3 Feb
2007
3 Feb
'07
10:05 a.m.
Hello,
Why not use .xwiki then? Or something that does not lead to so much
confusion? The times when file extensions were limited by the file
system to 3 characters are long gone.
Using .xar is not just using an extension that is already used for
something else, it's using one that is used for exactly the same
thing. It's like using .rar for archiving zip files, it's like
OpenOffice.org was saving open document files with the .doc extension.
Anyway, if you think that xar is just OK, and not causing confusion
then no problem with me, I'll retract my proposal.
Catalin
On 2/3/07, jeremi joslin <jeremi(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
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(a)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
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From: Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>
Date: Feb 2, 2007 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [xwiki-dev] .xar Extension NOT Used Properly
To: Catalin Hritcu <catalin.hritcu(a)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:
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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 :)
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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(a)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
>
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