[xwiki-dev] .xar Extension NOT Used Properly

[jeremi joslin]

Hi,

 -1

I'm not for changing to jar. it's not a Java archive, it's an XWiki
Archive. I don't see the point to change. People will think it's
javacode.

if you look at this page :
http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=XAR there is some other
software who are using this extension. So why XWiki can't use it?


jeremi

On 2/3/07, Catalin Hritcu <catalin.hritcu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> What would you think of using the JAR extension instead of (mis-)
> using XAR for XWiki applications, and using the JAR manifest for
> storing the information that is now stored in package.xml ? Any other
> way this can be fixed ?
>
> Already created a JIRA task about this
>
> http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-802
>
> but I would like to hear your opinions before spending the time to
> implement a change you might actually not want :)
>
> Catalin
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net>
> Date: Feb 2, 2007 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [xwiki-dev] .xar Extension NOT Used Properly
> To: Catalin Hritcu <catalin.hritcu at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Catalin,
>
> I think it's best to discuss all this on the list.
>
> Also, I've provided some answer in JIRA.
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2007, at 11:22 PM, Catalin Hritcu wrote:
>
> > Hi Vincent,
> >
> > I created a JIRA issue for this and assigned it to myself:
> > http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-802
> >
> > At the time I don't really know much about what needs to be changed to
> > make it happen, but I'll look into it. Suggestions welcome :)
> >
> >> I guess we could use a JAR format and use information in the manifest
> >> to describe the content of an archive
> >
> > Can you also be more precise about the information you want stored in
> > the manifest?
> > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#JAR%20Manifest
> > According to this it seems that a manifest can store many things.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Catalin
> >
> > On 1/31/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
> >> Hi Catalin,
> >>
> >> See my other email on this topic. Basically I think I agree with
> >> you but
> >> we're currently focusing on releasing XWiki 1.0 and fixing bugs.
> >> this is an
> >> improvement request that will have to wait for quite long unless
> >> someone
> >> contributes a patch for it (including patches for the
> >> documentation ;-)).
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> -Vincent
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:32 AM, Catalin Hritcu wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> The new way to import/export wiki pages is very useful. However, I
> >>  think that using the .xar extension for the zip(!) archive is highly
> >>  confusing. This because there is already a XAR(eXtensible ARchiver)
> >>  archiving utility which uses the .xar extension for quite a
> >> while. And
> >>  while now XAR is standalone, it will be quite probable used by the
> >>  MacOSX package system in the future. Then download your archive will
> >>  yield an error like this (safari automatically expands archives):
> >>
> >>  "Error opening xar archive: xwiki-1.0-beta-1.xar"
> >>
> >>  Links:
> >>  http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/xar/
> >>  http://www.nabble.com/xar-in-Mac-OS-X-t2081148.html
> >>
> >>
> >> <messagefooter.txt>
> >>
>
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jeremi