Results: 8 +1, no 0, no -1 The vote is passed. I’ve documented it here: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/DevelopmentPractices#HTopLevelExtensions
Going to start implementing it by sending some votes to move some extensions. Note: let’s not forget to update http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/SourceRepository when new top level repos are added in the xwiki organization. Thanks -Vincent On 7 Jul 2014 at 18:39:19, [email protected] ([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > Hi devs, > > Following the proposal thread at http://markmail.org/message/ppw2slpgqou2ihai > I’d like to move on and I’ve prepared below a full proposal that I’d like us > to VOTE on. > > Rationale/Need > =============== > > The needs: > * Be able to extract some apps from xwiki-contrib that the XWiki Dev Team > would like to maintain. Example: File Manager app developed by Marius when > it’ll have had some releases and tests (if it doesn’t have some already!), > GitHub Stats app used on xwiki.org, Meeting Manager App, Forum App, etc > * Be able to extract some extensions currently located in xwiki-platform but > not released with XE so that they can have a different release cycle > (examples: FAQ app, IRCBot extension, JIRA macro, etc). Having different > release cycle allow to release new versions quicker to our users (bug fixes, > new features). > > Governance > ========== > > Details: > > * Extensions are VOTEd in on a case by case basis. > > * Each voted extensions will have its own Git Repository in the “xwiki” > organization (so that each extension can be released independently of each > other). > > * When moving an extension either from xwiki-contrib or from xwiki-platform, > keep its Git history as much as possible or simply donate the repo to the > “xwiki" organization. > > * FTM extensions bundled by default with XE would still remain in XWiki > Commons/Rendering/Platform/Enterprise. > > * The Git repository name should be of the form xwiki-. should be part of the > VOTE. > > * All rules from http://dev.xwiki.org apply > > * Each extension has a Release Manager defined and he’s responsible for > defining its own Roadmap/Release notes (if need be), on the extension page on > e.x.o and perform the releases or ensure the extension is released regularly > when there are changes. > > * Each extension must follow these criteria for being VOTEd: > ** A Release Manager needs to be defined in the proposal > ** The extension must have had several releases already (i.e. someone wanting > to propose a new extensions that doesn’t exist would start in xwiki-contrib > for ex and prove that his extension works and is useful by doing several > releases and creating the pages on e.x.o) > ** It must follow our best practices defined on http://dev.xwiki.org (coding > practices, tests, etc) and follow the apps best practices (for apps), see > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/ApplicationDevelopmentBestPractices > ** It must have one or several integration or functional tests (for apps) to > prove that it works. This allows to prove the app continues working when > XWiki progresses > ** The main contributors of the extensions must agree about the move. If they > have the “level" to be an xwiki dev committer then they should be voted in > (see http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Committership). If not > then either they’re ok to send Pull Requests or the extension should not be > moved. > > * If an extension ceases to work or if its quality becomes too low, it can be > moved to xwiki-contrib with a VOTE > > * We would create one JIRA project per extension > > * We would create a new JIRA Category called “XWiki Extensions” > > * We would put the extensions in our CI at http://ci.xwiki.org > > * The Java package should follow the same rule as for XWiki Platform, i.e. > org.xwiki.. Exceptions would need to be discussed. > > * The group id for extensions having their own repo should be org.xwiki.. The > needs to be part of the VOTE when proposing a new extensions. > > Here’s my +1 > > Thanks > -Vincent > > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
