On Nov 28, 2012, at 1:07 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/27/2012 04:28 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: >> Hi Sergiu, >> >> On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:01 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 11/27/2012 09:18 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: >>>> Hi devs, >>>> >>>> Here are some notes I took while releasing XWiki 4.3 on how to improve the >>>> release process: >>>> >>>> * We need to automate the generation of the CLIRR report. This is what >>>> takes the longest when releasing (not overall time but manual time >>>> required). IMO this can be done relatively easily by creating a patch for >>>> the CLIRR maven plugin itself to: >>>> ** Add support for wildcards in the new <difference> syntax >>>> ** Ensure that their report generation takes into account the >>>> <justification> element >>>> ** Possibly add a text report generation that we'll be able to copy paste >>>> in our RN >>> >>> +1. >>> >>>> * Remove PURL generation for Tweets >>>> ** Tweets are ephemeral so no need to have permanent URLs >>>> ** Tweet clients already do URL shortening >>>> (It's complex to use the PURL UI too) >>> >>> -1. The PURL is not just about twits, it's about having some permanent >>> links to our release notes. I really don't like that our URLs are so >>> damn long >>> (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWiki44RC1 >>> is 71 chars long), so I like to have something shorter. >> >> You don't need PURL for that…. As i mentioned the tweet clients already >> shorten URLs… Check my tweet, you'll see it's not 71 chars long: >> https://twitter.com/xwikiorg/status/273180659521028096 (I didn't do anything >> specific to shorten the URL). > > Again, this is not about tweeter. PURLs aren't about length, they're > about finding something in a reliable place, and involve maintenance > work. There should be no broken PURL. I created a few other PURLs a long > time ago, like purl.org/xwiki/repo/, purl.org/xwiki/ml/ and > purl.org/xwiki/ml/archive, purl.org/xwiki/ci/ (which used to point to > hudson). Yes PURLs could be a good solution for specific important pages like the one you mention but they are adhoc and I don't believe those are required for temporary resources such as Release notes. Or you really need to make it transparent so that it doesn't cost more when doing releases. I spent 15 minutes trying to create a PURL when I did the release 2 days ago and in the end I didn't do it since it was too complex and I couldn't understand how to do it. [snip] Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
