[Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release

Dave Burnett d_b_burnett at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 29 20:37:17 GMT 2012



You were frightened by a seismologist when you were young?

> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:32:49 +0000
> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release
> 
> Yes, to seismologists.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Would you keep selling caves on the San Andreas fault if you knew an
> > earthquake was imminent?
> > ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:28:47 +0000
> >> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> >> To: xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release
> >>
> >> I think more I was saying, nothing is obsolete, you could live in a
> >> cave if you wanted to, but some people like doors, but doors need a
> >> little work.
> >>
> >> 1.7 / trunk and 1.8 are massively out of sync I'd guess.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Julian Tenney
> >> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> >> > As long as we're close, we can manage it. Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > ________________________________
> >> > From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> > [xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
> >> > [johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com]
> >> > Sent: 29 February 2012 15:13
> >> >
> >> > To: For Xerte technical developers
> >> > Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release
> >> >
> >> > It may be a bit tight to get all the Connector pages done by then but I
> >> > will
> >> > give it a go. If they arrive a few days later can I still sneak them in?
> >> >
> >> > Before I do any more on the routed pages I will finish off the work on
> >> > the
> >> > existing templates now that the work on the xwd is finished.
> >> >
> >> > The biggest issue I can see is the one of passing the name value from
> >> > the
> >> > xml data to be displayed as the page title and to populate the toc. Will
> >> > this all be done in the supporting swf files or will it be necessary to
> >> > alter the model files?
> >> >
> >> > Kind regards
> >> >
> >> > Johnathan
> >> >
> >> > On 29 February 2012 14:37, Julian Tenney
> >> > <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd really like to get the next version done for 30th March, so I
> >> >> reckon
> >> >> that gives a little bit of time to add any new bits and pieces, and
> >> >> then,
> >> >> from Monday 5th March we concentrate on testing what's there and
> >> >> putting
> >> >> that straight. The testing needs to complete by around 23rd (or more or
> >> >> less) so we can start thinking about making the builds etc.
> >> >>
> >> >> Is that OK with everyone?
> >> >>
> >> >> As a heads up, after that we are going to be looking at developing the
> >> >> html5 runtime, for the next six months at least. We need to think hard
> >> >> about
> >> >> how to best manage any new functionality to the existing system whilst
> >> >> we
> >> >> develop that. I would like to put a line in the sand that says after
> >> >> this
> >> >> build, play_560 will have an example of every page template in it (this
> >> >> will
> >> >> be my contribution to the testing), and the html5 runtime will
> >> >> (eventually)
> >> >> handle every page type in the build. What's going to be hard is having
> >> >> people adding new templates whilst we try and replicate the
> >> >> functionality in
> >> >> the new stuff.
> >> >>
> >> >> In the long term, we also need to give some more serious thought to the
> >> >> implications of where we are going, because at some point, the HTML5
> >> >> runtime
> >> >> will become the primary delivery system, and we have to look to a
> >> >> future
> >> >> where xerte is not part of the toolkits ecosystem at all. Finger in the
> >> >> air,
> >> >> I'd say that's 18 months - 2 years away, but maybe less.
> >> >>
> >> >> Once we get stuck into the new HTML5 stuff, we won't be looking to
> >> >> spend
> >> >> any time on the existing interface, accessibility, etc, but will deal
> >> >> with
> >> >> it all 'on the other side' as it were. After April I won't be looking
> >> >> to
> >> >> increase the number of templates in the main distribution.
> >> >>
> >> >> One of the biggest challenges of all this is to come up with some
> >> >> sensible
> >> >> framework for the javascript / css etc that will make it easy for
> >> >> developers
> >> >> to add new templates in the future. I still anticipate the xwd driving
> >> >> the
> >> >> wizard form, and therefore some xml payload being delivered to your
> >> >> code -
> >> >> somehow - for you to use to drive your templates, but we haven't even
> >> >> started to really think about that just yet.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the work since September,
> >> >>
> >> >> J
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Tenney Julian
> >> >> Sent: 22 February 2012 13:04
> >> >> To: For Xerte technical developers
> >> >> Subject: RE: [Xerte-dev] Xerte 2.18 State of play
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks very much Jonathan, that's brilliant
> >> >> ________________________________________
> >> >> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> >> [xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan
> >> >> [johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com]
> >> >> Sent: 22 February 2012 12:51
> >> >> To: Xerte Developers Discussion List
> >> >> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Xerte 2.18 State of play
> >> >>
> >> >> The setting of a time frame for the next release of Xerte certainly
> >> >> serves
> >> >> to focus the mind.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have taken the liberty of trying to pull together a list of what I
> >> >> think
> >> >> still needs doing or deciding upon, and what has been agreed or
> >> >> completed. I
> >> >> am not trying to tread on anyones toes, or take over management of the
> >> >> project. I just want to be sure that everything is covered, that there
> >> >> are
> >> >> no misunderstandings or differences in expectation, so that the project
> >> >> delivers on time.
> >> >>
> >> >> I will upload the list to the Xerte svn in the pageWizards folder as
> >> >> "Project State of Play.rtf" and have attached a copy here for
> >> >> convenience.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am sure I will have missed somethings off the list, so please feel
> >> >> free
> >> >> to edit the version in the svn so that we can all keep up to date on
> >> >> progress.
> >> >>
> >> >> As people complete things perhaps they could update the document
> >> >> accordingly in the svn.
> >> >>
> >> >> Kind regards
> >> >>
> >> >> Johnathan
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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