On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Thomas Mortagne wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:22, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> What should we do with the Dodo and Finch skins? Right now they sit >> in >> the platform as any other skin. However they're not in a working >> state. I've just tried Finch and the home doesn't display nicely in >> it. >> >> We have 2 options I can think of: >> 1) we leave old/non-working modules in platform (as they are now) >> >> 2) we move them to a retired location. In this case we could move >> them >> to the contrib repo in retired/. This leaves the door open to anyone >> interested to resurrect them (even if it's a bit hidden, but we could >> make that more visible). The only small issue (maybe it's not one) is >> that name "contrib". Another option would be to create an "attic" top >> level project for retried projects. > > Yes we should move it but not in contrib since it's not contribs but > official retired projects. > >> >> I can also think of some plugins that could go there (alexa, adwords, >> etc) - We'd need to verify that they don't work since otherwise they >> probably don't need to be moved. >> >> We could also define a rule to move stuff to the attic: >> - the feature is not working anymore >> - there's been no commit for one year > > Not sure, IMO we should move only if it does not work anymore and we > know we will not work on it. There is some basic components that will > certainly not change a lot at some point but are still important > peaces.
Yes but if nobody works on them (for at least a year) and they don't work, why leave them in the platform as if they were working stuff? Not changing is fine provided it works (that's why I add the rule of "not working" btw, to differentiate mature stuff from attic stuff). Thanks -Vincent >> Obviously anyone interested in reviving the retired code could do so >> and move it back to the platform at any time. >> >> Any idea on this? >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
