On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Eduard Moraru <enygma2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to see a single download on the XWiki Download page: XWiki. > > This distribution should be a minimal distribution (in various formats: > war/jetty+hsqldb/deb/etc.) that has the minimal stuff required for EM+DW to > function, to launch the Flavor selection screen and to install a Flavor. > Installing the Standard/Default/KB flavor will install, as dependency, the > Base Flavor and everything will be brought in with EM. > > This is what I remember to be the original plan for the Flavors effort and > I`m still +1 for it.
This is the plan (at least it's mine :)) but that does not really answer the question: should we maintain a jetty/hsqldb package of the KB flavor for testers who knows where to get it. > > Thanks, > Eduard > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <vali...@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> My vision is that in the future we will have more Flavors supported, not >> just the KB one. >> I'm sure we would want to have at least one more flavor for Development, >> for example. >> So what will be the strategy? will we provide packaging for all the >> "support" Flavors? The argument would be the same, having the jetty package >> will be easier to use and test on it. >> >> Thanks, >> Caty >> >> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com >> > >> wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> >> > wrote: >> > > Hi Thomas, >> > > >> > >> On 4 Apr 2017, at 11:48, Thomas Mortagne <thomas.morta...@xwiki.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Hi dev, >> > >> >> > >> The title say it all. >> > >> >> > >> The whole point of Knowledge Base flavor move is to stop maintaining a >> > >> set of install packages and only provide the flavor. >> > > >> > > For me there’s a difference between the flavor and the packaging we >> > propose. The goal of the flavor is not stop maintaining packagings but to >> > offer various content >> > >> > It's possible you are mixing stuff here. I'm not talking about stop >> > providing any jetty/hsqldb package, you would have the XWiki one on >> > which you are asked which flavor you want. I'm only talking about a >> > special Knowledge Base one. >> > >> > > >> > >> Now it could be a pain for testers to have to install the flavor every >> > >> time so we might still release a jetty/hsqldb package but not list it >> > >> on http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download for example. >> > >> >> > >> WDYT ? >> > > >> > > This packaging is one of the most widely used because it’s one of the >> > simplest to get started with XWiki. >> > > >> > > See the green share on http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/ >> > bin/temp/space/page/chart/1795539013.png >> > > >> > > So I think we should definitely keep it. >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > -Vincent >> > > >> > >> >> > >> I would prefer to avoid that but I can understand if others think it's >> > required. >> > >> >> > >> Thanks, >> > >> -- >> > >> Thomas Mortagne >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Thomas Mortagne >> > >> -- Thomas Mortagne
