2014-12-10 15:34 GMT+01:00 Jeremie BOUSQUET <jeremie.bousq...@gmail.com>:
>
>
> 2014-12-10 15:26 GMT+01:00 Marius Dumitru Florea <
> mariusdumitru.flo...@xwiki.com>:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Jeremie BOUSQUET
>> <jeremie.bousq...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Something I just met - as it's an "improvement" proposal I thought I
>> could
>> > propose it here, but I may just create a jira if you think it's
>> interesting:
>> > Would be great if there could be an option, in Attachments tab at pages
>> > bottom, to display attachments as a grid of thumbnails, instead of just
>> a
>> > list.
>> > The best would be to by default reach current Attachments view, when
>> > clicking on Attachments tab (because it shows fastly), then have a
>> little
>> > flag, button, or whatever, to choose a "thumbnail" view.
>> > This "thumbnail" view, could be the exact same kind of view as proposed
>> by
>> > Attachments Selector Macro [1].
>> > BTW it could be nice that this {{attachmentSelector/}} could be used as
>> (or
>> > could rely on another extension that) merely displays attachments,
>> without
>> > concept of saving the attachment name in a property in an XObject ...
>> >
>>
>> > Use-case sample: when you import a .doc document, all images are set as
>> > attachments with automatic naming. Without thumbnail, it's quite hard
>> then
>> > to retrieve a specific attachment without opening all of them one by
>> one.
>>
>> There is
>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/AttachmentGalleryMacro
>>
>
> Yes, but it's still a "one by one" browser, not a grid of thumbnails, and
> it's not built-in the Attachment tab by default ...
> If it existed it could even be added to the File Manager Application [2],
> currently proposing a Tree and a Live Table view, it could also offer a
> Grid view with thumbnails why not ...
>
> [2] -
> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/File+Manager+Application
>
Generally speaking if you want, I could formulate as, "More widgets and
views, for displaying or managing standard xwiki features / objects".
>
>
>> .
>>
>> >
>> > BR,
>> > Jeremie
>> >
>> > [1] -
>> >
>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Attachment+Selector+Macro
>> >
>> >
>> > 2014-12-10 9:46 GMT+01:00 vinc...@massol.net <vinc...@massol.net>:
>> >
>> >> Hi Jason,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 10 Dec 2014 at 05:11:40, Jason Clemons (jason.clem...@live.com
>> (mailto:
>> >> jason.clem...@live.com)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have say, upgrading makes me very nervous too..
>> >>
>> >> Have you ever tried using the Distribution Wizard?
>> >>
>> >> > so, I'd definitely vote for anything that changes or enhances that
>> >> process. So far, I'm terrified to even try an upgrade (currently on
>> 5.4)
>> >> since my wiki is production and we've done a fair bit of customized
>> >> solutions to unique problems (likely not in a "supported" way maybe) .
>> >>
>> >> Well, first nobody should ever upgrade a wiki in production directly!
>> You
>> >> should make backups and do the upgrade on a staging server and then
>> only
>> >> move the instance to production.
>> >>
>> >> > My fear is that some piece of code or settings will get overwritten
>> >> which will break stuff and I won't know where to look to fix them. 😃
>> >> >
>> >> > A wizard would be awesome to take the guess work out of it.
>> >>
>> >> err… The Distribution Wizard …. is a... wizard ;)
>> >>
>> >> You should give it a try! We do have some ideas in jira to make it even
>> >> better but it’s already quite good in its current state.
>> >>
>> >> > As is, I've read some of the tutorials out there regarding upgrades
>> >> several times but I'm not really able to determine the prescribed steps
>> >> using those.
>> >>
>> >> What tutorial? Could you give me the links?
>> >>
>> >> > I think at the end of the day I'm going to end up exporting my
>> solutions
>> >> as XAR's and then try importing them into an upgraded Xwiki environment
>> >> too, since it seems easier to me.
>> >>
>> >> The DW is generally a better solution to upgrades.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> -Vincent
>> >>
>> >> > > On Dec 9, 2014, at 2:58 PM, Jeremie BOUSQUET wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Le 9 déc. 2014 22:37, "Thomas Mortagne" a écrit
>> >> > > :
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Guillaume Lerouge
>> >> > > wrote:
>> >> > >>> Hi,
>> >> > >>>
>> >> > >>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Thomas Mortagne <
>> >> > > thomas.morta...@xwiki.com>
>> >> > >>> wrote:
>> >> > >>>
>> >> > >>>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Harald Ommang > >>
>> >> > >>>> wrote:
>> >> > >>>>> Hi!
>> >> > >>>>>
>> >> > >>>>> In one way, I very much appreciate the relatively high
>> frequency of
>> >> > >>>> updates done by the XWIKI crew. You are doing a great job,
>> making
>> >> sure
>> >> > > that
>> >> > >>>> XWIKI is alive and kicking and always improving.
>> >> > >>>>>
>> >> > >>>>> The downside to this, is all the work needed to be done when
>> >> > > upgrading.
>> >> > >>>> So, I don't do that very often. The basic part of
>> >> > > installation/migration
>> >> > >>>> works very well, but when it comes to content, the upgrade
>> >> procedure is
>> >> > >>>> messy, as I see it. It is a hassle to have to pick and choose
>> >> between
>> >> > >>>> various parts when importing and exported XAR.
>> >> > >>>>>
>> >> > >>>>> I would very much suggest planning for a future where the parts
>> >> that
>> >> > > are
>> >> > >>>> XWIKI software are clearly separated from the parts where
>> customers
>> >> > >>>> typically do modifications. Especially items like users and
>> groups.
>> >> It
>> >> > >>>> should be possible to have a more separated export/import so
>> that
>> >> you
>> >> > > GET
>> >> > >>>> new versions of e.g. the admin pages, while still KEEPING your
>> >> setup of
>> >> > >>>> users, groups, etc., without having to click on a million of
>> >> > > checkboxes in
>> >> > >>>> the import.
>> >> > >>>>
>> >> > >>>> I don't really understand this comment, doing export/import is
>> >> really
>> >> > >>>> not the standard way of doing an upgrade. In typical upgrade you
>> >> > >>>> backup everything if you want to be safe (or better you have
>> >> automated
>> >> > >>>> backups and you don't really need to do it when you upgrade),
>> >> upgrade
>> >> > >>>> the WAR part (if you use the Debian package then it's just about
>> >> doing
>> >> > >>>> apt-get upgrade or install with a specific version), restart,
>> XWiki
>> >> > >>>> upgrade the database shema automatically if needed and then you
>> get
>> >> > >>>> the Distribution Wizard which download and upgrade the wiki
>> pages
>> >> with
>> >> > >>>> 3 ways merge. Most of the time you don't have anything to do.
>> >> > >>>
>> >> > >>> Sure, but to benefit from all those nice Distribution Wizard
>> >> features,
>> >> > >>> Harald would first need to... upgrade to the latest version ;-)
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Distribution Wizard has been introduced in 4.2 so not really the
>> >> > >> latest version. And even before that export/import everything
>> never
>> >> > >> really been standard upgrade process either.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Sure, but you usually did reverse way : import new xwiki ui xar
>> (and
>> >> > > remember to uncheck standard pages customized, or have them
>> >> overwritten).
>> >> > > And yes, it was sometimes a hassle, and compared to that
>> distribution
>> >> > > wizard is really really great :)
>> >> > >
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>>
>> >> > >>> Guillaume
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