2007/9/9, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sep 9, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Thomas Mortagne wrote: > > > 2007/9/8, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> On Sep 8, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I think it's a good idea. Just a more detailed thing targeting > >>> XEM and > >>> other multiwiki products: It would be great to have installer with > >>> izpack "<pack></pack>" organized one wiki/xar a pack and create sub > >>> wiki from attached xar as you said and XWikiServer document at > >>> installer runtime. > >>> > >>> WDYT ? > >> > >> For XEM I see 3 packs: > >> > >> * Platform Core > >> * XEM Admin XAR > >> * XEM Template XAR > >> > >> Is that what you mean? > > > > Yes it's that, for now. I suppose latter we will have more template > > (Blog wiki, Wiki wiki, ...). > > Yes that's a very good idea. Once we have separated XE into > applications we could have the following XARs: > - Blog > - Search > - Admin > - Panels > - Navigation > - Photo Album > - etc > > See below for another idea. > > >> Now for creating sub wikis, I think it might be best to leave that to > >> the XEM Admin XAR so that when an admin logs in the Admin XAR he has > >> the buttons for creating and administrating sub wikis. I don't see > >> that as a feature of the installer but more a runtime feature (as > >> anyway the admin needs the option of creating/removing sub wikis). > > > > That feature already exists in the Admin wiki but It will be easier > > for a user to have theses templates in an installer interface. Plus if > > we have lots of template wiki (which I thinks would be great) use > > installer lighten Admin wiki. > > Actually I think we could go a step further for all applications, > templates, etc. I envision an online XWiki repository of > applications, plugins, templates, etc, and in the admin part of XE or > XEM you'll be able to see all of them ,see whether they are already > installed or not and if not, have the option to install them. > > I think this is even nicer and offer more capabilities than a static > installer.
Cool a wiki-apt-get :) Yes you are right it is not very difficult to do (when we will define xwiki application format with dependecies etc.) and it will improve a lot xwiki usability and applications contribs I think. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > >>> 2007/9/6, Vincent Massol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I'm proposing to improve the generic install to add database > >>>> configuration setup: > >>>> > >>>> 1) include different database driver jars in the installer > >>>> 2) have some installation panels to let the user choose the > >>>> database > >>>> to use (using some combo box and fields to modify default DB > >>>> values) > >>>> 3) include the XAR in the installer > >>>> 4) use the packager tool to import the XAR in the database at > >>>> install > >>>> time (using the information provided in 2)) > >>>> > >>>> Note: I'd also like to modify the web/standard build so that we > >>>> release only a single WAR without database driver and without DB > >>>> configuration. > >>>> > >>>> Advanced users will configure it manually and novice will use the > >>>> installer. > >>>> > >>>> WDYT? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> -Vincent > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> devs mailing list > >>>> devs@xwiki.org > >>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Thomas Mortagne > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> devs mailing list > >>> devs@xwiki.org > >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devs mailing list > >> devs@xwiki.org > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >> > > > > > > -- > > Thomas Mortagne > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > devs@xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
