September 2013 - xwiki-devs@xwiki.org

[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Stop supporting XWiki Manager
by Guillaume "Louis-Marie" Delhumeau 08 Oct '13

08 Oct '13

Since Enterprise embeds Workspaces by default since 5.2-m2, I think it does not make any sense to release XWiki Manager (XEM) anymore. The build is currently broken (because of the XAR organization changes). So I propose to remove XWiki Manager: - stop releasing it - move the github repo to xwiki-contrib/retired - update manager.xwiki.org to explain the changes in XWiki 5.2. - move the manager jira to the retired category - remove the build in ci.xwiki.org Here is my non-binding +1. LM

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[xwiki-devs] Changing skin... in the session?
by Paul Libbrecht 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Hello fellow developers, what is the best practice to decide on a skin in the session and not carry it along with the URLs? We are building a mobile UI and it should have more limited functionalities so that the same pages should eb visited by the same users with different skins depending if the device is a mobile or not. thanks for hints. Paul

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Use Junco Skin for xwiki.org
by Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

Hi devs, For the past weeks I've been working on a skin based on Bootstrap[1]. You can read more about it and test the new Junco Skin at http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Junco+Skin This proposal is about using the Junco Skin (Blueberry Theme<http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Junco+Skin#HTheme:Blue…>) for xwiki.org. I prepared some responsive screenshots for the xwiki.org Homepage and an Extension page. http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgJuncoHomep… This is my +1 Please report any issues on https://github.com/evalica/bootswatch/issues __Advantages__ - a change is always welcomed, shows the users there is activity on the website; - the skin is responsive; - by using Bootstrap we have the whole framework's power to use (grids, components, etc.); - we have the chance to test a bit the skin in production and see the possible bugs, in order to later integrate; - IMO the skin looks nice :) __Disadvantages__ - the only disadvantage is that there will be bugs and they will take some time to be detected and fixed; __Platform integration problems__ 1. currently the new skin uses the HTML5 doctype. This is needed if we were to use some Bootstrap JS components (carousel, menus, etc.) - which we currently don't on xwiki.org, so I could use the old doctype (but lose some of the testing purpose). Because of the HTML5 doctype, the HTML validation fails. See http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-7552 2. Junco Skin currently doesn't have support for changing the ColorThemes on the fly. I would need the help of a developer to fix this problem. Is not so much a problem for xwiki.org (I could fix them by duplicating some code in the xwiki.org skin), but it is a problem for the integration. 3. Being build on Bootstrap, it needs LESS to compile the files into CSS. Again I would need a developer to see how we could integrate the building of the themes in platform. Right now this is done locally, partially manual by using Grunt. Tell me what you think and take some time to test the skin, Caty [1] http://getbootstrap.com/

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[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] New xwiki-platform-wiki/xwiki-platform-wiki-descriptor module
by Vincent Massol 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

Hi devs, As you may have seen I've started working again on xwiki-platform-url module (http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-3951) and I now need to add wiki alias support for it. Right now wiki alias support is in oldcore and the url module must not depend on oldcore so I need to extract wiki alias support to a new module. I'm proposing to create a xwiki-platform-wiki module which should contain in the future all modules related to multi wiki handling for stuff not in the model (stuff in the model will go in xwiki-platform-model). Right now I'm proposing to have: xwiki-platform-wiki |_ xwiki-platform-wiki-descriptor where xwiki-platform-wiki-descriptor will implement description of wikis as xobjects in wiki pages (XWikiServerClass), i.e. what is currently in oldcore's XWiki#findServer. In the future the idea will be to rewrite xwiki-platform-wiki-manager and to move it to xwiki-platform-wiki/xwiki-platform-wiki-manager for example (or with another name). WDYT? Barring negative feedback I'll try to start working on this in the coming week. Thanks -Vincent

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[xwiki-devs] ContextPath null inside job / document saving ?
by Jeremie BOUSQUET 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

Hello, I'm trying to save a document from inside a job [1] execution, as follows roughly: xwiki.getXWiki(context).saveDocument(doc, comment, context); Nothing really special ... It used to work (out of a job), but now it throws NPE: <trace>com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.stripSegmentFromPath(XWiki.java:4725)</trace> <trace>com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.getRequestWikiName(XWiki.java:566)</trace> <trace>com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.getXWiki(XWiki.java:492)</trace> <trace>org.xwiki.contrib.mailarchive.internal.persistence.XWikiPersistence.saveAsUser(XWikiPersistence.java:678)</trace> Checking source code, it happens there (sorry, I roughly decompiled it): /* 560 */ if ("1".equals(Param("xwiki.virtual.usepath", "1"))) { /* 561 */ String uri = request.getRequestURI(); /* 562 */ if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) { /* 563 */ LOGGER.debug("Request uri is: " + uri); /* */ } /* */ /* 566 */ uri = stripSegmentFromPath(uri, request.getContextPath()); >From the logs in DEBUG, I see: "Request uri is: null" ... which is kind of logical I believe, as I'm in a Thread triggered by another thread, and not directly in an http request. I'm not sure of what I should do from here ... And if my analysis is correct, or if something else is wrong. Maybe I should do something with ExecutionContext ... Thanks, BR, Jeremie [1] http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Job+Module

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[xwiki-devs] Release 5.2 final on 2nd October
by Marius Dumitru Florea 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hi devs, 5.2 final was planned [1] for today but since the RC1 has been delayed till Friday 27 September (to be announced today) I propose to postpone the final release for 3 days, till 2nd October so that we can test it. Let me know if you don't agree. Thanks, Marius

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[xwiki-devs] [ANN] XWiki 5.2 Release Candidate 1 Released
by Marius Dumitru Florea 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

The XWiki development team is proud to announce the availability of XWiki 5.2 Release Candidate 1. This is mostly a stabilization release leading to XWiki 5.2 final and it brings a new "Home" top level menu (available when there is more than one wiki) and a new Distribution Wizard step to upgrade all wikis. The WikiStream framework has been improved and now can be used to export large wikis in XAR format. Besides this the new release includes 49 bug fixes and 16 small improvements. You can download it here: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download Make sure to review the release notes: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotesXWiki52RC1 Thanks -The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-devs] Force reinstall of SNAPSHOT extension from EM
by Jeremie BOUSQUET 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hello, I'm doing some manual tests of my app, and use EM to install it first, with an extension repository targeting my m2 local repository, my app being in version 0.3-SNAPSHOT. When I fix something, I reinstall a new 0.3-SNAPSHOT of the app in my maven repository, and update the app in my xwiki instance. One thing that would be very nice, would be to be able to force the update of an already installed extension, even if it's in same version (ie, 0.3-SNAPSHOT), or even better to allow this update if a more recent -SNAPSHOT artifact exists (in the artifact, or in one of its dependencies). Currently, it's not possible as EM sees it as installed and proposes nothing else than "uninstall" action. So, to update my app, I have to stop my server, patch each new .jar file directly in xwiki data dir under /extension/repository/blablabla, then restart the server. Uninstalling before does not help as the artifacts are kept in this location anyway (and not rechecked as long as expected version is found). Also, I don't want to uninstall, as usually I edit UI parts directly in xwiki, so I'd eventually prefer a merge as managed by EM. That feature would save my day as developer/tester :) WDYT ? (maybe it's my process that is poor) BR, Jeremie

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[xwiki-devs] Regarding saving the state and object
by Prachi Maheshwari 28 Sep '13

28 Sep '13

hey developers, I am trying this feature in my application. The feature is like I am coming to Xwiki's page from a different Java Application, and now when I click on the various alerts(units) in my application, I want an informative page on that alert/unit in Xwiki. So, all it has to do is check whether a page with the same name as alert already exist or not. If it exists, then directly go to the page.( which I am successful in doing) And if it doesn't exist then take the required parameters from my java application and fill it in my xwiki page( which is also I am successful in doing) Now when I get those variables in the page, I want to store them in the object. So, they could be viewed later on. Thank you in advance.

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[xwiki-devs] Some issue with packager plugin
by Jeremie BOUSQUET 28 Sep '13

28 Sep '13

Hello, Seems I have some new issue with the xwiki-platform-tool-packager-plugin ... I migrated to XWiki 5.1 (and then 5.2-milestone-2) and in both cases I get the following when building: [INFO] Copying HSQLDB JDBC Driver JAR ... [INFO] Copying Skins ... Downloading: http://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/xwiki/platform/xwiki… Downloaded: http://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/xwiki/platform/xwiki… B at 0.0 KB/s ec) [INFO] Extracting SmartClient ... [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1:57.850s [INFO] Finished at: Fri Sep 27 18:27:54 CEST 2013 [INFO] Final Memory: 33M/247M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-packager-plugin:5.2-milestone-2:package (default) on project xwiki-contrib-mailarchive-test-tests: Execution d efault of goal org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-packager-plugin:5.2-milestone-2:package failed: For artifact {com.smartgwt:smartgwt:null:jar}: The version cannot be empty. -> [Help 1] Should I specify this smartgwt artifact in my pom ? BR, Jeremie

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