September 2008 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Virtual file system
by Vincent Massol 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi, I'd like to propose that in the future we implement a xwiki-filesystem module that has a virtual filesystem API. The idea is that all modules who need access to the file system go through this xwiki-filesystem module. We would implement it using Commons VFS (http://commons.apache.org/vfs/) This allows to use different filesystems: * For example in unit tests we would use a RAM filesystem. This allows not leaving files around during tests. * Users could configure XWiki to use a different filesystem (see http://commons.apache.org/vfs/filesystems.html) I have used commons vfs in the past on Cargo and it has worked great. I've just had a look at its releases and it's been a while since the last one. However activity seems to be picking up and provided we have our own interface I don't see a major issue. At worse we would only use RAM and file implementations. Disclaimer: I'm not planning to work on this anytime soon. Just wanted to share the idea with you so that we can decide if that's something we want or not. Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] brand new installation - how to
by [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your EPEC Network ICT Team 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi all out there, I would like to install/create a developing environment for XWiki on a brand new MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5.4. I've being using Tomcat as servlet container and MySQL as backend database so far. Please, could you advice on what releases must I install here? Thanks! About Java... Last login: Fri Sep 12 23:20:46 on ttys000 GMXUX-Ricardo-Rodriguez:~ rrodriguez$ java -version java version "1.5.0_13" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-b05-237) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_13-119, mixed mode, sharing) GMXUX-Ricardo-Rodriguez:~ rrodriguez$ Best regards, Ricardo -- Ricardo Rodríguez Your EPEC Network ICT Team

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Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] XWiki 2.0 syntax : going further on
by Joshua Marks 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

JV Wrote: >1) Usage of // instead of ~~ for italic > >Creole rationale : A slash (/) looks like slanted italics, so it is >intuitive and thus easier to remember. >See http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/BoldAndItalicsReasoning >Note : on all the keyboard mappings I know slashes are more easily >reachable than ~. Would this not be problematic as all URLs pasted into the editor will contain "//" in the "HTTP://" -1 Joshua Marks CTO Curriki: The Global Education and Learning Community jmarks(a)curriki.org www.curriki.org US 831-685-3511

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[xwiki-devs] Components versus plugins
by Ludovic Dubost 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi devs, I'm working currently on the new comments and ratings plugins. The objective is to allow to separate the comment code from the core to allow different implementation which can be: - comments as objects to the page (the current implementation) - comments as separate pages - ratings separated from comments - comments and ratings merged We have code in the sandbox http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/sandbox/plugins/comments/src/main/java/c… There is a patch for the core to call the comments code in the sandbox also. Now we have currently used a plugin oriented entry point which calls a CommentsManager which is a separate module. It does not seem very practical to call the plugin from the core. I've been thinking that it would be better to make the CommentsManager a component, with the interface in the core, and separate the implementations in a comments component in the xwiki-core-comments. The approach would be similar to Artem's approach on the query plugin. Then we would use a velocity bridge to expose the comments to the velocity scripting. Is that the right approach ? Is there documentation to help me achieve this ? Can some of our core devs looks at the comments code and provide some feedback to improve this. I think we can improve it significantly. We need comments and ratings as separate pages pretty quickly so we need feedback very soon to be able to take it into account. WDYT ? Ludovic -- Ludovic Dubost Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost

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[xwiki-devs] [Vote] Branch for new comments Plugin for XWiki 1.5 core
by Ludovic Dubost 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi, I'd like to create a branch of XWiki Core 1.5.1 to add the new comments and ratings plugin on an XWiki 1.5 core. I propose the following branch http://svn.xwiki.org/svnroot/xwiki/platform/core/branches/xwiki-core-1.5.1-… This is necessary since there is some code changes in CommentAddAction and in XWikiDocument to keep them working The new code once validated would be commited on 1.6 for RC1. Here is my +1 Ludovic -- Ludovic Dubost Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki Watch 1.1 Milestone 1 Released
by Anca Paula Luca 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Watch 1.1 Milestone 1. Go grab it at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download ! This is the first milestone of the 1.1 version of XWiki Watch which focuses on the user experience by improving the user interface and performance of the Watch Reader. From the changes in this release, we mention: * the redesign and better user interaction for the article list, with a more friendly, non-blocking loading mechanism and in-place forms (XWATCH-194, XWATCH-198) * live grids for the articles table in the feed pages in the wiki view (XWATCH-208) * the forbidden actions are not displayed in the Watch Reader interface anylonger (XWATCH-95) * a first iteration in the performance amelioration of Watch Reader by using optimised queries (XWATCH-201, XWATCH-202, XWATCH-203) For more information see the Release notes at: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ReleaseNotesWatch11M1 Thanks -The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-devs] TOC with #includeXXX
by Arnaud Thimel 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi all, I have a document which is a concatenation of other documents, and I would like a global TOC. Anyway, the TOC generated is only composed of the current document headings, not with the included headings. Do you think it's possible to make it work ? Best regards, Arnaud. -- Société Code Lutin http://www.codelutin.com tel : 02 40 50 29 28 fax : 09 59 92 29 28

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[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Release XWiki Watch 1.1 Milestone 1
by Anca Paula Luca 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi devs, With quite a significant delay, I would like to release XWiki Watch 1.1 M1 the next days (tomorrow or Wednesday) with the following main improvements: * redesign and significant improvement of user interaction for the articles list (XWATCH-194) * first iteration on the performance improvement (XWATCH-146), materialized in the implementation of the XWiki Watch GWT server and optimized SQL queries for parts of the actions, to be reiterated in M2. Although the issues list for M1 is barely touched by these fixes at this moment, they represent underlying work to prepare the fixes for these issues in the next milestone(s). WDYT? Happy coding, Anca Luca

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[xwiki-devs] XWIKI - Session Configuration File
by Prathap Pandian 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi, Where can i find the session maintenance configuration file for user logout...? I checked in hibernate.cfg.xml. -- Prathap

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[xwiki-devs] XWiki using 100%CPU
by marlon hendred 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

Hi all, A couple pages on my wiki have been spammed and I was wondering if there is a way to delete all comments by XWikiGuest easily. I have noticed a table in the db called xwikircs that gets updated evertime there is a change to the wiki. Also noticed that when someone makes a comment some info about the comment, including the comments goes there too. But for some reason the xwikicomments table is empty? So i guess there are really two questions, why is the xwikicomments table empty and is there an easy way to delete spam comments (comments by XWikiGuest). Thanks in advanced! -m

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