[OpenLayers-Dev] trac ignore_missing_pages

Erik Uzureau euzuro at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 12:15:22 EST 2008


+0 :-)

On 2/25/08, Tim Schaub <tschaub at openplans.org> wrote:
> Hey-
>
> I'm wondering what others think of setting ignore_missing_pages to true
> (in trac.ini) for the OL trac.
>
> Benefits:
>
> 1) We can use CamelCase in wiki pages without having trac format them as
> missing pages links.  For example, a page that talks about PowerPoint
> would show that word formatted as PowerPoint instead of _PowerPoint?_
> (suggesting we should have to create a page about every word with
> CamelCase).
>
> 2) We can use CamelCase in ticket descriptions and comments without
> having them formatted as missing pages.  Currently, folks use the !
> escape to avoid this.  This makes things look nice in trac, but adds an
> unnecessary keystroke and makes email notifications look weirder
> (tickets could read "fix SelectFeature control" instead of "fix
> !SelectFeature control.")
>
>
> Drawbacks (if you like CamelCase):
>
> 1) We have to use TracLink syntax like [wiki:NewPageName Page Title] to
> create links to new pages.  Any page that already exists will be linked
> from NewPageName, but to create a new page we would use the wiki:page
> syntax.
>
>
> Any thoughts?
> Tim
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