On 9/15/06, Jacek Laskowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> geronimoplugincentral.org -- this is is a plugin user community site
> inspired by eclipseplugincentral.com that was announced to the dev
> list a few weeks ago. Where the thread left off was that there were
> suggestions to host the site at http://geronimo.apache.org/plugins
> instead of a private domain. I proposed a plan of action to make that
> happen in the thread "plugin community site" and am ready for
> feedback, assuming that +1's would equal support.
Do we need a full-blown web site (with Joomla behind)? Wouldn't a
maven-like structure be enough? Just to see how it goes and bring the
jpa plugin here (where its home is ;-))
I think we are still misaligned here on the distinction between a
plugin repository and a plugin user community site. If we are talking
about a repository then you are correct that a full blown web site is
not required. A repository can be created by making the plugin files
available for download from a maven-like structure. No UI is even
necessary since the admin console already provides the necessary
screens to browse and install a repository's plugins. But if we are
talking about a user community site which provides news, reviews and
discussion forums then a content management system like Joomla is
needed. Unlike a repository, a user community site does not
(necessarily) host any plugin files nor interact with the admin
console.
If you already got this and I'm beating a dead horse then I apologize.
Also, if I should take your line of thought as a nudge towards
aligning our efforts to create another "official" plugin repository
then I can go along with that too. But after studying how the Eclipse
plugin ecosystem has taken shape I believe that a user community site
will be needed sooner or later since it provides a human interface on
top of what may eventually become a loosely federated collection of
plugin repositories, each with their own unique licensing issues,
download processes, business models, etc.
> geronimo plugins subproject -- IIUC this proposed subproject is for
> plugin developers and would be similar to the Geronimo plugins project
> at sourceforge but hosted at ASF and governed by Geronimo (like
> devtools). Several folks have volunteered to help and I would also
> like to take this opportunity to volunteer to help. There's a thread
> "maven repository hosting geronimo plugins" that proposes using the
> maven repository for hosting the plugins generated by ASF instead of
> creating a new infrastructure for hosting plugins. No feedback on that
> idea yet.
That's why I asked about it again. Everybody's busy so only the
hottest features are able to survive, and the others need to be pushed
a little ;-)
I agree and thanks for caring enough to push the issue. If we can
publish the ASF plugins to the maven repo and add the repository index
file then I am hopeful that would provide what's needed for an ASF
plugin repository. This seems pretty straight forward to me but I
haven't even read Maven for Dummies yet.
Best wishes,
Paul
