+1 (binding) Having seen this UI in action I'd be very happy for it to land into Brooklyn. It's a much more modern-looking, aesthetically-pleasing UI with much more extensibility, but at it's core the UI works very similar to the old one, so there's very little learning curve for a user moving from the old UI to the new.
Richard. On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 at 10:07, Alex Heneveld <alex.henev...@cloudsoftcorp.com> wrote: > > Hi Brooklyners- > > This is a vote on whether to accept the brooklyn-ui-angular contribution > at [1] once IP clearance is completed. > > For background, as previously discussed a new UI based on Angular/JS has > been offered to the Apache Brooklyn project. The formal grant has been > completed and is on file -- thank you Cloudsoft and Fujitsu -- and is > currently going through IP Clearance (see prior email to this list) and > barring obstacles we may have that clearance after 72 hours. The vote > to accept can occur in parallel with the clearance so that is what we > are doing. > > We propose for the code to be added iniitially to a `new/` subdirectory > in the `brooklyn-ui` repo, once IP clearance is completed and if this > vote is successful. We will then create a set of PRs to replace the > contents at the root with the contents under `new/` and make changes > elsewhere as needed for the project to build, run, and be documented > cleanly. It is proposed that those PRs be reviewed in the usual way (no > further votes) unless anyone thinks otherwise. > > This vote will run for 72 hours. > > Best > Alex > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-214 > > > On 20/07/2018 16:14, Alex Heneveld wrote: > > > > Hi All- > > > > The codebase for the UI is staged for review here: > > > > https://github.com/ahgittin/brooklyn-ui/tree/new-ui-for-review/new > > > > We have created the ip-clearance record [1] to track steps and the > > legal grant is in process (as per [2]). We will call for an [IP > > CLEARANCE] at general@incubator once those are completed, and then we > > will look for a vote here. If you have any comments on the code or on > > the process in the meantime please let me know. > > > > Best > > Alex > > > > [1] > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/public/trunk/content/ip-clearance/brooklyn-ui-angular.xml?view=markup > > > > [2] > > > https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html#form-filling > > > > > > On 28/05/2018 12:46, Alex Heneveld wrote: > >> > >> Dear Brooklyners, > >> > >> Our users at Fujitsu, UShareSoft, and Cloudsoft have generously > >> sponsored the contribution of a new UI for Apache Brooklyn. This is > >> based on the previously-proprietary Cloudsoft AMP UI, for those of > >> you familiar with that. > >> > >> The proposed newly contributed UI has all the functionality of the > >> existing UI including an inspector, groovy console, and online REST > >> docs. It is much more recent (angular, webpack), modular, easy to > >> develop against, and lovely to look at, and so would be a great > >> contribution based solely on that. > >> > >> But even better, it provides a lot of new features: > >> > >> * A visual blueprint composer: drag-and-drop elements from the > >> catalog onto a canvas, with a bi-directional YAML editor > >> > >> * More live activity update: a kilt view for activities, tailing > >> output from SSH commands > >> > >> * A bundle-oriented catalog: with search, bundle- or type- view, > >> delete bundles > >> > >> * An extensible, skinnable, and reusable modular architecture: embed > >> angular directives and components from this project in others, build > >> a branded version of the UI, and/or add your own modules (e.g. to > >> accompany specific blueprints) > >> > >> The last point in particular I think will be very valuable: it will > >> allow people to use Brooklyn in many more good ways! There are plans > >> to make the Composer embeddable and able to work with other input > >> libraries (think e.g. of pointing it at a Docker repo or an image > >> catalog), and with widgets for configuring items, all ultimately > >> generating Brooklyn blueprints. > >> > >> Note that this is proposed to replace the existing UI, and as we have > >> already deprecated the non-OSGi build, it is proposed to make this > >> compatible only with the OSGi build. > >> > >> It is also worth pointing out that the main authors on this UI are > >> already Brooklyn contributors, so there is enough experience among > >> active project members to maintain, explain, and extend this. > >> > >> Assuming this proposal finds favour, we will open a repo for review > >> purposes (but it will not be a merged via PR, with the actual > >> contribution to come via the IP clearance process [1]), followed by > >> associated PRs in other projects so that everything works seamlessly > >> (which as minor changes to existing code is more suited to PRs than > >> the IP clearance process). Specifically we will: > >> > >> * Ensure it builds and runs with the new UI in place of the old (note > >> below on the Karaf switch) > >> > >> * Ensure all tests are passing (esp UI tests) > >> > >> * Ensure there are effective dev/test pathways and that documentation > >> is updated (in particular for testing the UI and with the UI; this > >> should be much simpler as the new UI can run separately, point at a > >> REST endpoint, and can do incremental updates for UI code changes > >> made while running!) > >> > >> * Ensure we have IP clearance, license, and are duly diligent in the > >> approval (as this is a large contribution we recognise this will need > >> special attention) > >> > >> Are there any objections at this point, or any suggestions for other > >> tasks we should do to ensure its smooth integration? Note that this > >> is purely advisory at this stage but we would very much appreciate > >> early sight of any potential obstacles. > >> > >> Once the above list is complete we will commence the IP clearance > >> process including formal vote. > >> > >> Best, > >> Alex > >> > >> > >> [1] > https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html > >> > > > >
