Hi, We’ve been trying to avoid having to define an app descriptor now and push it for later (for example we needed it for AWM too and we worked around by saying one app == one space) but we all know that we need one to be clean.
Maybe the time has come to bite the bullet and define it properly indeed. Thanks for resurrecting this topic! :) -Vincent On 15 Apr 2014 at 16:02:43, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > Hi, > > There have been some recently discussions about Application Descriptors and > their utility when generating content for XWiki features, like taking the > icon field from the descriptor in order to generate the application panel > for the AppBar, etc. > > I've gathered some use cases / needs on this page: > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/ApplicationDescriptor > > It would be nice to brainstorm a bit if we consider the 'Application > Descriptor' concept to be needed in our future, especially since the > Flamingo Skin is focused heavily on the Applications concept. > > I would be curious why this concept has been deprecated (Application > Manager): > * maybe the fields the descriptor contained are deprecated by the Extension > Manager; > * maybe a bad usage; > * etc. > > And also very important is what fields you consider should be needed in the > Application Descriptor and ways to make it easily extensible. > > Having an Application Descriptor would facilitate having an index > containing all applications, called Application Index, in order to help the > user navigate and manage the installed applications outside the Extension > Manager (which is found in Administration). > > Thanks, > Caty & Louis-Marie > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
