On 25.09.2015, at 14:49, Tom Moore <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is a great thread.   I do want to raise one point though.   This should 
> be a "clean" repacking and try to avoid inclusion of plugin functionality in 
> the install that may not be needed or desired.   Your mentioning of Git for 
> example.  Jenkins is used by people who utilize CVS, SVN, Git, Bazaar, Visual 
> Source Safe, Team Foundation Server, Perforce, etc, etc, etc.   So 
> installation of Git as a default is not going to necessarily be something 
> desired by all.    And none of these are even needed to run the base 
> application for configuration.   
> 
> I'd prefer identifying the plugin "groups" we know people will nearly always 
> use, such as a SCM, Authentication, or a Builder (Maven, MSBuild, Unity, etc) 
> and the first time a Jenkins server is started and the UI logged into then 
> the user is sent into a wizard to select the ones to download for the first 
> time.   Obviously we wouldn't want to walk them through all 1100 plugins.  
> But I would think the three groups I mentioned would be pretty much a common 
> decision for nearly all installations.

This is actually something we're already discussing.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/jenkinsci-dev/kRobm-cxFw8/AQyLTVDSHQAJ

The thread is a bit long, and started out completely differently, but may be 
worth reading.

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