this needs to be done as a plugin

diff --git a/doc/todo/Allow_web_edit_form_comment_field_to_be_mandatory.mdwn b/doc/todo/Allow_web_edit_form_comment_field_to_be_mandatory.mdwn
index 76f62b68a797464e32d98fdd8d7a64715e8655e3..40c0e79b84dbe2b0fc27160e341a4904632f8b1c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/Allow_web_edit_form_comment_field_to_be_mandatory.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Allow_web_edit_form_comment_field_to_be_mandatory.mdwn
@@ -5,4 +5,10 @@ In our team internal wiki, we wish to impose a policy that all edits must have a
 
 > Good idea! I also hate empty commit comments, but I know that it's also a matter
 > of human mentality. Of course, you can forbid users to commit empty comments,
-> but then they can commit so worthless comments like "\*" or "\* blah". --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
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+> but then they can commit so worthless comments like "\*" or "\* blah". --[[Paweł|ptecza]]
+
+> I don't feel this belongs in ikiwiki core, but would accept a plugin that
+> does it. I think that can be done using a formbuilder_setup hook.
+> BTW, it wmuld probably be better to validate against a comment_regexp,
+> so that when the evil admins notice that /.+/ is absurdly easy for users
+> to get around (by using " "), they can tighten it down. --[[Joey]]