ok I’ve started. 3 things:
* I’ve started defining what we mean by a recommended app, see http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ExtensionCode/RecommendedExtensions/ * I’ve processed the first 2 pages of the LT on the home page of e.x.o. (ie the first 60 extensions) and I’ve marked 11 as recommended so far: http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ExtensionCode/RecommendedExtensions/ * I’m hesitating for the following extensions. Specifically I need to know what their authors think and whether they’re ok to support them actively. I also don’t know them enough to know of their quality. Feel free to comment on them. - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Recent+Blog+Entries+Macros/ ? - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/SunkenFlamingoTheme/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/RtForm/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Realtime+Netflux+Frontend/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Realtime+Netflux+Backend/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/XQuiz/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Condition+Macro/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Suggest+LiveTable+Filter+Macro/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Let%27s+Encrypt+support/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Derzelas+Script+Runner/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/XCarousel/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Wiki+Analyzer+Application/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Event+Listeners+Administration/ - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Filter+Script+API Note: we will expose the filter app, should we also expose the API? - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/ZoneEdit+Macro - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/SVG+Rasterizing+API - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Trusted+Headers+Authentication+Adapter - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Trusted+authentication+framework - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Mail+address+encryptor - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/XWikiTube - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/XFF+Maven+Plugin Note: wrong author!!! - http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Rights+UI+Simplifier Thanks -Vincent The result is here: > On 18 Aug 2016, at 19:36, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m starting the work on this. BTW several of you have replied about EM but > this mail was only for “e.x.o” FTM (see the subject). > > The idea is to implement something similar to what Caty proposed at > http://markmail.org/message/cr5edm27qcag6n3q > > I’m starting the work. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > >> On 23 May 2016, at 10:39, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi devs, >> >> We have a lot of entries on extensions.xwiki.org (869 as of today) and this >> causes some problems for our users: >> >> P1) A lot of them are not of good quality (they don’t work with the latest >> versions, they are complex to use, they’ve not been updated for a long time >> and are doing old and deprecated ways of doing things such as not providing >> an entry in the Applications Panel for example, they’re not just polished, >> etc) and this causes frustrations for our users. Note that this also >> reflects on the overall quality of the XWiki project and product. >> >> P2) It’s hard for users to locate good extensions among the rest. >> >> We’ve started addressing P1) by introducing ratings on e.x.o. This is not >> fully successful so far because we don’t have enough people voting and >> because those ratings are not used to display/filter extensions on the >> Extensions LT or inside XWiki in the EM UI. So we need to continue this >> effort. >> >> Note that this proposal is not addressing non-extensions such as snippets >> which we’ll need to move elsewhere at some point but that becomes less >> important with the proposal below. >> >> Proposal >> ======= >> >> I’d like to propose an additional strategy that, IMO, is better suited for >> the size of our community: curation. Curation is the process of >> hand-selecting the best extensions and marking them as recommended. The idea >> would be to list recommended extensions first on the e.x.o home page, in the >> EM UI in XWiki and even in extension search results. In the EM UI, an idea >> would also be to have a new “Recommended Extensions” filter in addition to >> the existing filters (core extensions, installed extensions, etc) and that >> would be the default filter on the “Add Extensions” UI. >> >> I propose to add a “Recommended” xproperty in the Repository app for that. >> We can decide whether we want this just for e.x.o or committed in the >> Repository app in xwiki-platform. >> >> Then we need to decide about the curation process: >> >> * The XWiki core committers are in charge (i.e. have the responsibility) of >> monitoring the apps that are marked “Recommended”, ie. validating that it’s >> done correctly. XWiki core committers have the authorization to unset an app >> that was marked a recommended by a community member. >> * We wouldn’t offer a simple way in the UI to mark an extension as >> recommended since we don’t want everyone who has an account on xwiki.org to >> start marking apps as recommended. OTOH we want to allow people from the >> xwiki community to help out. So the way to mark an extension as recommended >> would be to use the object editor (for now, we can define a better >> implementation mechanism later on). >> * We define some basic rules that extensions need to follow at minimum to be >> accepted as recommended. These will be our guidelines to avoid conflict of >> opinions (although there’s always the possibility in which case it’s >> resolved through a vote): >> - Need to work on LTS + latest XWiki version (ie. ATM that would be 7.4.x >> and 8.1) >> - Need to present a polished aspect and be easily usable >> - Need to follow most of the best practices defined on >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/ApplicationDevelopmentBestPractices. >> Some important examples: technical pages are hidden, extension is >> registered in the app bar when it makes sense, extension is >> internationalized (if it makes sense), pages are in xwiki syntax 2.0+. >> >> WDYT? >> >> I’m willing to help do the work and mark extensions as recommended. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
