Re: [rap-dev] Sandbox Purpose and Contents

[Ralf Sternberg <rsternberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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?
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>