One of the items that's needed to go over the 1.0 cliff is support for multi-tenant dataflows. Scoping user authorization to portions of a dataflow will require a major bump due to API changes and the like. Part of the motivation for this UI redesign is laying the foundation for that effort. Additionally, we'll get the added benefit of supporting a more responsive layout and modernized look and feel in the meantime.
Matt On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to "UI redesign warrants a major version increment" > > I know that we're "pre 1.0", but this sounds like it's time to figure out > what we need to include to go over that cliff. > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Tony Kurc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Looks great so far! > > > > I saw the target release of 0.6, which surprised me a bit. I would have > > expected this significant of a change would warrant a major release > > increment. > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Rob Moran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Greetings NiFi community, > > > > > > NIFI-1323 [1] has been mentioned in (at least one) previous thread. In > > case > > > you are unaware, it involves beginning work on a series of UI > > improvements. > > > > > > I'd like to point your attention to the wiki page [2] where you can > read > > up > > > on factors that are driving this effort. > > > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1323 > > > [2] > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Redesign+User+Interface > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > -- > Sean >
