Ellen, Can you open a JIRA for this problem ?
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Ellen Tang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for replying. > > Do you mean that we can put a "expert" or "show all" option in the "Create > Plugin" portlet? Because I can see the "Expert User" checkbox when I click > the "Assemble a server" button and choose which plugins or plugin groups to > include in the server assembly, but I can't see any option like that in the > "Create Plugin" portlet or when I click the "Export Plugin" button. > > Ellen > > 2009/11/13 Donald Woods <[email protected]> > > Yep, a "expert" or "show all" option would be the safest, where the default >> would be not to show any org.apache.geronimo configs. >> >> >> -Donald >> >> >> Joe Bohn wrote: >> >>> >>> We do something similar to this with the "expert mode" in the various >>> application views where we disable actions like stop, restart, and uninstall >>> on system modules unless the user specifies that they are an "expert user" >>> via the check-box. >>> >>> To make the determination in those cases we look at the prefix for the >>> component id to see if it is "org.apache.geronimo.configs". However, it >>> seems this is no longer sufficient as our prefixes have been changing to >>> include o.a.g.plugins and o.a.g.framework while this feature has not been >>> updated. Perhaps we should change this function to only check for >>> "org.apache.geronimo". >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> Ivan wrote: >>> >>>> It may sound a good idea, but the question is that how we could >>>> distinguish the system modules and applications deployed by users ? >>>> >>>> 2009/11/13 Ellen Tang <[email protected] <mailto: >>>> [email protected]>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm currently reviewing the contents on the UI of the "Plugins" >>>> portlet in G 2.2 admin console. I have a question for the "Create >>>> Plugin" function. >>>> >>>> As we can see, currently the drop-down list in the "Create Plugin" >>>> portlet shows all the CAR files on the server, including system >>>> plugins that already exist in the "%GERONIMO_HOME%\repository\" >>>> folder. For example, you can find the plugin >>>> "org.apache.geronimo.configs/activemq-broker/2.2-SNAPSHOT/car" in >>>> the directory >>>> >>>> >>>> "%GERONIMO_HOME%\repository\org\apache\geronimo\configs\activemq-broker\2.2-SNAPSHOT", >>>> >>>> which contains the "geronimo-plugin.xml" file already. However, >>>> according to the "Help" contents of the "Create Plugin" portlet, the >>>> function of this portlet is that "The console will generate the >>>> geronimo-plugin.xml file that stores the plugin metadata information >>>> for your project and package it into a car file." >>>> >>>> My question is that do we really need to include the system plugins >>>> in the drop-down list of the "Create Plugin" portlet? If the system >>>> plugins already exist in the "%GERONIMO_HOME%\repository\" folder >>>> and they already have the "geronimo-plugin.xml" file, the users >>>> would not need to use this "Create Plugin" portlet to create these >>>> plugins again. Besides, this portlet doesn't do anything else to the >>>> system plugins apart from exporting them as files, which the users >>>> already have in the repository. Therefore, I think it's more >>>> practical to only show the applications and/or application plugins >>>> in the drop-down list of this portlet. >>>> >>>> Does anyone think that it's a good idea to leave out the system >>>> plugins but only keep the application plugins in this portlet? Maybe >>>> we can do that in the 3.0 release? >>>> >>>> Any comments are welcome. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Ellen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ivan >>>> >>> >>> >>> > -- Shawn
