Fossil SCM

Added point about multiple copies of each matching post in web search results to the forum.wiki doc.

wyoung 2018-08-09 03:35 trunk
Commit 89ab99e3805848b426d0d136669aa710a4c241f748b52bf0e5124d8fb9d07efe
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--- www/forum.wiki
+++ www/forum.wiki
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@
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disconnected from the network where the central Fossil instance
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runs. Your past discussions are potentially just as valuable as a
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wiki document or checkin comment: there is no good reason why you
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should have to wait to get back on the Internet or back to the
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office before you can search for past posts.
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+
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+ * When you search the forum archives via the Fossil web interface,
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+ you get only one result for each matching post. When you search a
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+ mailing list's archives using a standard web search engine, you
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+ might get a result from the project site's own mail archive plus
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+ one from Nabble, one from Gmane, one from The Mail Archive...
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* Because forum posts are normal Fossil artifacts, you can interlink
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them with other Fossil artifacts using short internal links: link
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to forum threads from a [./tickets.wiki | ticket], link to a wiki
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document from a forum post, etc. These links are internal and
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--- www/forum.wiki
+++ www/forum.wiki
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@
35 disconnected from the network where the central Fossil instance
36 runs. Your past discussions are potentially just as valuable as a
37 wiki document or checkin comment: there is no good reason why you
38 should have to wait to get back on the Internet or back to the
39 office before you can search for past posts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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41 * Because forum posts are normal Fossil artifacts, you can interlink
42 them with other Fossil artifacts using short internal links: link
43 to forum threads from a [./tickets.wiki | ticket], link to a wiki
44 document from a forum post, etc. These links are internal and
45
--- www/forum.wiki
+++ www/forum.wiki
@@ -35,10 +35,16 @@
35 disconnected from the network where the central Fossil instance
36 runs. Your past discussions are potentially just as valuable as a
37 wiki document or checkin comment: there is no good reason why you
38 should have to wait to get back on the Internet or back to the
39 office before you can search for past posts.
40
41 * When you search the forum archives via the Fossil web interface,
42 you get only one result for each matching post. When you search a
43 mailing list's archives using a standard web search engine, you
44 might get a result from the project site's own mail archive plus
45 one from Nabble, one from Gmane, one from The Mail Archive...
46
47 * Because forum posts are normal Fossil artifacts, you can interlink
48 them with other Fossil artifacts using short internal links: link
49 to forum threads from a [./tickets.wiki | ticket], link to a wiki
50 document from a forum post, etc. These links are internal and
51

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