Robin and all, Regarding the "optional modules": It seems like in 5.0, we have to move forward with these modules as "optional". At least to me, it seems like it'd require a lot of work/time to make Mirage2 required -- plus it drastically lengthens the time it takes to build DSpace (unless you preinstall all of Mirage2's dependencies).
But, for the longer term, I definitely agree we should rethink this idea. With 5.0, this was our first experience making any modules "optional", and we've obviously hit some snags in the release process because of this. Going forward (for 6.0 and beyond), we may want to consider whether we even want to allow for optional modules...or if anything that is "optional" should really just be a separate project in GitHub (similar to the plan for LNI). In that situation, users can choose to optionally download and install these extra modules into their DSpace. Just some initial thoughts here, Tim On 11/14/2014 4:03 AM, TAYLOR Robin wrote: > Hi all, > > Was away yesterday so just read the notes from the developer meeting. With > regards to our Maven optional modules, rather than finding a way to > accommodate them in our Pom's should we maybe be looking to not have optional > modules? The expectation is that the LNI will be dropped for the next release > so that currently just leaves Mirage2. Personally I think a number of the > features that Mirage2 introduced, such as the use of SCSS and the management > of Javascript, are going to become standard for many web applications. So it > may be that we should move towards integrating these features into other > themes, meaning that Mirage2 could just become another theme and no longer > need to be optional. > > Cheers, Robin. > > Robin Taylor > Main Library > University of Edinburgh > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
