Re: [rap-dev] Sandbox Purpose and Contents

[Austin Riddle <austin.riddle@xxxxxxxx>]

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?
> >
> >     
>
>
>   


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Austin Riddle
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Texas Center for Applied Technology
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
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