November 2015 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

[xwiki-devs] [help] How to use Java code together with XWiki
by Giordano Ninonà 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Hi Devs, I am a Master Student of Computer Science and of Business Information Systems. I am developing my master thesis project on a case study coming from Learnpad, unfortunately I have some problems in understanding the huge amount of documentation provided by the XWiki website for developers, anyway the idea behind my project is the following: *Starting from a XWiki page, clicking on an hypothetical button, I want to be able to start a Java application that will aplly changes to the XWiki space, that are: * - *Add and remove single or multiple pages to the space;* - *Set the content of the new pages;* - *Modify content of existing pages;* I am wondering because it is not clear, for me, if I need to create a new *extension *or a new *component *or a *macro*(and the differences between them), how to properly implement a java application for Xwiki or how to start it from the Xwiki environment, if it is possible to modify XWiki spaces at runtime, or how to associate java object to wiki pages....and stuff like that... I've already read the documentation, checked the existing extension, cheched the Github repository, but it is dispersive, sometimes too technical (with some knowledge taken for granted) and sometimes too general. In the end I am stucked because I don't know how to approach my problem in this environment. Do you have any suggestion to help me? I need to be put on the right truck Kind Regards, Giordano Ninonà.

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[xwiki-devs] [Brainstorming] Wiki vs Nested Spaces
by vincent＠massol.net 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Hi devs, With 7.2 the differences between Wiki and Nested Spaces are smaller and we’re probably going to have more and more questions related to when should a user use a Wiki and when should he/she use a Space. Thus I’ve started http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/WikivsNestedSpaces It would be great if you could either reply on this thread with differences that you see (and I’ll update the page) or update that page directly (preferred :)). Once the page has good data, I’ll move the content to the documentation proper. Thanks! -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Update main wiki template and subwiki template to reflect their differences
by Guillaume Lerouge 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Hi Devs, first of all I'd like to congratulate everyone who worked on the latest 7.x releases. I tried a 7.4 snapshot locally and it's looking great! The interface feels much simpler and fresher overall, well done! Nested spaces bring about a significant change in the way information is stored and organized in XWiki. They make it less necessary to create sub-wikis to compartmentalise information. Besides, at the moment a sub-wiki is almost exactly the same as the main wiki upon creation. I've been doing plenty of demos of XWiki 7.4 at a conference last week and it was difficult to explain the difference between the main wiki and a sub-wiki. Therefore, I would like to suggest the following changes: 1. *View the main wiki as a collaborative content repository* (what a wiki is most often associated with). Therefore the main wiki would have the most wiki-like features (treeview and tagcloud in a pane on the left) and global activity stream on the home page. Users looking for a "simple" wiki wouldn't even need to create sub-wikis. 2. *View subwikis as collaborative workspaces* (created for a project or another type of shorter-lived initiative). A subwiki would retain the appbar on the left, as well as panels on the right that are specific to each app (ex: forum app, blog app...). The homepage would be made of widgets surfacing information from the various apps installed. Additional subwiki templates could be added later on, once flavors are built into the product. 3. *Add the horizontal menu to the standard install.* In addition to this, an entry should be added to the menu to automatically list existing sub-wikis the user has access to. This would make navigation between wikis more discoverable and easier to use. My feeling is that these changes would make the distinction between nested spaces and sub-wikis much easier to explain and understand for users: - *Want to share generic information? Put it in the right location in the main wiki.* - *Want to work with others on a restricted project? Create a sub-wiki for this purpose.* With the addition of the horizontal menu, the main wiki would act as both a portal to information and a knowledge repository. Looking forward to your feedback, Guillaume

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[xwiki-devs] [myxwiki] new wiki request
by Anca Luca 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Hello XWikiers, I would need a wiki on myxwiki.org in order to test/demo collaboration with somebody remote (and a pain to get a public IP for a local instance of mine). It would be temporary so it will be deletable after a while (I will let you know when you can throw it away). My username is lucaa, the wiki should be called lucaa.myxwiki.org . Thank you very much, Anca

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[xwiki-devs] [Survey] Feedback about XWiki and future features
by vincent＠massol.net 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

Hi, In previous years the xwiki.org project launched surveys about features we’d like to see implemented in XWiki (see http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Feedback) After some discussions with fellow XWikiers we thought it could be interesting to launch a similar survey in 2015, especially with the 8.x cycle approaching. But this time instead of having a long list of features to vote on, we thought it might be more interesting to have a few open questions that the community could answer. The aim of this short survey is to find out more about how satisfied (or not!) the members of the XWiki community are with the XWiki product. We'd be happy to learn about: * what you like / dislike about the product * the features and improvements you’d like to see in the product in the future and especially for XWiki 8.x The survey will run till November 13 and the results will be synthesised and made available mid-November through a blog post on the community blog ( http://blog.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/ ) The survey has 6 questions and should only take a few minutes: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/SurveyXWikiProduct2015 Thanks a lot for your contributions and for helping improve the product, -Silvia & Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] New Zip Explorer module
by vincent＠massol.net 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Hi devs, Following the need to support Nested Spaces in the Zip Explorer plugin (see http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12448) I think it’s time to bite the bullet and reimplement the feature using components (http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12815) I’ve started a design page at http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/ZipExplorerComponent I’m especially interested in ensuring that I have all use cases taken into account. Could you have a quick look and see whether it looks fine or not? I’m also interested in any feedback on the URL format + API. Thanks a lot -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Roadmap for XWiki 7.4
by vincent＠massol.net 19 Nov '15

19 Nov '15

Hi devs, I’m sorry I’m late on the this email (should have been sent a week ago at least). I started discussing it a bit on http://markmail.org/message/4xlfdla2f3ds5rhq (regarding dates) So the proposal is to continue with stabilization as per our cycle plan and especially to continue putting the priority on Nested Pages/Spaces which we need to be as stable as possible for 7.x, so that we can have a 7.4.x LTS. The priority is to reduce this list of open issues to 0 (or close): http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/IssueNavigator!executeAdvanced.jspa?jqlQuery=%… A second priority is to finish the polishing of "Upgrade Tools” (ie DW) as much as possible since it was introduced in 7.x. More generally we need to fix/polish features that have been introduced in this cycle (7.x). Proposed Dates: =============== 7.4M1: 30 November 2015 7.4M2: 14 December 2015 7.4RC1: 21 December 2015 7.4final: 28 December 2015 Note 1: we need to finish 7.4 by the end of the year to start a new cycle in early Jan Note 2: we don’t have much margin with the Christmas holidays. Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [Idea] Page Administration
by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 19 Nov '15

19 Nov '15

Hi devs, So this proposal appeared in some of my proposals but right now I created a proper Proposal/Idea mail for it. It's about having an 'Administer Page' section in the menus, similar to the 'Administer Wiki' and 'Administer Space' functionality. The 'Administer Page' will be accessible to global admins, page creators and users with (edit?/admin?) rights for the page. >From what we currently have implemented it should contain the 'Rights Editor' (?editor=rights) at page level. In the future we could make 'Presentation', 'Page Elements' or 'Panel Wizard' to be more granular and be set at Page level (have different panels and style for just one page). Some screenshots at http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/PageAdministration Thanks, Caty

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki 7.1.3 released
by Eduard Moraru 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

The XWiki development team is proud to announce the availability of XWiki 7.1.3. This is a stabilization release that fixes important bugs discovered in the 7.1.2 version. You can download it using these links: JAR: http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-insta… EXE: http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-insta… ZIP: http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-jetty… WAR: http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-web/7… XAR: http://maven.xwiki.org/releases/org/xwiki/enterprise/xwiki-enterprise-ui-ma… Make sure to review the release notes: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWiki713 The following people have contributed code to this release: Denis Gervalle Eduard Moraru Guillaume Delhumeau Marius Dumitru Florea Thomas Mortagne Vincent Massol Thanks for your support -The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-devs] GitHub READMEs for XWiki repositories
by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

Hi, Currently we don't provide any README files for the repositories found on https://github.com/xwiki There are several remarks about this fact: - README is promoted by GitHub as the way to summarize your project. That green button "Add a README" won't disappear unless we create a file :) - All the other major organizations provide READMEs for their repositories, even if they have dedicated websites (a.k.a the README is not the only way to document your project). I think we should provide a README that contains just: - Summary for the repo - Links to the xwiki.org wiki about that particular repo -- the links should be general and easy to maintain -- they should facilitate access to devs for the most useful pages on xwiki.org, promoting development and contributions. I've created these proposals: - Enterprise https://gist.github.com/evalica/b439c6dc98ca109e1f5b - Platform https://gist.github.com/evalica/6431b99514d59bb7b66f - Rendering https://gist.github.com/evalica/79298c6830480eff321d - Commons https://gist.github.com/evalica/2affcfff5a4a40b418aa The custom parts for each repository are Summary, Documentation, Download. The generic parts are Release Notes, Tools, Community. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Caty P.S. For the LICENSE file we could just provide a link to the xwiki.org page, see https://gist.github.com/evalica/8d58ec8353a30cad3386

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