2013/1/25 Felix Meschberger <fmesc...@adobe.com>: > Hi, > > Thanks alot. > > From a modularization POV this makes a lot of sense and I agree with the > direction you are taking here. > > From an ease-of-use POV, it is a bit different: For the 4.0 release we > dropped the full build. This causes some trouble in the community because it > is now harder to deploy the Web Console in simple setups. So the next release > will have an all-in-one bundle again. > > So, about all-in-one: would it make sense and would it be possible to setup > the Web Console all-in-one build such, that the new external bundle would be > part of the webconsole all-in-one bundle again ?
Yes, it's just one more bundle to add - it has zero dependencies (apart from framework classes). Carsten > > Regards > Felix > > > Am 25.01.2013 um 01:33 schrieb Carsten Ziegeler: > >> Hi, >> >> I've created a first implementation[1] of a new bundle which takes >> over the configuration status functionality from the web console >> >> The configuration status printers in the web console are imho of more >> general use, and make sense to be used outside of a web console. >> >> I've created a new API which is similar to the current configuration >> printer api but a little bit more consistent and more trimmed to the >> actual use cases. >> In addition to the API and the implementation thereof, I've provided >> several glue code: >> a) web console configuration printers are registered as the new service >> b) a new web console plugin for the configuration status which uses >> the new services. Due to a) old API is supported as well >> c) configuration printers are now registered as separate web console >> plugins, so we have a menu entry for each status which makes getting >> to a specific status easier >> d) The web console stuff is as compatible as possible, same urls for >> zip etc. are used, same functionality >> e) The only thing the new api does not support anymore is >> localization. I think for a configuration status, it's better to stick >> to one language. >> f) Added new support for printers providing machine readable json. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Regards >> Carsten >> >> [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/sandbox/cziegeler/status-printer >> -- >> Carsten Ziegeler >> cziege...@apache.org > -- Carsten Ziegeler cziege...@apache.org
