12 Mar
2018
12 Mar
'18
6:18 p.m.
There are several discussion in this thread: if the themes we want to
bundle should be in Platform or Contrib, if we should bundle the other
themes that were alternatives to the default Iceberg, and having a place to
commit themes inside Contrib.
For example the Cotton Candy theme does not look good with XS, but is a
theme that could be used by some Flavor. It should be committed somewhere
on Contrib.
Then even if we commit themes in Platform, I would not put them in
xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui, they would need their separate module, so
xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-dawn, xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-snowdrop,
etc. Let's say we mark them as optional modules, so they could be
uninstalled, but it's a shame they could be installed only for 10.2+
Thanks,
Caty
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
modules before
we can bundle them. We’ve done some exceptions so far (Tour
extension, CKEditor, etc) but I’m personally very against continuing in
this direction. Anything that should be bundled by default in XS should
come from the xwiki github org and be released with the same version.
On 12 Mar 2018, at 17:52, Vincent Massol
<vincent(a)massol.net> wrote:
> On 12 Mar 2018, at 17:38, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <valicac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 6:09 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>
wrote:
>
>> Hi Caty,
>>
>>> On 12 Mar 2018, at 16:50, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <
valicac(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello devs,
>>>
>>> I want to publish additional Color Themes inside the Contrib
>> organisation.
>>> These themes will be complementary to the
xwiki-platform-flamingo-themes
>>> [1] module, and in the future we
could move optional/deprecated themes
>> from
>>> platform there (for example Kitty, Marina, etc).
>>>
>>> I will want to contribute the Dawn (color-theme-dawn), Mandarin
>>> (color-theme-mandarin), Pantera (color-theme-pantera) and Snowdrop
>>> (color-theme-snowdrop) color themes.
>>
>> What is the rationale for not having those themes bundled by default
in
XS
>> and committed along with the other color
themes in xwiki-platform? I
feel
>> it would be much simpler for users and as
you said it’s small. So why
not
>> make it the simplest possible for users
and not have them to find them
out
>> randomly on e.x.o and have to install the
extension?
>>
>
> Currently there are 4 themes in xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui. They
> don't have individual modules, so there is no way to specify their
> dependencies. Some need Open Sans font, others do not. That's why first
we
> would need to provide individual modules for
each theme in order to
> correctly define them.
> Yes, we could do that in Platform, but why? On Contrib, I can define the
> Platform dependency to be XWiki 6.2, not 10.2, since there is nothing
> dependent on 10.2 in them and multiple users might use them.
> Also those 4 themes IMO should be moved outside Platform, or at least in
> their own modules and not being in the UI anymore. This would help
knowing
> which theme is used / wanted.
>
> I understand the new default Iceberg has sense to have a 10.2
dependency,
and
that's why this is committed in Platform see
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/pull/714
but I don't see why we would block the new themes to this version.
So the answer is modularity, dependencies and platform version. More
details in the related thread [xwiki-devs] Color Themes Questions
http://markmail.org/message/v75q2klsouu72mo7
Modularity has a very high cost. Since it means needing to release
There’s a reason why we stopped doing this years ago after trying it!
It’s a major
PITA. It means:
* creating complex release plans
* having to release external modules before we can release XS
* having to test all variations
* lots of complexities such as: no single release notes or complex to do
release
notes to find out and list all external changes in the XS release
notes
So the only valid option for me if you want them in contrib is to decide
that we’ll never want to bundle them in XS. I find that a bit of a pity and
I liked that the were proposing several color themes by default to our
users.
Thanks
-Vincent
Thanks
-Vincent
> Thanks,
> Caty
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
>>
>>>
>>> I would need:
>>> - a repository on xwiki-contrib called "color-themes"
>>> https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/color-themes/
>>> - a JIRA project called "COLORTHEMES"
>>> https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/COLORTHEMES/ I will use separate
>> Components
>>> for each theme
>>> - username: evalica
>>>
>>> A related mail thread is [xwiki-devs] Color Themes Questions
>>> http://markmail.org/message/v75q2klsouu72mo7
>>> I prefer having the themes grouped on Contrib, but as individual
modules,
>>> because the themes are related and
small enough; while needing
individual
>>> dependencies, active installs count
and platform version independence.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Caty
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/
>> xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-flamingo/xwiki-
platform-flamingo-themes