Hello XWiki Developers,
Recently the following thread - [xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Governance changes for
xwiki.org - introduced some governance changes for XORG.
I’m proposing to handle point A/ : Implementing a form on XORG (work
already started by Vincent and Caty) and creating an email thread to manage
the XWiki onboarding.
Here is what I’m proposing to do.
Use the XWiki SAS Marketing Automation Tool, Marketo
<http://www.marketo.com/>, to automate some email messages after an XWiki
Download.
According to our governance 2 kinds of messages can be pushed to the XWiki
download form DB members:
1. community related emails
2. business related emails
*This thread is about discussing the community-related emails.*
I would like to send automated emails on behalf of the XWiki development
team.
This is why I’d like your agreement on the flow below:
1. Send an email right after the download: « Get started with XWiki »
2. Wait for a week and then send a « Get the most out of your XWiki »
email
3. Wait for another week and then send a « What do you think about
XWiki? » email
Below is the content I would put in these emails:
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*# Email 1*
Object: Get started with XWiki
Body:
Hello,
Thank you for downloading XWiki. We hope you'll enjoy using it.
In order to get the most out of your XWiki instance, we invite you to read
the [[Getting Started Guide>>
http://enterprise.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GettingStarted/||target=
"_blank"]].
In addition, if you need help, feel free to contact:
- the [[XWiki Community>>
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Support#HCommunitySupport||target=
"_blank"]]
- [[XWiki SAS>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/company/contact-us]], the main
company sponsoring the development of XWiki
- one of the other [[sponsoring companies>>
https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Supporters/SponsoringCompanies/||…
"_blank"]]
We wish you a good onboarding with XWiki.
Benjamin Lanciaux
On behalf of the XWiki development team
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*# Email 2*
Object: Get the most out of your XWiki
Body:
Hello,
We hope that your recent XWiki installation is going well and fulfilling
your expectations.
XWiki can be used for various use cases such as:
- Knowledge base
- Collaborative intranet
- Public website
- Business applications
You should check out what other [[users and companies have built with
XWiki>>http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/References/||target="_blank"]].
To achieve those use cases and get the most out of your wiki, XWiki
provides a lot of extensions that you an install. For example:
- [[Calendar>>
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/MoccaCalendar||target=
"_blank"]]
- [[Meeting Manager>>
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Meeting+Application||t…
"_blank"]]
- [[File Manager>>
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/File+Manager+Applicati…
"_blank"]]
- [[Task Manager>>
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Task+Manager+Applicati…
"_blank"]]
- ...and [[many more>>
http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/||target="_blank"]]
Check them out!
If you need help in customizing your wiki to your needs, feel free to
contact:
- the [[XWiki Community>>
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Support#HCommunitySupport||target=
"_blank"]]
- [[XWiki SAS>>http://www.xwiki.com/en/company/contact-us]], the main
company sponsoring the development of XWiki
- one of the other [[sponsoring companies>>
https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Supporters/SponsoringCompanies/||…
"_blank"]]
Benjamin Lanciaux
On behalf of the XWiki development team
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*# Email 3*
Object: What do you think about XWiki?
Body:
Hello,
We hope everything is fine with your XWiki and that you managed to reach
your objectives by using it.
We strive to improve the XWiki product all the time, that is why we value
your feedback.
Would you take some time to tell us what you think about XWiki by
completing this 2-minutes survey? link to a Google survey. t would be great
if you could take some time to tell us.
You should also know that you can sponsor the development of a feature you
would like to see in the XWiki product by contacting [[XWiki SAS>>
www.xwiki.com]], the main company sponsoring the development of XWiki, or
one of the [[sponsoring companies>>
https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Supporters/SponsoringCompanies/]].
Those companies also offer various development and customization services
should you need help on that too.
Thank you,
Benjamin Lanciaux
On behalf of the XWiki development team
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*# End of Email Content*
ATM, this is just a proposal. I welcome your feedback on this and I'm also
waiting for your "go or no go" to start working on it.
Regards,
--
Benjamin
Hi,
I'm with the task of migrating the 4.1.2 version of XWiki to a newer
version (7.4.3). I know very little about the XWiki, so would some initial
tips, please.
- Can I migrate directly to version 4.1.2 to 7.4.3? What better way to do
this migration? Any tips? Some tutorial?
- Currently XWiki is a physical machine. Can I migrate a VM? There are
known problems in running Xwiki in a virtual machine?
- Where are stored the files that users place? In the database or
filesystem?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Julio
Hello all,
A new version of the application workflow was released this morning,
version 1.5.1. It contains only one fix compared to 1.5, issue
http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XAWORKFLOW-16 , which is actually quite
particular (we might want to revert this modification at some point in a
future version, as it's only impacting some upgraded instances).
Enjoy!
Anca
Sent from my phone
Hi devs,
This is a reminder for naming the contrib projects. FYI there are some guidelines here: http://contrib.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/#HChoosingthename
For example for authenticators it’s authenticator-<xxx>.
I see for example the android-authenticaitor module which should be renamed authenticator-android IMO.
Regarding https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/oidc we need to decide what to do on 2 aspects (I’m taking the examle of oidc but this just serves as an examle for the generic discussion):
* How do we name repositories that contain various types of sub modules? Just use the concept name as Thomas did for odidc? Or should be define a prefix such as “all-oidc” or “other-oidc” or something else. I think just the concept name is ok. WDYT?
* odic contains 2 submodules right now: oidc-authenticator and odic-provider. Should this be named authenticator-odic and provider-odic instead to be in sync with http://contrib.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/#HChoosingthename. I think so. WDYT?
See also my other mail about the jira module refactorings.
Thanks
-Vincent
Hi everyone,
FYI I’ve released version 8.2.1 of the JIRA Macro (http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/JIRA+Macro) and the JIRA Scripting API (http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/JIRA+Module).
The main new feature is the ability to access authenticated JIRA servers and to manage JIRA servers configuration from the Admin UI, see http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/JIRA+Administration/
Before you had to specify a URL when using the JIRA macro, such as {{jira url=“http://jira.xwiki.org” …/}}. You should now prefer using the {{jira id=“someid” …/}} parameter and define “someid” in the Admin UI. This allows to manage centrally JIRA instance configuration. Note that the URL parameter is still supported though.
In addition, these extensions were located in xwiki-rendering and xwiki-platform. They’re now under xwiki-contrib which means they’re now no longer linked to releases of XWiki; they now have their own release lifecycle, which will have 2 consequences:
- it’ll be easier to release new versions more quickly
- any committer on xwiki-contrib can improve them
Enjoy!
Thanks
-Vincent
Hi devs,
While moving the jira macro to contrib and while adding support for the JIRA Macro configuration I”ve realized that the Macro JIRA configuration is actually generic to all JIRA modules since it configures JIRA instances (url, username, password).
Thus I’m planning to do the follow module refactorings in contrib. There’ll be a single repository related to all JIRA stuff:
jira
|_ config-jira
|_ config-jira-api (JIRAConfiguration). Can be used with just xwiki-rendering alone.
|_ config-jira-platform (impl using wiki pages + SS). Depends on config-jira-api
|_ config-jira-ui (admin ui). Depends on config-jira-platform
|_ api-jira (JRJC API, currently in xwiki-platform-jira). Depends on config-jira-api
|_ macro-jira
|_ macro-jira-default <--- jira macro. Depends on config-jira-api. Can be used with just xwiki-rendering alone. We won’t advertise it on e.x.o.
|_ macro-jira-platform <--- full jira macro. Depends on config-jira-ui. This is the macro that’ll advertise on e.x.o.
Note: I’m planning to rename the existing "macro-jira" repository in contrib to “jira”.
If you have any comments, let me know ASAP.
Thanks
-Vincent