[Booki-dev] wikibooks to booki-zip via epub

[Douglas Bagnall]

Adam wrote:

> this is very rockn...if a factor in the speed is the network would it
> make sense to see if wikimedia foundation would implement the epub
> generator on their side and we request epubs from them? they might find
> the generator useful for their own needs too. Erik Moeller (WMF) as said
> he would like to work with us more, so this might be a good start to
> that as well.

I'm not sure that speed matters that much.  The time to import is
minuscule compared to the time it takes to edit the book, and there
aren't that many wikibooks that are worth importing.  We're looking at
saving, perhaps, 3 minutes each on 20 books.

If the point is to give wikimedia an epub export option (which would be
good), then the testing focus should turn to the epub reader experience.
 Espri is forgiving of things that reading devices might not be.

Douglas