+0
I don't like the idea of having to download from multiple locations to
install Roller, but I'm willing to do it.
On 9/5/06, Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't think we have consensus on this, so I'd like to call a vote.
Proposal: Migrate non-core plugins and themes to Roller Support project
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We recently decided to ship only a couple of themes and plugins and we
still need to figure out what to do with the themes and plugins that
we don't ship with Roller.
I'd like to propose that, not only should we remove them from the
release, we should also remove them from Apache SVN. We should remove
them from SVN and move them to the old Roller project at Java.Net and
make them available for download there. Here's why:
- We've already re-purposed the old Roller project site as the "Roller
Support" site -- to host LGPL components and plugins/themes that
depend on LGPL.
- The extra themes and plugins aren't essential to the community of
developers maintaining Roller. Ideally, Roller should ship with a
couple really good themes/plugins and the rest should be provided an
maintained by the community of Roller users.
- By using the "Struts Applications" model, we can encourage more
theme development by the community. Struts team members established a
Sourceforge project to host Struts add-ons and contributors who don't
necessarily have Apache committer status.
I don't believe this is a good example. I used to host AppFuse on
this project, and it's not very well supported and it's lists get
spammed all the time. Spring Modules (at java.net) is probably a
better example. It's actively maintained by a number of developers.
Matt
- Themes and plugins can use other-licensed components freely, since
the Roller Support project is not Apache territory.
Specifics
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Here are the specific themes and plugiuns to be moved.
Themes to move - all except for:
basic
sotto
brushedmetal
frontpage
Plugins to move - all except for:
ConvertLineBreaksPlugin
ObfuscateEmailPlugin
TopicTagPlugin
SmileysPlugin
Votes
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So far Allen is +1 on the idea
Craig Russell agress too
Anil seems to be leaning -1
Please cast your votes.
- Dave
