March 2016 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

[xwiki-devs] [GSoC 2016]Introduction
by Jian Guo 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Dear developers: My name is Jian Guo. I have been studied Software Engineering for two years in Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST), China. I noticed that you have been accepted as mentor organization in GSoC 2016. I am familiar in Java and Android Development so I am really interested in the idea - Android XWiki authenticator and contact synchronization mentioned in your idea page. I would like to ask whether there are more details about this idea. What does the "Android account" refer to here? Looking forward to your reply.

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[xwiki-devs] Should we move to XML 1.1 in XAR ?
by Thomas Mortagne 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

As recommended by W3C we are manipulating XML 1.0 in XAR format but what I did not know is that XML 1.0 does not support all possible characters (I tough at worst it would simply be encoded as a UTF8 entity but seems not) and we just got a report of Woodstox failing because of some character it cannot write in XML 1.0 (""Invalid white space character (0x1) in text to output (in xml 1.1, could output as a character entity)"). So I'm wondering if we should move to XML 1.1. It's critical IMO that we are able to export anything that can be stored in XWikiDocument and in the database and it's the case here. In theory this is most probably a breakage for people using a XML 1.0 parser but not sure how breaking it is in practice. WDYT ? I'm +1 for this but I won't apply it until I get more point of view (ideally from people having more experience that me on XML 1.0 vs 1.1). -- Thomas Mortagne

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[xwiki-devs] [GSoC] XWiki has been accepted to GSoC 2016!
by Eduard Moraru 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi devs, As most of you already know, XWiki has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2016! We currently have 11 project proposals and 4 mentors (Thomas, Paul, Vincent and myself) [1]. We`re already receiving mails and IRC questions from interested students so don`t hesitate to welcome and help them out! There are 2 weeks [2] before the student application period starts, so if others want to sign up as mentors and/or propose new GSoC projects for the students, please do so on the ideas list [1]. Another thing you can help with is to increase the list of "Trivial" issues that we know about on jira.xwiki.org. You can to set the "Difficulty" field of a jira issues to "Trivial" if you know for a fact that it would be something easy for someone new to XWiki to fix. We`re currently using a JIRA filter [3] to gather all these "Trivial" issues and listing them on the guidelines [4] page to help students discover them more easily. Thanks, Eduard ---------- [1] http://gsoc.xwiki.org [2] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline [3] http://jira.xwiki.org/issues/?filter=10534 [4] http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Guidelines#HIncreasi…

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Re: [xwiki-devs] devs Digest, Vol 105, Issue 2
by Jian Guo 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Well it seems a lot of work to do, but I have some basic ideas about this project. Thanks for your reply. > On Mar 1, 2016, at 7:00 PM, devs-request(a)xwiki.org wrote: > > Send devs mailing list submissions to > devs(a)xwiki.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > devs-request(a)xwiki.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > devs-owner(a)xwiki.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of devs digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [GSoC 2016]Introduction (Thomas Mortagne) > 2. Re: GSoC 2016 - Improve l10n.xwiki.org (Nanduni Nimalsiri) > 3. [ANN] XWiki 7.4.2 released (Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)) > 4. GSoC 2016 (Anjali) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 10:27:01 +0100 > From: Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> > To: XWiki Developers <devs(a)xwiki.org> > Subject: Re: [xwiki-devs] [GSoC 2016]Introduction > Message-ID: > <CAPnKnLFdiiww4R5XqWp=s_2Qpv7_rTF8bN6JbwSP7H7-9cUR+A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Jian, > > It's great that this project drive so much attention :) > > I will copy/paste what I told Manish since you are interested in the > same project: > > We mostly discuss projects here so no need to contact me directly. > > What is in https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/android-authenticator is > mostly a not finished crappy POC aiming at the following goal: > > 1) Provide a reusable standard Android authenticator that any > application would use to communicate with an XWiki instance. The same way many > applications propose you to reuse the registered Google accounts for example. It > must be as safe as possible (no clear password given to all > application asking for it for example :)). > > 2) As both an example of how to use this authenticator and a very > useful tool, implement a synchronization adapter which will be in > charge of: > ** putting all (or a configurable subset of) the users from the > wiki in your Android contacts and automatically update them > ** (nice to have) allow modifying those Android contacts and send the > modifications to the wiki > > There is a lot of stuff already started but should not be taken as > granted and at the end the result should be: > * well documented (especially what an application author should do to > use that connector properly but also for anyone that want to continue > working on it) > * have automated tests > * easily built without something like Android Studio (probably graddle > which seems to be the new standard in Android world. XWiki is mainly > using Maven right now and Maven have Android plugins.), it will also > need to be automatically built on http://ci.xwiki.org > > Of course the plan is to have it on Google Play Store at the end :) > > Feature wise this project is not very big (and it's already started) > but the most important thing is to be as standard and integrated as > possible and easy to use for applications that would want to > manipulate an XWiki instance. > > Your proposal should details what you plan to do, what Android version > your are targeting (should support version as old as possible since > latest version are far from being as common as application authors > would like them to be :)), etc. > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Jian Guo <aliezted(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear developers: >> My name is Jian Guo. I have been studied Software Engineering for >> two years in Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST), China. I >> noticed that you have been accepted as mentor organization in GSoC 2016. I >> am familiar in Java and Android Development so I am really interested in >> the idea - Android XWiki authenticator and contact synchronization >> mentioned in your idea page. I would like to ask whether there are more >> details about this idea. What does the "Android account" refer to here? >> Looking forward to your reply. >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> devs(a)xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:28:20 +0530 > From: Nanduni Nimalsiri <nanduni.12(a)cse.mrt.ac.lk> > To: Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> > Cc: XWiki Developers <devs(a)xwiki.org> > Subject: Re: [xwiki-devs] GSoC 2016 - Improve l10n.xwiki.org > Message-ID: > <CAMLJ3pxxwAUBsNfX5O04QHJb8ee-7PggSBmnFya5Z1W78xO+oQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Dear Sir, > > Thank you very much for the quick reply. I like UX stuff basically and > that's why I am very interested in this project. I am trying to get > familiarized with the translator, so that I can come up with > better suggestions for improvements. I would be very much glad if you > can enable > Sinhalese support for me to experience the translator further. > > I shall follow your instructions and report once done or if I have any > problem. Thank you. > > Best regards, > Nanduni. > > On 1 March 2016 at 13:44, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com> wrote: > >> Hi Nanduni, >> >> Always great to see someone so interested in working on XWiki :) >> >> We did not really defined any scope for l10n proposal. For me the best >> is that you play a bit with it (maybe translate a few things, I can >> enable Sinhalese or some other language that would not be listed yet >> if you want) and see what are the main pain points for a translator. >> You also have a few ideas on >> >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Improvel10nxwikiorg2… >> and http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/i10n. >> >> Then you make a proposal with what you think you can achieve in the >> GSOC timeframe. >> http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/i10n is a good >> place to put details of your proposal and then discuss it on the >> mailing list with the community. >> >> Note: you can also ask quick questions on IRC (see >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/IRC/) My id on IRC is tmortagne >> (but no need to always as to me personally :)) there and my time zone >> is GMT+1 (France) and it's more or less the same for most of the core >> dev team. >> >> Here are the main features right now: >> >> 1) A UI for contributor to translation keys with mainly >> ** a UI which display all keys filtered by language, resource and >> status (empty, outdated, etc) >> ** a search UI >> >> This is the main target for the GSOC. The idea is to make easier to >> contribute. >> >> 2) UI and automated scheduler to update the keys and default >> translation on l10n.xwiki.org from the source (add new keys, update >> the english version if something change on git side, etc) >> >> This is used mostly by the dev team but it could use some love, like >> making things more asynchronous (right now you start an import, get a >> timeout and hope that it will be done at some point on the background) >> >> 3) UI and API to export translation as usable resources (that's mainly) >> >> This one is ok enough for now so unless you see some easy improvements >> on your side no need to concentrate too much on it. >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:59 AM, Nanduni Nimalsiri >> <nanduni.12(a)cse.mrt.ac.lk> wrote: >>> Dear Sir, >>> >>> I am *Nanduni Nimalsiri,* a third year undergraduate at Department of >>> Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I >> had >>> been going through the XWiki's GSoC projects ideas list since 20th >> February >>> and I was very eagerly waiting for XWiki to get selected for the 2016 >>> Google Summer of Code programme. I am very happy that XWiki got selected >>> this time, because I had always been expecting to take part in a GSoC >>> project with XWiki community. >>> >>> Actually I am very interested in contributing to open source projects >> and I >>> already have experiences in working with a variety of open source >> projects. >>> I am very familiar in programming with Java, C, C#, JavaScript, PHP, XML, >>> jQuery, web designing, cloud applications and many more which I have used >>> for most of my university projects and other exterior projects. I am a >>> quick learner and I am very confident that I would be able to catch up >> with >>> new technologies very soon. >>> >>> I am very familiar with JavaScript and UI stuff. So I found an >> interesting >>> project in XWiki ideas list that matches with my interests. Out of the >>> project ideas listed, I would like to contribute to the project *Improve >>> l10n.xwiki.org >>> < >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Improvel10nxwikiorg2… >>> . >>> *The >>> project description includes : "*The student will have to study it and >>> propose improvements, there is no definite list of things to do*". Can >> you >>> please let me know the scope of this proposed project and how I should >> get >>> started. Thank you. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Nanduni. >>> >>> -- >>> *Nanduni Nimalsiri* >>> Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University >>> of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. >>> Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com) >>> email : nanduni.12(a)cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni(a)wso2.com >>> blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/ >>> website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/ >>> mobile : +94714114256 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> devs mailing list >>> devs(a)xwiki.org >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas Mortagne >> > > > > -- > *Nanduni Nimalsiri* > Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University > of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. > Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com) > email : nanduni.12(a)cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni(a)wso2.com > blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/ > website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/ > mobile : +94714114256 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:22:43 +0200 > From: "Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)" <valicac(a)gmail.com> > To: XWiki Mailinglist <devs(a)xwiki.org>, XWiki Mailinglist > <users(a)xwiki.org> > Subject: [xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki 7.4.2 released > Message-ID: > <CAHQu0mai6-FC6kX9r6_kymCgO8rspp37-02ZoK_ugAyrswSqeg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > The XWiki development team is proud to announce the availability of XWiki > 7.4.2. > This is a bugfix release that fixes important bugs discovered in the 7.4.1 > version. > > You can download it here: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download > > Make sure to review the release notes: > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWiki742 > > The following people have contributed code to this release (sorted > alphabetically): > Alexandru Cotiug? > Denis Gervalle > Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) > Eduard Moraru > Guillaume Delhumeau > Sergiu Dumitriu > Thomas Mortagne > Vincent Massol > > Thanks for your support > -The XWiki dev team > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:58:37 +0530 > From: Anjali <shally.hp5(a)gmail.com> > To: devs(a)xwiki.org > Subject: [xwiki-devs] GSoC 2016 > Message-ID: > <CAEH=0pdEK3kCymHu3fm2Dr3cEBYscDFwkYvKvZ2ryum3jbv7tQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > I am a GSoC 2016 aspirant. I am interested in the project *"**Convert > existing tests to the latest technologies*". I was a GSoC student last > year. I worked on a project "Automation Testing" where I used Selenium, > Maven, JUnit etc in building a Java Based Testing Framework. > > I would highly appreciate if I could get any pointers so that I could come > up with a good proposal. > > Thank You. > > -- > Regards, > Anjali > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > ------------------------------ > > End of devs Digest, Vol 105, Issue 2 > ************************************

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[xwiki-devs] GSoC 2016 - Improve l10n.xwiki.org
by Nanduni Nimalsiri 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Dear Sir, I am *Nanduni Nimalsiri,* a third year undergraduate at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I had been going through the XWiki's GSoC projects ideas list since 20th February and I was very eagerly waiting for XWiki to get selected for the 2016 Google Summer of Code programme. I am very happy that XWiki got selected this time, because I had always been expecting to take part in a GSoC project with XWiki community. Actually I am very interested in contributing to open source projects and I already have experiences in working with a variety of open source projects. I am very familiar in programming with Java, C, C#, JavaScript, PHP, XML, jQuery, web designing, cloud applications and many more which I have used for most of my university projects and other exterior projects. I am a quick learner and I am very confident that I would be able to catch up with new technologies very soon. I am very familiar with JavaScript and UI stuff. So I found an interesting project in XWiki ideas list that matches with my interests. Out of the project ideas listed, I would like to contribute to the project *Improve l10n.xwiki.org <http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Improvel10nxwikiorg2…>. *The project description includes : "*The student will have to study it and propose improvements, there is no definite list of things to do*". Can you please let me know the scope of this proposed project and how I should get started. Thank you. Best regards, Nanduni. -- *Nanduni Nimalsiri* Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com) email : nanduni.12(a)cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni(a)wso2.com blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/ website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/ mobile : +94714114256

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki 7.4.2 released
by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

The XWiki development team is proud to announce the availability of XWiki 7.4.2. This is a bugfix release that fixes important bugs discovered in the 7.4.1 version. You can download it here: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download Make sure to review the release notes: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWiki742 The following people have contributed code to this release (sorted alphabetically): Alexandru Cotiugă Denis Gervalle Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) Eduard Moraru Guillaume Delhumeau Sergiu Dumitriu Thomas Mortagne Vincent Massol Thanks for your support -The XWiki dev team

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