+1 On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Gus Reiber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey all, > So with the dust settled here a bit, I am hoping to solidify some > points of agreement: > > 1) Jenkins plugin bundling has some issues. Not only is the list of what > gets installed no longer optimal, it contains a mix of feature plugins that > sometimes are nice, but aren't essential to Jenkins and "detached" plugins > that are essential to Jenkins but have been implemented as plugins for > quicker updates and ease of implementation. Also, the "Bundled" plugins, as > they are today, cannot be uninstalled and are carried over from upgrade to > upgrade, making all those no longer optimal feature plugins a pile of bloat > and potential instability that present a real annoyance to a lot of Jenkins > users today. > > 2) This can be fixed. A collection of CloudBees employees, particularly > Tom Fennelly, wants to go fix these issues such that after the next LTS, no > one will be saddled with plugins they don't want, but cannot remove. > > 3) Of the optional, feature style plugins, it would be nice to be able to > start with some set of plugins. To do this right, the user needs some means > of selecting this initial starting set of plugins, so we will add a > light-weight UI widget to the front of a newly installed Jenkins that will > allow the user to make that initial selection. > > Tom and I, working through and with Daniel and KK and everyone else who is > interested in the community, intend to start working on a PR for the > December LTS that will make Jenkins better in the above ways. > Tom has assembled a doc describing the effort here: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cG7BTk6BWAr-rPTSVa8HrfqKEROACy_SecIfqT3Udk0/edit# > > Is there anyone who objects to these basic steps? > ...the details of which we are eager to smooth out with your feedback. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/785c0090-8f16-437d-9bb7-1aa2496a72a9%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/785c0090-8f16-437d-9bb7-1aa2496a72a9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Robert Sandell *Software Engineer* *CloudBees Inc.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CALzHZS0Kp%3DtYP-hP5MjraabNU_Z9V5RjHrUtsLYJf3vpQmUn9w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
