Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Curation process for extensions on e.x.o

On 19 Aug 2016, at 09:08, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: - needs cleaning - I wouldn't recommend themes,

if we like it we could replace the default (also in the future we should reduce the number of bundled themes)

Thanks, Caty > > - 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 <vincent(a)massol.net> 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 <vincent(a)massol.net> 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