[Sputnik-list] sputnik earth on kepler 1.1

[Yuri Takhteyev]

> What would you recommend concerning keplerproject.org's migration to
> Earth? I'd wait for a final Earth release, but what about the current
> wiki data itself?

The data format is the same for all 2008 releases.  In fact, you
should be able to upgrade between future versions of Sputnik with just
luarocks commands.  Earth does change the format of the _passwords
node, so you will need to flush the old users or convert the file.

As for timing of migration, it really depends on how much you want the
new features.  From the user point of view, the main new features are:

- New authentication options (which I described in the original email)
- Some protection again XSS attacks
- A richer permission system
- Simpler non-admin edit forms for non-admins
- Stricter security by default.  (E.g., non-admin users cannot even
see hashes of passwords now.)

The more important changes, however, are the ones facing developers /
power users:

- Using Kepler 1.1.
- Easier to add custom storage backends
- Easier to add your custom authentication system
- Overall cleaner and more extensible

We also have four additional storage backends in the works: sqlite3,
mysql, svn and git.  At least the first two should be out soon, but
not yet.

 - yuri

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