[cle-release-team] revised - Re: Help with Skin announcement

[Neal Caidin]

Thanks Seth. To me, that looks like it contains the complete set of information the community would need to know. I now understand the ramifications of the skin change, which I didn't before reading that.

+1

Neal

On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Seth Theriault <slt at columbia.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Neal Caidin
> <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> "Attention: This message is for users of Sakai CLE 2.9 beta releases.   In
>> beta release 7 (aka b07), an update has been made to the skin, which
>> significantly improves the look and feel of the Sakai CLE. Older skins will
>> not be supported and, if possible, you should move to the b07 skin. Please
>> see
>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes
>> for details."
> 
> I find this statement confusing and a bit wrong.
> 
> First, the skin changes for 2.9 affect everyone. People using 2.8 and
> older need to be on notice that WITHOUT a config setting in
> sakai.properties, their existing skins CANNOT be used in 2.9. Period.
> 
> Second, for the handful of places using or evaluating 2.9, the
> "update" here is abandonment of the original NeoPortal skins in favor
> of the ex-2.10-only skin.
> 
> I would modify the text to something along the lines of:
> 
> "The upcoming Sakai CLE 2.9 release includes a major update to the
> look and feel of the CLE. This update required extensive changes to
> the existing skinning functionality. *Current skins used in 2.8 and
> older can be used in 2.9, but a configuration setting must be enabled
> in sakai.properties for them to function.*
> 
> In addition, for anyone tracking the 2.9 release and developing or
> using skins based on the "NeoPortal" skin, recent changes in the beta7
> release (b07) have eliminated the original design and replaced it with
> the skin targeted for 2.10. You will need to make changes to your new
> 2.9 skin based on the b07 release.
> 
> Please see https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes
> for more details."
> 
> Seth