On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:22 AM, 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. > > 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
+1 with 2), about the rule I'd prefer "the feature is not working anymore". Since we're talking about skins I'd even think about albatross as a candidate for the attic, currently maintaining skins is like maintaining branches (css, templates duplications) and having 3 of them at the same time is time consuming (read: a PITA). Just like branches, I think 2 is ok. My dream retirement planning would be something like: january 2010, albatross; january 2011, toucan. Colibri is a big step ahead (L&F, cleanliness, accessibilty) and we should promote the migration. > > Obviously anyone interested in reviving the retired code could do so > and move it back to the platform at any time. > Thanks, JV. _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
