Re: [xwiki-devs] [Reminder] Using superadmin author for pages not imported at runtime

I had forgotten about this vote. I'm not against using a special 'system' user, but as Denis pointed out, we also have to think about how this will be displayed in the UI (including localization). Until we have this I'm -0.

Thanks, Marius On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Denis Gervalle wrote: > Hi Vincent, > > Of course, I still agree with the above vote, but I think we should also > improve the display of the superadmin user, currently it does not have any > display name, and IMO it will look odd to have more and more pages created > and authored by "superadmin". I have actually not a clear idea about the > right name, but it should be self explanatory, and superadmin is not in my > opinion. I remember we talk about "System", which is a bit better, but we > may still find something better. "XWiki System",... please make cleverer > proposal :) > WDYT ? > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 8:56 AM, vincent(a)massol.net > wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> We already had a VOTE about this in the past ( >> http://markmail.org/message/p5cvswxtrnm54i3m) where we agreed to use the >> superadmin user. >> >> I see it’s been done only for xclass pages created by XWiki so far. >> >> According to the VOTE we should also do that for pages imported by the >> packager plugin too. >> >> See also the comments at >> >> https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5d5020052983d1a4de255104f8a8… >> >> I hope devs still agree about that vote :) And for those who didn’t VOTE >> at the time, please reply to this mail. >> >> Note: I don’t find it normal that the packager plugin would use the Admin >> user since it’s a user that isn’t necessarily present in the wiki whereas >> the superadmin always is. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >>