[Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release

Wed Feb 29 17:53:59 GMT 2012

Hi Everyone,

I hope it's alright to let users know about the proposed roadmap. I will
probably need to give some re-assurance about any conversion of existing
models and any modifications to the database, authentication interfaces,
etc. or am I just imagining dragons lurking in the caves?

Kindest regards, Thomas.

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[mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
Johnathan
Sent: 29 February 2012 16:21
To: For Xerte technical developers
Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release

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>
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> 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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