On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: > Hi devs, > > We have avoided this discussion but it's time to settle it. We need to decide > if there are candidate macros that we should write as wiki macros in our > default XE distribution. And if so what are the rule for deciding whether a > macro should be written as a wiki macro or as a java macro. > > Some ideas: > - java macros are much easier to test > - java macros are easier to develop since you have a full-fledged IDE > (debugging, syntax coloring, code validation, etc) > - java macros can obey styling rule, such as checkstyle passing > - wiki macros can be removed so users can't be sure the wiki macro will > always be there since it's only provided with the default XAR > > Proposal > ======= > > - If the macro is a generic macro then it should be written as a Java macro > - If the macro is application-specific (for ex a macro specific to the Blog > application) then it can be written as a Wiki macro > > WDYT?
ok, I've been convinced that there's no simple solution and thus that we need to decide whether a macro should be implemented in java or as a wiki page on a case by case basis. Thus I propose that when a macro is implemented as a wiki macro, we put in SVN in platform/applications as an application by itself (ie a XAR). In the same manner as java macros are a JAR by themselves. WDYT? Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
