wiki.debian.org / Re: Any discussion of replacing MoinMoin?

[Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debian@mdcc.cx>]

Hi Franklin,

Thanks for your interest.

On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 10:07:00PM +0000, Franklin Yu wrote:
> 
> MoinMoin, the wiki software backing the Debian Wiki, has suffered from slow
> development recently; the latest release is in 2020, and it is written in Python
> 2.7. The Python 3.5 support is still under development.
> 
> Has anyone considered switching to any alternative? The Debian Wiki UI does not
> attract users to contribute (no Wiki syntax highlight in the editor, for
> example).

I guess it could be useful, and would need someone willing to do the (lots of)
work and migration.

See also https://bugs.debian.org/501954  wiki.debian.org: #501954: "use
MediaWiki instead of MoinMoin" for some (old) background.

Bye,

Joost