20 Feb
2008
20 Feb
'08
12:43 p.m.
On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:38 PM, [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your EPEC Network
ICT Team wrote:
That said I would also love if Paul wanted to join the xwiki dev team
in a more general way than just this macro. In which case this macro
could go directly into the platform core. But that's for Paul to
decide and we would need to see the code to do some due diligence on
it first.
-Vincent
Vincent Massol wrote:
I think I was not clear. I see this macro going into this "xlet"'
project but not in a project on its own since that's a lot more
maintenance to do... I'd rather we have a single project for now and
if one of the module in there outgrows the project then it could
move to be a top level project. The more I think about the more I like idea b)
below. This means
there
would be 2 options for anyone wanting to contribute code:
1) If the person is interested in xwiki in general, the best is the
contribute it in xwiki's SVN itself and have the person be made a
committer
2) if the person is interested only in a specific thing, like a
macro
he has developed, a plugin, an app, and is looking for a place where
he/she can contribute with others on it, then this special forge
project is the perfect place.
Now we need to find a name for it and then creating it is quick
and easy.
I propose to name it "xlet" which means an xwiki extension in
general.
Any other idea?
I do like both idea b) and the name "xlet". As I keep trying to enter
this great developing universe, the availability of this "special
forge"
could ease things. Let me guess much more people are in my same
situation. What I don't know is how complicated would be for "core
devs"
to be sure the code developed for any of the coming xlets (I've
already
added this new word to my dictionary :) is not dangerous for a XWiki
installation. Or perhaps this must not be a concern at all for core
devs
and they will be used on each one's risk.
Vincent, I am not so sure about this "macro" doesn't deserve its own
project. Although I am just an entry level TeX user, if Paul's team
is
able to work out the dvi inclusion in the print channel (just copying
what Paul said in his message), doesn't open the door to use TeX in
many
other ways? TeX tables, for instance.