I have added the missing config files to the human task feature. Created
the 4.0.3 feature version and updated the GREG 4.5.2's p2 profile gen pom.
Will double check the feature/category installation once the p2 repo is
ready for the 4.0.3 release.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Sanjaya Vithanagama <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Senaka,
>
> I'm looking in to this now. Will update this thread once completed.
>
> Regards,
> SanjayaV.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Senaka Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Samisa,
>>
>> Yes, it does (and there can be several other features that have similar
>> issues). There are several reasons to why this fails. The human tasks
>> feature requires:
>>
>> 1. A database (H2 by default)
>> 2. A human task configuration file (has default values).
>> 3. A new datasource that needs to be added to datasources.properties.
>>
>> Now, though we have gone ahead with the feature management stuff, we
>> haven't found proper answers to some of these questions such as:
>>
>> 1. How to pack a DB inside a feature or create it as a part of the
>> installation procedure.
>> 2. How to modify an existing configuration file by adding some entries to
>> it.
>>
>> Simply because 90% of our features will work with a "feature installs
>> some jars and copies some files" model, it does not mean that all features
>> will work that way. This is why we are having issues with the HT feature.
>> Its nothing G-Reg specific - if you try to install BPS features to ESB for
>> instance, you'll be running into the same issues. So, IMO, unless we can
>> find answers to questions like the above and propose best practices for
>> feature-authors to follow, the feature management story is broken.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Senaka.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Senaka Fernando <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Samisa,
>>>>
>>>> Human Tasks are used for Management Console notifications right now. We
>>>> will be using it more in the upcoming releases: for approvals (before state
>>>> transitions in a lifecycle) and for managing deadline for remaining in a
>>>> lifecycle state etc. Also, we just have the BE and don't have any FE stuff
>>>> of human tasks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is this feature that is casing the G-Reg feature set to fails when
>>> installed on another server.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Senaka.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Samisa...
>>>>>
>>>>> Samisa Abeysinghe
>>>>> VP Engineering
>>>>> WSO2 Inc.
>>>>> http://wso2.com
>>>>> http://wso2.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Senaka Fernando*
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>>>> Technical Lead; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com*
>>>> Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://apache.org
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: senaka AT wso2.com
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>>>>
>>>> *Lean . Enterprise . Middleware
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks,
>>> Samisa...
>>>
>>> Samisa Abeysinghe
>>> VP Engineering
>>> WSO2 Inc.
>>> http://wso2.com
>>> http://wso2.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Senaka Fernando*
>> Member - Integration Technologies Management Committee;
>> Technical Lead; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com*
>> Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://apache.org
>>
>> E-mail: senaka AT wso2.com
>> **P: +1 408 754 7388; ext: 51736*; *M: +94 77 322 1818
>> Linked-In: http://linkedin.com/in/senakafernando
>>
>> *Lean . Enterprise . Middleware
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sanjaya Vithanagama
> WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com
> lean.enterprise.middleware
>
> cell: +94 71 342 2881
>
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