September 2016 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Change the default logo in the XWiki Enterprise default color theme
by Benjamin Lanciaux 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Hi devs, I would like to propose a new logo for the default color theme of XE. Instead of having the colored version of the XWiki logo, I propose using its white version. I see many advantages to this: * On a black banner, it is easier to see the XWiki brand compared to the colored one for which I barely see the "X". * This would also be more consistent with the other menu options that are placed on the black banner. See how it looks like now: http://imgur.com/a/ZzEOY And see how it would look like with my proposal: http://imgur.com/a/MF0r6 I'm looking forward to your feedback, Regards, Benjamin Lanciaux

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki 8.3 Release Candidate 1 released
by Vincent Massol 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

The XWiki development team is proud to announce the availability of XWiki 8.3 Release Candidate 1. The highlight of this release is the support of Recommended Extensions (both on http://extensions.xwiki.org and inside the Extension Manager UI in XWiki). Other changes consist in minor improvements and bug fixes. 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/ReleaseNotesXWiki83RC1 Thanks for your support -The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Format for @since tags
by Vincent Massol 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Hi devs, I’d like to propose that we standardized on using multiple @since tags for multiple versions in order to be more semantic and not have to invent a syntax (that then needs to be followed and parsed) Instead of: @since 8.4.5, 8.3RC1 Use: @since 8.4.5 @since 8.3RC1 This is supported by the javadoc, see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javadoc.html#a… Also note that our Unstable annotation checker needs to be in sync (I’ve opened http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1071 in advance). The main rationale is that it’s more semantic to have one since per version (similar to having one author par author). WDYT? Thanks -Vincent PS: I have already made changes for commons and waiting for agreement before committing or discarding ;)

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Release Notes Application
by Vincent Massol 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

Hi devs, I’m planning to write a Release Notes Application for xwiki.org. I’d like to do something relatively simple in order to have a first working version. Rationale ======== * Have nicer looking release notes by defining a structure and a common L&F * For users, be able to see all the release notes item from a given version to another version and by category Idea ==== Specifically for the “New and Networthy" section have: - A visual that looks like this: https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/features/ - 2 columns layout - For each item a screenshot and a summary text - (optional) Have a “Learn more” button that goes to the item and provides more info (and possibly more screenshots if need be) XProperties: - Version (in which the item has been added). Static list - Category (Help, Color Themes, Solr Search, AWM, etc). Static list - Main screenshot - Summary text - Additional content - Target audience (User, Admin, Developer). Static list Notes: - If no “main screenshot” is provided then the generated report will put the item in a Miscellaneous section For now I don’t want to handle other metadata for the releases notes, i.e. translations, upgrades, backward compat, tested browsers, etc). Precisely, I’m planning to write a “New and Networthy” application ATM, not a full “Release notes app”. The way it could be used is through a {{news/}} macro, e.g.: {{news from=“6.4” to=“8.2” [categories=“help,awm,...”] [targetAudience=“user,admin”] /}}. Usage ====== - There would be a page in the wiki to see the livetable corresponding to all the release notes news (the xproperties above) - Above this Livetable I imagine a form with several fields: — From version, — To Version — Category (if not empty generate the report only for that category) — Target (user, admin, dev). (if not empty only generate the report for that target audience) — + a “Generate” button to generate a dynamic "News and Networthy” report - We would also use Tags for each news to categorize it further, e.g. “usability”, “performance”, and the LT would display the tag cloud. This will allow for example to see all items between such version and such version that are related to, say, performance - We would still write a Release Notes page for each version but on that page, we would use the {{news/}} macro (with from = to = the version corresponding to that RN). On that page we would add all the other parts that are not in the app yet, i.e. translations, upgrades, backward compat, etc - When an XWiki developers codes a new feature or improvement or new API will use the app to add it. Future ====== * Add a different release notes app to include the other metadata * We could almost imagine using this “New and networthy” app to provide reference documentation for our features… :) (along with automatic “since”). That’s probably too science-fiction and I’m sure there are lots of gotchas but just mentioning it here to make us dream a bit... I’m starting to work on the POC. Let me know what you think. Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [XWiki Day] BFD#119
by Alexandru Cotiuga 23 Sep '16

23 Sep '16

Hello devs, Today is BFD#119: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/XWikiDays#HBugfixingdays Our current status for the 1 year period is 53 bugs behind. See: http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=100 00#Created-vs-Resolved-Chart/10470 Here's the BFD#119 dashboard to follow the progress during the day: http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=13694 Thanks and enjoy fixing bugs, Alex

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki 7.4.5 released
by Thomas Mortagne 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

The XWiki development team is proud to announce the availability of XWiki 7.4.5. This is a bugfix release that fixes important bugs discovered in the 7.4.4 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/ReleaseNotesXWiki745 Thanks for your support -The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-devs] [Brainstorming] Being able to install an extension or import a XAR in a space
by Vincent Massol 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

Hi devs, Now that we support Nested Pages, I think it would be nice if we had the option to install an Extension in a space (i.e. a page from a user POV). Technically at the Component Manager level, we can already register a component at the farm level (root), in the current wiki, in the current space or for the current user. We already have the option to install an extension in a wiki and it would be nice to extend that concept to a space. We also already have the concept of space admin UI. Of course the app should tell whether it supports being installed in several spaces or not. The use case is simply to be able to install several times a given application. From a UI perspective, when you go the the space admin UI (called the Page Administration for users), you’d have the option to list installed extensions and install new extensions (basically what you currently have at the wiki level). Now, the same should be doable also for importing XARs, i.e. also have an Import option in the Page Administration UI. WDYT? How complex would it be to do that? Do we already have a JIRA for this (couldn’t find one)? Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] LDAP extensions 9.1 have been released
by Thomas Mortagne 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hi xwikiers, We decided to remove LDAP authenticator from XWiki Enterprise in 8.3. So I moved everything that was related to LDAP in https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/ldap. Don't worry It's still supported by the XWiki Dev team and got many improvements already. It just felt easier to maintain and reuse it in its own repository and is very easy to install with Extension Manager. I taken the occasion to "merge" the LDAP Authenticator and Trusted LDAP Authenticator so there is now only one with all the features of both authenticators plus a few bonuses. You can also use it since Wiki 7.4.x and get all the new features without upgrading. It won't conflict with the embedded one, you just indicate you want to use the new one which is fully retro-compatible. See more details on http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/LDAP/ and http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/LDAP/Authenticator/. -- Thomas Mortagne

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] Release of Limits Application 1.2.
by Guillaume Delhumeau 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Hi users and devs, The Limits Application has been improved again. It seems I have taken the manta "release early, release often" very seriously :). The 1.2 version has been released and brings the ability to handle custom limits. See: http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Limits+Application Thanks, -- Guillaume Delhumeau (guillaume.delhumeau(a)xwiki.com) Research & Development Engineer at XWiki SAS Committer on the XWiki.org project

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Change our Script API best practice regarding exception handling
by vincent＠massol.net 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Hi devs, Right now our strategy is for script services and script APIs in general to catch exceptions, store them and offer a getLastError() method to get them (see http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Script+Module#HBestPra…) However it would be much nicer to: * Let our script services generate exceptions * Offer a velocity script service to get the last exception raised by a java call from velocity * Implement this uberspector to catch the exceptions and to set them in the execution context That should be quite easy to implement IMO. WDYT? Thanks -Vincent PS: This is http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-2374

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