[Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release
Tom Reijnders
reijnders at tor.nl
Wed Feb 29 16:24:18 GMT 2012
We will do our best to have Dutch and Norwegian in place....
Op 29-2-2012 17:20, Kemp Johnathan schreef:
> As far as the model and xwd files are concerned the work on
> internationalisation will be done. Not sure if there will be any
> translations of the xwd files other than English at this point, but
> the work will have been done to expose all the display text in the xwd
> files.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Johnathan
>
> On 29 February 2012 15:44, Pat Lockley <patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> <mailto:patrick.lockley at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
> Are we talking 1.8 (with the internationalisation)? Or 1.7
> neatening up?
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto: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
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> [xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> <mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>] On Behalf Of
> Kemp Johnathan [johnathan.kemp at ntlworld.com
> <mailto: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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