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+TODO: user-facing documentation on piny-web
+TODO: help system on pinyshell (display on login)
+
+It'd be nice to maintain feature parity between command line access and web access.
+
+[[!table data="""
+feature |command line |web
+anonymous account creation |DONE: ssh createuser@piny.be |TODO: CGI frontend to adduser
+password modification |DONE: /srv/rbin/passwd |TODO: Authen::PAM chauthtok CGI jblake: the pam interface was *really* not designed with http in mind though if you hard-code the interaction script it's not hard at all
+repo creation, deletion |DONE: /srv/rbin/newrepo, rmrepo, lsrepo |TODO: CGI frontend
+repo user management |DONE: /srv/rbin/addaccess, rmaccess, lsaccess |TODO: CGI frontend
+[[mailing list addition|mail]] |TODO: /srv/rbin/addlist, dependent on getting sympa up |TODO: CGI frontend
+authorized_keys modification |DONE: /srv/rbin/readkeys, writekeys, appendkeys |TODO: CGI frontend, though i am not convinced anyone would care
+disable password auth if ssh key|TODO |Ha ha NEVER
+commit access |DONE: git+ssh://piny.be/srv/git/whatever.git |DONE: Ikiwiki+mod-auth-sys-group/mod-auth-pam, though I am told there is a magic hook to allow public editing through git://
+wysiwyg editing tool |Ha ha no |TODO: wmd a good option, though needs UI tweaks
+fork |TODO: /srv/rbin/fork |TODO: CGI frontend
+upload and commit container contents |no |TODO: CGI frontend
+user or repo activity data aggregation |TODO: /srv/rbin/activity |TODO: rss generation, possibly install a dynamic rss reader
+help system |lock down 'man', print introduction on login |command documentation should be rendered online, perhaps
+config tweaking |PARTIAL: pinyconfig |TODO: CGI frontend
+"""]]
+
+Needed config tweakables
+
+- TODO: ikiwiki-editable vs. git-only
+- TODO: toggle ikiwiki autoindexing
+- TODO: optional use of repository subdirectory as srcdir
+- TODO: globally readable repos vs. group readable repos
+- TODO: globally writable repos vs. group writable repos
+- TODO: editable ikiwiki templates vs. default layout
+- TODO: user-configured domain vs. default piny domain
+
+Other
+
+- TODO: overall site layout/theme/css
+- TODO: front page to piny server editable by sysadmin ("here's what's on this server; readme; faq; about;")