25 Nov
2008
25 Nov
'08
11:15 a.m.
On Nov 25, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Jerome Velociter wrote:
Vincent Massol wrote:
ok for me, but provided the macro is fully working for 1.7 final (with
tests).
Thanks
-Vincent
On Nov 25, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Jerome Velociter
wrote:
Yes, I agree we will need an other macro repository at some point
anyway.
I propose I commit the map macro in platform/core/macros/ for now, and
move it to this new repo when we start feeling the need, WDYT ? Thomas Mortagne wrote:
I'm not sure if this is right. It might be ok for now since we don't
have a lot. But very soon we'll have some macro that are not ready to
be released or that are a bit "exotic" (I'm not sure for the map
macro) or that have a different release cycle (it's a pain to have to
wait 3 months to release a macro that is ready for consumption for
ex). For me this is exactly similar to plugins. We don't release them
all when we do a XE release. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Jerome
Velociter
<jerome(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
> Hello devs,
>
> This week we created a new "xwiki-macros" module under platform/
> core/
> for macros of the XWiki Syntax 2.0. Another question now is what
> do we
> do for macros that are not "core macros" (i.e. not indispensable
> for
> what we consider being the basic working wiki, unlike the TOC
> macro, or
> the velocity macro). Development of such macros already started,
> for
> example the instant messenger status macro, and the map macro.
>
> Possibilities I see :
>
> 1. having them at the same level we have applications/ plugins/
> under
> platform : adding a macros/ directory.
> 2. having them in the xwiki-macros core submodule, despite the
> fact they
> are not core
>
> I am for solution 1 right now, but maybe there are better
> alternatives
> to this, too.
>
> We also have to decide how we do release and distribute them, for
> example do we pack them with XE, or do we release them separately,
> and
> let users install them themselves as it is the case for most of
> the
> applications already. (For me the answer to this latest question
> seems
> obvious : we _should_ send them together with XE)
>
> Let me know what you think, I'd like if still possible having the
> map
> macro in 1.7 RC1.
+1 for 2. especially if we plan to distribute them with XE. Anyway
having them in core/xwiki-macros does not means it is automatically
in
the "basic working wiki" and all the macros we officially support
should be in the same place IMO.
I gave it more thoughts, and I think I agree with
Thomas. I think
it's
better to have the macros we plan to officially support in one
place.
Plus, if we bundle them by default with XE, having them in core
together
with the other macros would prevent us of having to state the
dependency
explicitly at XE level, as we have to do for plugins that are in
platform/plugins/ for example.