On Jun 29, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Ludovic Dubost wrote: > Vincent Massol a écrit : >> On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Ludovic Dubost wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to start a vote to move the ratings and collections >>> plugins out of the sandbox, as a first step to make them available >>> in the default XE bundle. >>> >>> We now have some clients that are using these plugins in production, >>> so it is time to make them real plugins. >>> >>> Some history about the ratings and collections plugins. >>> >>> RATINGS: >>> >>> This plugin allows to record ratings about any item, an particular >>> documents. It stores ratings in separate spaces and records the >>> calculated average rating in the document itself. >>> It includes java and groovy hooks to write custom rating >>> calculation. This can be usefull to not calculate a single average >>> but to include the "rating" of the users in the calculation. >>> A skin extension allows to include the ratings selection mecanism in >>> the UI (it's a separate module). >>> >>> As a second step the Ratings plugin and application can be bundled >>> in standard XWiki. >>> >>> COLLECTION: >>> >>> The collection plugin allows to manipulate collections of XWiki >>> documents. The plugin is the basis for the MultiPage Export feature >>> allowing to make a PDF or a XAR of multiple pages. >>> >>> The collection plugin also includes a special activity stream >>> allowing to record changes of a document and all it's childs. The >>> changes are recorded only for documents that match a specific class >>> set in xwiki.cfg. >>> >>> As a second step an application can be published for MultiPage >>> Export on code.xwiki.org . Some changes are still necessary for that >>> to not depend on skin modifications for this to work so it will be >>> done later. >>> >>> Here is my +1 for both. >>> >> >> -0 till we find committers willing to take charge of them. >> >> They are now in the sandbox only because there are no committers in >> charge of them. First step is to find someone to be responsible for >> them. The rest will happen automatically. >> > I think in the case of the ratings plugin it has been already > adapted to > the platform practices by Jerome and for collections this could be > done > by Asiri who has worked with me on them. Note that I'm still actively > monitoring the collection plugin. > > Now it would be great if there is a plugin zone which is not the > sandbox > which might be a bit lighter in terms of rules and constraints. This > sounds important to me because we are using these plugins on live > sites > and using "sandbox" plugins sounds not very professional. If they are > used it means they work quite well.
They can definitely be put on code.xwiki.org. This is where we put such tools. Re SVN yes we've wanted to create a "xlet" project for some time now for this. Might be a good time. Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
