Hi Austin, you're completely right. This page should be reserved for Incubator stuff. How about splitting this page up into two pages, one for the "incubator" and one for "extras"?
I filed bug 309739: Rename sandbox https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=309739 Ralf Austin Riddle wrote: > Hi Ralf, > > I think renaming the "sandbox" to "extras" is a great idea. Thanks for > clarifying the RAP team's perspective on what its purpose is. The only > remaining question in my mind is what to do with the RAP incubator web > page. Seeing widgets sourced from "extras" and "incubator" on a site > labeled "RAP Incubator" seems a bit confusing. > > Thanks for the dialog. > > Ralf Sternberg wrote: >> Hi Austin, >> >> I see your point of having two locations that seem to serve a similar >> purpose. Actually, the sandbox has become a place for components that >> are maintained by the RAP project (not the RAP Incubator) but are not >> part of the official build. These components are not in an incubation >> phase. Thus we would like them out of the incubator. >> >> We discussed this and came up with the idea to rename the "sandbox" to >> "extras". Would that be make its purpose more clear? >> >> Regarding the upload widget: this component already passed the IP >> process, and there are plans to graduate it (see bug 190763). We still >> need to sort out what needs to be done for a graduation and discuss this >> with Stefan, who maintains this widget. If it turns out that it cannot >> be graduated in a reasonable time frame (say until 1.4), I agree we >> should move it to the incubator. >> >> Ralf >> >> Austin Riddle wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was wondering if there is anything in the sandbox that should go into >>> incubator. >>> Traditionally, I realize that the sandbox acted as a dumping ground for >>> experiments and peripheral RAP contributions, >>> but now that we have the incubator is seems like its purpose is now more >>> clear. >>> >>> It seems like the sandbox should be used for experiments and little demo >>> apps, while the incubator should be for more stable contributions. >>> So along that line of thought, it seems like at least the upload bundles >>> should be moved to the incubator. >>> >>> I am sure that moving bundles between CVS folders could possibly, cause >>> some heartburn for consumers, but for most they wouldn't really care. >>> >>> I just see that the sandbox needs a clear definition, and having a RAP >>> incubator web page that references bundles in 2 different locations >>> (sandbox/incubator) is a little strange to me. >>> Does anyone else have an opinion? >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ rap-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/rap-dev
