[cle-release-team] Proposal: Replace Roster with Roster 2, fully retire Profile 1

[Steve Swinsburg]

Clarification. Objections are to be received by Friday 22nd November 2013,
which is one week from now.


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Proposal*
>
> 1. Remove Roster 1.
>
> 2. Add Roster 2.
>
> 3. Fully remove Profile 1. The tool has been deprecated and removed for
> some time, the API is the only part remaining.
>
>
> *Rationale*
>
> Roster 1 has been without proper community support for some time. When
> Profile2 was developed (2008, released 2009), both Profile2 and Profile1
> ran side by side. The Profile1 tool was eventually deprecated and removed
> from the release in 2.8. However, due to architectural requirements, the
> Profile2-Roster1 integration depended on the Profile1 API and this is still
> deployed in the release.
>
> Roster2 was subsequently developed (2010) with the same UI and base
> feature set as Roster1, but in a newer UI technology and more
> functionality. The Roster2-Profile2 integration uses EntityBroker and thus
> there is no direct API dependency between the two.
>
> Due to the evolution of Profile2 and the number of image, privacy and
> preference combinations available, the Profile2-Roster 1 doesn't work
> fully, and no more work will be spent in this area.
>
> The Roster2-Profile2 link is a complete integration and respects all
> privacy and preference configurations. With this tool in place, the
> Profile1 API can be fully retired.
>
> Roster2 is a contrib tool, currently in use at a number of sites including
> Lancaster University and New York University [1].
>
> Roster2 is currently deployed on the nightly+experimental server [2].
>
> Roster2 is currently maintained by Adrian Fish and Steve Swinsburg.
>
> *Where to from here*
>
>  Read the rationale above. A material objection (indicated by a -1 and
> accompany reasoning) raised by a Sakai PMC member will block this proposal.
>  Other opinions are welcome, indeed encouraged. Silence equals consent. Discussion
> should be on the sakai-dev list unless of a private nature in which case I
> am happy to correspond off list. Objections must be received before Friday
> 22nd November 2013 (two weeks from now).
>
> *Links*
>
> 1. https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/RSTR/Roster2
> 2. http://nightly2.sakaiproject.org:8085/portal
>
>
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