I’ve started a wiki page to track which extensions we’re not sure about (whether they should be recommended or not): http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/RecommendedExtensionsSelection
Please edit it if you have opinion/knowledge about them (or reply on this thread and I’ll do the syncing). Note that for an app to be recommended it must follow the rules defined on http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/RecommendedExtensionsSelection#HWhatisaRecommendedExtension Thanks -Vincent > On 18 Aug 2016, at 21:00, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
