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Rob Moran commented on NIFI-2115:
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I can work on putting together some ideas, but want to share a few thoughts to
start. Please let me know what you all think.
Things we could do soon(ish):
* Keep the About dialog simple on the surface. Provide other version/build
related details like commit hash, branch, date/time, etc. as an aside that is
less prominent but still easy to get at.
* Add system level information like Java version, vendor, OS, etc. in what is
currently the System Diagnostics dialog (accessible from Summary). Probably
makes sense to include version/build info here as well so it is in one place
when someone needs it to report an issue, troubleshoot, etc.
* When operating in a clustered environment, I think it would make sense to
provide that same system level info per node from the Cluster Manager.
Would be cool if (i.e., probably not so soon-ish):
* From any error, relevant bulletin, notification, etc. in the UI, provide a
mechanism for the user contact "help" (email to mailing list) or report a bug
(file a jira) and automatically include the relevant facts one would need.
* We implement a "dashboard" in the UI that one could _easily_ access all the
information discussed here from a central location – basically a combination of
summary, bulletins, diagnostics, stats, etc.
> Enhanced About Box Version Information
> --------------------------------------
>
> Key: NIFI-2115
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2115
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core UI, Tools and Build
> Affects Versions: 1.0.0
> Reporter: James Wing
> Assignee: James Wing
> Priority: Minor
>
> The UI's About dialog and underlying API provide the version of NiFi, like
> "0.7.0-SNAPSHOT". For many bug reports and troubleshooting requests, this is
> not very precise, especially around rapidly changing code or
> platform-dependent behavior. It would help if NiFi captured and displayed
> additional information:
> * NiFi build commit hash
> * NiFi build branch
> * NiFi build date/time
> * Java Version
> * Java Vendor (Oracle, OpenJDK)
> * OS
> Then a simple copy/paste from the about box would provide very specific
> information about a particular NiFi installation and which code it was
> derived from.
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