It would be really nice if this could be part of a summary or bulletin list
that an Admin/Ops could check frequently to find out if any of the tenants
on the NiFi service are using deprecated processors//controllers.

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Rob Moran <rmo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree on treating these as we do restricted ones. I will work on some
> recommendations for a unique icon that the chooser dialog can display as
> well as how to best carry that over onto the canvas component.
>
> It would also be nice to suggest the alternative in the UI, for example
> when the user hovers the deprecated icon in the Add Processor dialog,
> specifically call out the alternative(s) by name.
>
> Rob
>
> On Apr 30, 2017 10:05 PM, "Andre" <andre-li...@fucs.org> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Thank you for the feedback.
>
> I will extend the PR so that the required endpoints are in place but will
> leave the effective UI design to our UX experts.
>
> Hopefully I should be able to use the @Restricted as a basis for this work.
> Otherwise I will shout for some guidance.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Agreed on both the icon being preferable as the vehicle to show this
> > for processors on the graph instead of color and also in emphasizing
> > this during processor selection.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 7:21 PM, Matt Burgess <mattyb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Visual indication on existing processors is a good thing, but IMO we'll
> > definitely need indication on the processor selection dialog, so the user
> > will know that we suggest they choose an alternative.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Matt
> > >
> > >> On Apr 30, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Jeff <jtsw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I think an icon on the processor would be best to denote an upcoming
> > >> deprecation.  That leaves all colors available to the flow design,
> since
> > >> any color may have specific meaning to any current flow out there.
> > >>
> > >>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 3:58 PM Juan Sequeiros <helloj...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> In same train of though maybe make it default to some color other
> than
> > >>> white, instinct says red but that might be used to represent an
> > important
> > >>> processor. So suggest maybe default beige?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:20 AM Andy LoPresto <
> > alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> I'd leave the graphics work/decisions to someone like Rob Moran, but
> I
> > >>> see
> > >>>> it as similar to the restricted components -- an icon on the
> > processors
> > >>> on
> > >>>> the canvas and the dialog to add components, with additional
> > explanation
> > >>>> (and maybe a target release for full deprecation) in the help notes.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Andy LoPresto
> > >>>> alopre...@apache.org
> > >>>> alopresto.apa...@gmail.com
> > >>>> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4  BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> On Apr 29, 2017, at 05:16, Andre <andre-li...@fucs.org> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> dev,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In light of the some recent deprecations (ListenLumberjack) and
> some
> > >>>>> potential deprecation (PutJMS/GetJMS) I started some progress on
> how
> > to
> > >>>>> document the depreciation of NiFi components using annotations.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In the absence of any better name I called the annotation
> > >>>>> @DeprecationWarning (so not overlap with Java's @Deprecated)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The suggested modifications are part of PR#1718 and I am keen to
> hear
> > >>>> your
> > >>>>> thoughts.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> While the documentation can be displayed as part of the usage,
> > however
> > >>> I
> > >>>>> would imagine the frequency a user browses to the usage pages will
> > >>> reduce
> > >>>>> as her/him becomes familiar with the components.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In light of this it may be a good idea to use  the web UI to
> > highlight
> > >>> a
> > >>>>> processor has been deprecated.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Would anyone suggest a way of doing so without disrupting the user
> > >>>>> experience?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Cheers
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> >
>



-- 
Joseph

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