On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jun 28, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Thomas Mortagne wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi devs and Thomas, > >> > >> Just noticed a new commons-repository module. > >> > >> Could someone explain to me what is this new module and why it's not > part of xwiki-commons-extension, even though it's full of references to > "extension" everywhere in it? (109 occurrences) > > > > Since Extension Manager as an module to install/manage extension in > > has? > is? > If you read the whole sentence it's actually proper english ;) (except for the "an module" of course). Jerome > > > your application and XWiki Repository as a platform to distribute > > has? > is? > > > extensions are very different technically and are starting to be > > pretty big Marius and me decided to separated them in two different > > modules. The main link between them is that Extension Manager has a > > handler for this kind of repositories exactly like it has one for > > maven repositories (and more later). It makes easier to manage them > > separately in UI tests, Jira,etc. > > Sorry but I don't really understand what you mean. > > Can you give me a use case where someone would use commons-repository > alone (without xwiki-extension)? > > I don't understand why it's a problem to have > xwiki-commons-extension/xwiki-commons-extension-repository/ and what it > changes for ui tests, jira, etc > > I also see we have > xwiki-commons-extension/xwiki-commons-extension-repositories/ what are > those compared to xwiki-commons-repository? > > Also xwiki-commons-repository-api is pretty empty… It has a class which is > about REST and which should probably be in a REST module and there's > another one which is an interface with no methods. > > I really don't see the point of a separate top module in commons. I'm > probably missing something. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > >> Note1: Its description in pom.xml is pretty vague: > >> <description>XWiki Commons - Repository</description> > >> In commons-repository-api it's even worse: > >> <description>Contains commons stuff to use in a a client or a server > implementation</description> > >> > >> Note2: On http://commons.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome it's > not described either, nor on e.x.o > > > > I just finished the refactoring on git yesterday... > > > >> > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Jérôme Velociter Winesquare http://www.winesquare.net/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
