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diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiImplementationNotes.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiImplementationNotes.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 33b74cd1..00000000 --- a/TWiki/TWikiImplementationNotes.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -%TOC% %STARTINCLUDE% - -# <a name="TWiki_System_Requirements"> TWiki System Requirements </a> - -_Server and client system requirements for TWiki 01-Sep-2001_ - -## <a name="Overview"> Overview </a> - -Maintaining minimum client and server requirements is necessary to keep TWiki deployment as broad as possible. - -## <a name="Server_Requirements"> Server Requirements </a> - -TWiki is written in Perl 5, uses a number of shell commands, and requires [RCS (Revision Control System)](http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/rcs.html), a GNU Free Software package. TWiki is developed in a basic Linux/Apache environment. It also works with Microsoft Windows, and should have no problem on any other platform that meets the requirements: - -<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> - <tr> - <th bgcolor="#99CCCC" colspan="3"><strong>Required Server Environment</strong></th> - </tr> - <tr> - <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Resource</strong></th> - <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Unix</strong></th> - <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Windows</strong></th> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> Perl </td> - <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.005_03 or higher </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> Non standard Perl modules </td> - <td align="center"><code>Net::SMTP</code> (or <code>sendmail</code>) </td> - <td align="center"><code>Net::SMTP</code>, <code>MIME::Base64</code>, <code>Digest::SHA1</code></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> RCS </td> - <td align="center" colspan="2"> 5.7 or higher </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> Other external programs </td> - <td align="center" colspan="2"><code>ls, fgrep, egrep</code></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> Web server </td> - <td align="center" colspan="2"> Apache; others (with support for CGI, authentication, extended path) <strong>*</strong></td> - </tr> -</table> - -Current documentation covers Linux only. A [TWikiOnWindows](http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiOnWindows) installation guide is next. - -## <a name="Client_Requirements"> Client Requirements </a> - -The TWiki [[TWikiInstallationGuide]] has extremely low browser requirements: - -* HTML 3.2 compliant -* generates XHTML 1.0 pages that are compatible with HTML 3.2 -* minimal use of JavaScript in the user interface (degrades gracefully) -* no cookies -* no CSS - -You can easily add capabilities, through customizing the templates, for one, while tailoring the browser requirements to your situation. - -## <a name="Known_Issues"> Known Issues </a> - -* The new [[TWikiPlugins]] feature currently does not have compatibility guidelines for developers. Plugins can require just about anything: browser-specific functions, stylesheets (CSS), DHTML, Java applets, cookies. - --- [[MikeMannix]] - 15 Sep 2001 <br /> |