On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:25 AM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[email protected]> wrote:

> Looking at these use cases, I would imagine that we have to have an LC
> like listing of RXT types under config tab, rather than having them listed
> individually in there - in other words, one-stop-shop view to help with
> these actions.
>

If I am not mistaken you mean a LC like listing under Home > Extensions >
Configure > Lifecycles ? If so that is the intended implementation
(i.e  Home > Extensions > Configure > Artifact Types).  Anyway we will have
the RXT configurations individually listed under  Home > Configure.


>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Senaka Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Subash,
>>
>> Hold on, there are multiple angles to this. You've just pointed out one,
>> but there are several other things one might try to do. For example,
>>
>> 1. someone might want to create a copy from an existing RXT and create a
>> new one. Some people actually do this even today. For them, edit is not
>> required, but being able to view the existing RXT is. (note: in the LC UI,
>> view and edit are both a single interface).
>>
>> 2. another user might try to make changes to the columns in a list UI,
>> but not actually change the layout of the add/edit view. Asking someone to
>> delete and add again is not the best answer.
>>
>> So, for #1, view is required and for #2 a partial edit is required. We
>> also have a #3, which Eranda pointed out (i.e. being able to reconfigure
>> the layout of the add/edit view). #3 can actually be done through the
>> configure UI, but one could ask, why don't we have a complete edit instead
>> of a partial edit, and get rid of the separate configure UI. This would
>> make services and RXTs inconsistent, but then again, we can convert service
>> to be represented using an RXT too.
>>
>> So, I'd like to suggest that we reconsider this decision and understand
>> the problem end-to-end and find a proper lasting solution, without
>> attempting a quick fix.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Senaka.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Eranda Sooriyabandara 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Subash,
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Subash Chaturanga <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> This is regarding when GReg provides a UI to upload RXTs and also list
>>>> them. Shall we have $subject ? Because if we provide edit options for an
>>>> already installed RXT, once the RXT config is updated, already created RXT
>>>> instances out of the old one becomes staled. And you cannot expect the new
>>>> behavior from the old instances (users might not able to identify the old
>>>> ones explicitly) . In that context I feel it is an invalid use case.
>>>>
>>>> This can be considered when we support development time governance.
>>>> So shall we do $subject ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> +1. Since we use have the validations for RXTs when uploading, we should
>>> have the feeling that there are no error in the configuration. So I guess
>>> there is no point in updating a RXT other than to do a content (artifact
>>> content) change which can be done by changing the configuration (Configure
>>> tab). So there are less or no usecase in changing the RXT.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Eranda
>>>
>>> *
>>> *
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Senaka Fernando*
>> Member - Integration Technologies Management Committee;
>> Technical Lead; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com*
>> Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://apache.org
>>
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>>
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>>
>>  Thanks,
> Samisa...
>
> Samisa Abeysinghe
> VP Engineering
> WSO2 Inc.
> http://wso2.com
> http://wso2.org
>
>
>


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