On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 09 Jun 2016, at 13:45, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> As far as I can see, you want to make sure that the user installs the Tour,
>
> Yep
>
>> for example, so that it is executed at the right time. However, why not let
>> the flavor take care of this? Since the user will be choosing a flavor to
>> install, it would also contain the tour (if it needs it) and everything
>> will be set up.
>
> That wouldn’t work for 2 reasons:
> * You only pick a flavor when you start with an empty wiki. So this isn’t the 
> case for Jetty/HSQLDB distribution which is the most important packaging for 
> people trying out XWiki.
> * We would have 2 flavors: the default one (and we would need somehow to 
> prevent users from installing it, basically making the flavor useless) and 
> the other one which would be the recommended one.
>
> The goal of the idea I sent this morning is to have a single runtime flavor 
> provided by the XWiki Core dev team that is generic but as useful as possible 
> to users.
>
>> For additional extensions that the admin wants to install,
>> we have the EM UI and we can have recommended extensions displayed there.
>>
>> An extra step just for the recommended extensions is too much IMO and just
>> gets in the way.
>
> FTR This is exactly what happens when you install several softwares including 
> Jenkins 2, IntelliJ IDEA and more.
>
>> We still control what the standard flavor contains (tour, CK, etc.) and we
>> still control what (contrib) extensions to recommend in the EM UI. IMO,
>> that is enough.
>
> Ah I see what you mean. The other goal of the last proposal is to not have to 
> bundle any extension (that’s really important IMO), ie. the XWiki Core Dev 
> team doesn’t bundle any non xwiki github org code. Users can install contrib 
> stuff at runtime and pick the version they want/need.
>
> In addition this makes it possible for users to use the latest version of the 
> extensions. For example: imagine that we release XWiki 8.2 with a dependency 
> on CKEditor v1.7. Now, in the meantime CKEditor 1.8 is released. If we were 
> providing a flavor for it in XWiki 8.2 then users wouldn’t be able to install 
> version 1.8

This is true only for core jar extensions. CKEditor is a XAR.

>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
>> Thanks,
>> Eduard
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected]
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think that if we are to have Recommended extensions inside e.x.o and EM,
>>> I would consider it a bit too much to have them also in DW. But maybe this
>>> is another discussion.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Caty
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 09 Jun 2016, at 11:15, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected]
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Where are the Flavors in this proposal?
>>>>
>>>> IMO Flavors don’t change; they’re still there and you still get them when
>>>> you start with an empty wiki. When you start an empty wiki you pick the
>>>> flavor you want and on the configuration screen, there are some
>>> recommended
>>>> extensions that are proposed. I think that’s the difference: flavors are
>>> a
>>>> fixed set of extensions. The Recommended extensions screen is just for
>>>> optional stuff that you may want. If the recommended extensins are
>>> brought
>>>> as part of the flavor (ie if they are already installed) then they won’t
>>> be
>>>> suggested on the configuration screen.
>>>>
>>>> Basically flavors are distribution. Once you install a distribution you
>>>> can still install additional extensions by going to the Extension
>>> Manager.
>>>> However we make the user’s file easier when he starts the first time by
>>>> proposing some extensions.
>>>>
>>>> This provides 2 advantages:
>>>> * We bring extensions that we deem important but that are not maintainted
>>>> by the xwiki core dev team to the user. He doesn’t need to discover the
>>> EM
>>>> UI nor find out which extensions are super nice for me.
>>>> * It allows to propose some extensions that need to run early in the
>>>> process, such as the Tour (the user needs the Tour to know how to reach
>>> the
>>>> EM UI ;)).
>>>>
>>>> Another way of viewing this is that it’s a new feature of the EM/DW UI.
>>>> The EM/DW module would provide a Recommended Extensions view as a Wizard
>>>> when XWiki runtime starts the first time (and at each upgrade). Now what
>>> we
>>>> would need to be careful about is not drowning the user under 50
>>>> recommended extensions or it would loose its power. I think this config
>>>> wizard view should focus on Extensions that are super useful for getting
>>>> started. Then later one the user could go to the EM UI and get a full
>>> list
>>>> of Recommended Extensions, not just the one important for getting
>>> started.
>>>>
>>>> WDYT?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -Vincent
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Caty
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the replies. I’m listening of course to everyone and I’ve
>>>> tried
>>>>>> in this mail to take all answers into account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First, let me state our current strategy and an alternative that I’ve
>>>> been
>>>>>> thinking about this morning under my shower ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Current Voted Strategy
>>>>>> ==================
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Deliver an XWiki Runtime that is the best possible generic runtime
>>>> (i.e.
>>>>>> most usable, most useful).
>>>>>> * As a consequence, remove all modules that vertical modules (i.e.
>>> that
>>>>>> are clearly not useful to all flavors), such as FAQ, Blog, etc. Move
>>>> them
>>>>>> to xwiki-contrib
>>>>>> * I want to stress out that the current voted strategy is not to
>>>> produce a
>>>>>> minimalist runtime
>>>>>>
>>>>>> New Strategy Proposal
>>>>>> ==================
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’ve tried to reconcile all the use cases listed in this thread before
>>>> and
>>>>>> I hope this proposal could be a good middle ground. In any case I
>>> found
>>>> it
>>>>>> worth debating to see if it could work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also note that one aspect that we must not forget (and that led to the
>>>>>> last proposal I sent on this thread) and that people  tend to forget,
>>> is
>>>>>> the time it takes to support various versions of XE in an extension
>>> and
>>>> the
>>>>>> manpower that exists in the xwiki community (don’t forget that
>>>> everything
>>>>>> we do is a tradeoff; if you support another version of XE in an
>>>> extension,
>>>>>> it means you’re not coding an important improvement or fixing an
>>>> important
>>>>>> bug in the platform).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So here’s the idea:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Change the purpose of the XWiki Github organization from the voted
>>> one
>>>>>> described above to be: Provide a minimalist runtime.
>>>>>> * Since working in this direction will not happen overnight, the idea
>>>>>> would be to very slowly take out modules, starting with obvious ones.
>>>>>> * The issue that this strategy raises is that users will not get a
>>> good
>>>>>> user experience since lots of things will be lacking and this is where
>>>> my
>>>>>> new idea fills the gap:
>>>>>> ** The first time (or whenever you upgrade) your run the XWiki Runtime
>>>> (be
>>>>>> it whether your run the HSQLDB/Jetty packaging or any other packaging)
>>>> you
>>>>>> get a Configuration wizard
>>>>>> ** This Configuration Wizard suggest some recommended extensions that
>>>> the
>>>>>> XWiki Core Dev Team hand-pick. We would start with 2:
>>>>>> *** Propose to the user to run a Tour to learn how to use XWiki (it
>>>> would
>>>>>> install the Home Page Tour which depends on the Tour app)
>>>>>> *** Propose to the user to install the CKEDitor WYSIWYG editor (by
>>>> default
>>>>>> we would only propose the wiki editor - We’ll need to get rid of the
>>> GWT
>>>>>> editor, probably make it an extension)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pros:
>>>>>> * The XWiki Core Dev Team continues to work on core stuff and as time
>>>>>> progresses we move out non core stuff
>>>>>> * This allows more people to contribute to the non-core stuff in the
>>>>>> community
>>>>>> * We control which extensions we want to recommend and thus we can
>>>> always
>>>>>> only take the very good ones and thus control the quality of the
>>> initial
>>>>>> user experience
>>>>>> * We get a mechanism allowing our users to get non-xwiki core dev
>>>>>> team-supported extensions into the runtime (thus providing a good user
>>>>>> experience) while not bundling them into the default XWiki runtime
>>>> flavor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cons:
>>>>>> * The Tour and CKeditor extensions would still incur a higher cost of
>>>>>> support/maintenance (but since they’ve already done the code, it’s
>>>> marginal
>>>>>> for the future and they’ll be able to abandon support for XWiki 6.x
>>> soon
>>>>>> IMO too - Basically they probably only need to support 2 or 2.5 cycle
>>>>>> versions).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <similar idea>
>>>>>> Ludo mentioned (and I agree with him) that it would be nice to be able
>>>> to
>>>>>> provide Demo content in the wiki so that users who want to test drive
>>>> XWiki
>>>>>> can do so with existing content and more clearly see and understand
>>> the
>>>>>> advantages that XWiki brings. For this, I’d propose to create a Demo
>>>>>> Content extension (some AWM app + some blog posts + etc) and once we
>>>> have
>>>>>> it, recommend it on the Configuration Wizard.
>>>>>> </similar idea>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WDYT?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 08 Jun 2016, at 17:57, Denis Gervalle <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, very sorry to drop in so late in this discussion, but it was
>>> not
>>>>>>> obvious from the thread subject that your were discussing a major
>>>>>> subject.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> IMO, moving application that works currently on 6.x to the core, has
>>> no
>>>>>>> benefit for our users, it just introduce restrictions. It does not
>>> have
>>>>>> any
>>>>>>> benefit for us either, it just require more backports. I do not
>>>>>> understand
>>>>>>> this move at all for application that are not minimal requirements. I
>>>> do
>>>>>>> not understand your point Vincent when you say that these
>>> applications
>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> horizontal and obviously part of platform according to your
>>> "Executive
>>>>>>> summary".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regarding the tour application, it is not require at all, it is just
>>> a
>>>>>> nice
>>>>>>> helping tool that we want to ease newcomers, but experienced user
>>> will
>>>>>>> never need it. It could be exchanged for an alternative, and it is
>>>>>> exactly
>>>>>>> the same kind of application than the blog that we are moving out.
>>>>>>> Regarding the CKEditor, do we consider that a WYSIWYG editor is
>>>> required
>>>>>>> for a wiki to be a wiki ? IMO, WYSIWYG editor is not a requirement to
>>>> use
>>>>>>> the platform, it is nice to have, but not required. I have use it
>>> very
>>>>>>> sparsely until now, and not having it would not have change much for
>>>> me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, I currently do not see any benefit of moving these modules to
>>>>>> platform,
>>>>>>> since these are already well living in contrib.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your other point about reducing platform to the minimal runtime would
>>>>>> cause
>>>>>>> platform to reduce to EM does not really looks like something that
>>> will
>>>>>>> happen. In theory, you are right, so XWiki would be even less
>>> featured
>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> maven. But, I doubt you could reasonably use such a tools for
>>> anything
>>>>>>> useful. I doubt XWiki compare to maven. I doubt that horizontal
>>> module
>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> security, logging, model, storage, etc… will ever be considered
>>>> optional.
>>>>>>> Even a plain text editor is a minimal requirement to starts, else
>>> this
>>>> is
>>>>>>> no more a wiki, and I even wonder what it is ? a tool that brings
>>>>>> together
>>>>>>> arbitrary java module… looks weird. So no, the minimal runtime is
>>>>>>> definitely not just EM.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, I really wonder what is the direction we are taking. I will not
>>>> stop
>>>>>>> you with a veto, but I have the strong feeling these decisions are
>>>> wrong.
>>>>>>> For the principle of not depending on contrib for our default user
>>>>>> flavor,
>>>>>>> exchanging the blog app with the tour app, this does not make sens
>>> for
>>>>>> me,
>>>>>>> sorry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for reading.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FTR I’ve discussed internally with Thomas, Marius and Anca and we
>>> all
>>>>>>>> agreed that it makes sense to move The Tour app + CKEditor to the
>>>>>> platform.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There are various reasons but a very important one is simply the
>>>>>> manpower
>>>>>>>> that it requires to maintain extensions on lots of XWiki versions
>>> and
>>>>>>>> currently the active devs on xwiki are not enough to do that. This
>>> is
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> reason we dropped this strategy in the past and decided to release
>>> the
>>>>>>>> whole platform together with the same version.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As part of this the technical debt is being increased since
>>> supporting
>>>>>>>> several versions and old versions means doing hacks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you see another possibility that doesn’t require more work please
>>>>>> raise
>>>>>>>> it here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We need to progress and have CKEditor and Tour bundled in
>>> 8.2M2(which
>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> already started) and thus, barring any negative comments, we’ll
>>> start
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> move next week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 07 Jun 2016, at 15:39, Guillaume Delhumeau <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It also means to move the tour application in that old branches
>>> too.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2016-06-07 13:59 GMT+02:00 Vincent Massol <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 07 Jun 2016, at 10:27, Vincent Massol <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 07 Jun 2016, at 09:37, Guillaume Delhumeau <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Moving Tour Application into platform makes sense to me (it
>>>> becomes
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>> critical component and deserves a proper support).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> For me, it’s really about the definition of what the XWiki github
>>>> org
>>>>>>>>>> represents. Right now with the new strategy ==  “Everything needed
>>>> for
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> default XWiki runtime, a.k.a base/default flavor” (what we’ve been
>>>>>>>> calling
>>>>>>>>>> XE so far but that we’ll slim down a bit, for example by removing
>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Blog
>>>>>>>>>> app and move it to contrib).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Now we could still decide to have some flavor in contrib and have
>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> tour app included in that flavor but not in “the default XWiki
>>>>>>>> runtime”. In
>>>>>>>>>> practice this would mean promoting this flavor instead of the
>>>>>>>> base/default
>>>>>>>>>> flavor. The question will arise anyway when we next talk about
>>> other
>>>>>>>>>> flavors that we may want to have in contrib such a KB flavor,
>>>>>> workgroup
>>>>>>>>>> flavor, web flavor, etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> However, the current
>>>>>>>>>>>> application supports XWiki >= 6.4.1. By moving it to platform,
>>> we
>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>>>>>> support the last XWiki version.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is a tough topic indeed.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Actually in practice we would support not only the last XWiki
>>>> version
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>> also the LTS (i.e. 7.4.x + 8.x). If we wanted to support 6.4.x we
>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>> (we
>>>>>>>>>> still have a stable-6.4.x branch ATM that we were supposed to
>>>> remove)
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>> it would mean changing our support strategy to support more
>>>> branches…
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> it means supporting the whole platform for 6.4.x, not just one
>>>>>>>> extension…
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> For the tour there’s the solution of keeping it in contrib and
>>>>>>>>>> introducing a flavor but for CKEditor it’s harder to justify that
>>>> it’s
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> part of the base flavor IMO but maybe it’s possible and we would
>>>> offer
>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>>>> the wiki editor in the base flavor. Of course we could modify our
>>>>>>>>>> functional tests fwk to support running on various versions of the
>>>>>>>>>> dependencies and have CI builds to ensure that an extension works
>>>> with
>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>> versions but it’s not perfect and it would mean that for the first
>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>> would have code in the xwiki github org that would not use the
>>>> latest
>>>>>>>>>> APIs/latest JDK features.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The other option is Marius’s, i.e. accept that we hand-pick some
>>>>>>>>>> extensions from contrib that we bundle in the base/default flavor
>>>> such
>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>> the Tour app, CKEditor integration, etc. In this case, we would
>>> just
>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>>>> to redefine what “xwiki github org” means. Saying “core component”
>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>> not be enough, it would needs a more precise definition.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Interesting topic ;)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Any other option that we have?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2016-06-06 15:31 GMT+02:00 Vincent Massol <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06 Jun 2016, at 15:24, Marius Dumitru Florea <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Vincent Massol <
>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06 Jun 2016, at 14:50, Marius Dumitru Florea <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Alexandru Cotiuga <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As it was decided already, a Homepage Tour have to be
>>>>>>>> implemented.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no option regarding the place where the Tour Application
>>>> should
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> added as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dependency was discussed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There are some possible options:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) XWiki Enterprise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) XWiki Platform Distribution
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3) XWiki Platform Helper
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4) Is there any option to have the Tour Application as a
>>> part
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Core ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What would be the best way to include the Contrib
>>>> applications
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> XWiki?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On this topic (sorry if I hijack your thread) I was
>>> wondering
>>>>>> why
>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have dependencies from platform/enterprise to contrib. We
>>> have
>>>>>>>> lots
>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> third party dependencies, contrib could be considered as
>>> such.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Moreover,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we're in the process of moving non-core (vertical)
>>> extensions
>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> platform to contrib. It would be a pity to move something
>>> from
>>>>>>>>>> contrib
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> platform and then back to contrib. I have the same issue
>>> with
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CKEditor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Integration extension. We want CKEditor as the default
>>> editor,
>>>>>>>>>> bundled
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the default distribution, but do we need to move it to
>>>> platform?
>>>>>>>>>> Same
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Welcome Tour.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I’d personally not like this for the following reasons:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) I like that the XWiki runtime is all released at once with
>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extensions making it using the same versions and verified to
>>>> work
>>>>>>>>>>>>> together.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> XWiki runtime has lots of third party dependencies. Bootstrap,
>>>>>> Solr,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> jQuery, just to name a few. I don't see how having the source
>>>> code
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> repo (platform) makes a difference at runtime when the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> integration/functional tests verify they work together.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because they don’t! :) Just check any extension in contrib and
>>>>>> you’ll
>>>>>>>>>> see
>>>>>>>>>>>>> their func test (when they have some!) don’t test that they
>>> work
>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> latest version of XWiki…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) Support. The XWiki runtime is supported by the XWiki Core
>>> Dev
>>>>>>>> Team.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Extensions in contrib are not supported by the XWiki Core Dev
>>>>>> Team.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So the FAQ application you moved out of platform is no longer
>>>>>>>>>> supported
>>>>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the XWiki Core Dev Team?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Correct.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The extension page
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/FAQ+Application
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't reflect this.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I added my name to the list as a supporter. I’ve kept “XWiki
>>> Dev
>>>>>>>> Team”
>>>>>>>>>>>>> because it's a past authors and it wouldn’t make sense to
>>> remove
>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>>>> But
>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes it’s no longer officially supported by the XWiki Core Dev
>>>> Team.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note that e.x.o doesn’t say who maintains a given extension, it
>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>> says
>>>>>>>>>>>>> who participated to developing it ;) We’re currently missing
>>> the
>>>>>> info
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> whether the extension is actively supported and by whom. FTR
>>>>>>>> Confluence
>>>>>>>>>>>>> does this with a “supported” label that you can hover over and
>>>>>>>> provides
>>>>>>>>>>>>> info. For example:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>> https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/nl.avisi.confluence.plugins.numberedheadings/cloud/overview
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition xwiki-contrib is very open and anyone can make
>>>>>>>>>> modifications
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there and quality is thus harder to guarantee.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We defined the xwiki github organization as containing
>>>> horizontal
>>>>>>>>>>>>> modules,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ie modules that can be required for any flavor and both
>>>> CKEditor
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tour Application fit the need. By opposition to vertical
>>>> modules
>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sense only for some use cases (like the Meeting Manager app)
>>>> and
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> default in XE. We have the option of having flavors in
>>> contrib
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> those if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we want though. For CKEditor it’s not a good thing since we’d
>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>> it by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> default.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One alternative (which I’m not fond of at all) would be to
>>> have
>>>>>>>>>> ckeditor
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as a separate git repo in the xwiki github organization.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Marius
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
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