several instances of multiple approaches. This is
> redundancy in the best sense -- multiple solutions from multiple
> perspectives, so the user can pick the best match for their particular
> needs.
>
> I don't believe there was ever a JITS version that did NOT require ZAP.

It's also worth noting that Jiri has done a wonderful job maintaining
this recipe, keeping up with both PmWiki and ZAP upgrades (not an easy
task), providing support, and constantly adding new features--which
makes it an especially nice choice. I tried looking at PITS for ideas
long ago, when I was scoping out the development of ZAP, and found it
quite awkward and a bit incomprehensible.

Just an unsolicited plug for Jiri's issue tracking system.

Cheers,
Dan