On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:36, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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?
This is exactly what i'm saying, if we break something it's a regression. When I say "we will not work on it" i'm speaking about fix the regression in the next release, not wait for 1 year with something which does not work anymore... > > 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 > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
