+1 to put it in xwiki-platform. +1 for the name "Standard". "Basic" and "Start" could conflict with the "minimal" flavor.
2017-04-04 14:07 GMT+02:00 Eduard Moraru <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Thomas Mortagne < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > We want since a while to get rid of XE and transform this custom > > > distribution into an easier to maintain flavor you install on the > > > default XWiki distribution. We finally allocated time in the roadmap > > > to concentrate on it during 9.3-9.5 timeframe. > > > > > > The goal is to create a new flavor which would contain exactly the > > > same things than XE for now. > > > > > > = The place > > > > > > My main question is: where do we put it ? > > > > > > There is two main possibilities IMO: > > > 1) In platform under some xwiki-platform-flavors top level module > > > which would contain the current base XWiki flavor (which is the strict > > > minimum to have something that just work currently) and the new > > > Knownledge Base flavor > > > 2) In it's own repository > > > 2.a) Synchronized with the platform repository like XE > > > 2.b) With its own versioning > > > > +1 for 1). Would also mean that we would eventually get rid of the > xwiki-enterprise repo altogether (and move the tests to platform). > > > > > > > > I much prefer 1) which is a lot easier to maintain and release since > > > this is going to be the main recommended flavor when you install > > > XWiki. I really don't see the point of 2.a and 2.b does not worth the > > > pain IMO. > > > > > > = The name > > > > > > The current "code name" in the core team is "Knowledge Base" but maybe > > > some of you have better ideas. > > > > > > Here are some ideas: > > > 1) Knowledge Base > > > 2) Enterprise > > > 3) Default > > > > > > > 4) Standard > > 5) Basic > > 6) Start > > > > I guess I prefer 4) Standard. > > > > The problem with KB is that currently XE is not a clean KB, it has a lot > of > > Groupware features. It depends if we want to have the standard flavor > > focused only on KB, or more like a demo of features and XWiki > Capabilities. > > Also "Knowledge Base" for me was always a very cryptic name. > > > > Good point. KB is indeed the "codename", but for an outside user it does > sound too abstract. > > Ideally, it should just be "XWiki" (the feature-rich flavor that should be > general-purpose) and "XWiki minima/base/etc." (the base flavor that is > functional, but not of much use on its own in production). > > I think my preference would be between 3) and 4). Maybe 4) is more use > friendly, since users might be exposed to the name. Not sure anyone wants > to download and install something called "Default" :) > > Thanks, > Eduard > > > > > > Thanks, > > Caty > > > > > > > > > > My +1 goes to "Knowledge Base" which is more descriptive. Also I never > > > really liked "XWiki Enterprise" naming since "Enterprise" suffix very > > > often means that's the closed/paid version of an Open Source project > > > which is not the case at all here. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -- > > > Thomas Mortagne > > > > > > -- Guillaume Delhumeau ([email protected]) Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS Committer on the XWiki.org project
