[Building Sakai] Profile2

[Steve Swinsburg]

And you can see the newborn is already taking its toll with the  
tautology in that last sentence ;)

/offtopic

On 24/10/2009, at 1:20 AM, Steve Swinsburg wrote:

> Thanks Clay.
>
> The next release of Profile2 will be a binary install so people  
> don't need to grab the source if they don't want to. This is in line  
> with what else has been happening with Common, EduServices etc.  
> Combined with the Roster work it will be a comprehensive good drop  
> in replacement, and can be updated as new features are added, since  
> its already in independent release mode :)
>
> regards,
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 24/10/2009, at 12:24 AM, Clay Fenlason wrote:
>
>> It's among the Sakai 2 tools and capabilities the Product Council is
>> currently weighing for release readiness, with the aim of providing
>> enough guidance that developers can address issues (if any) in time
>> for 2.7 freeze dates. I need to avoid trying to prejudge that  
>> outcome,
>> but I expect there to be concrete things to say next week when the PC
>> agreed it will have completed an initial review.
>>
>> I will also say - to everyone that has release aspirations - that one
>> clear way to make this easier would be for Profile2 to get into a  
>> mode
>> of putting out independent releases, including any POM-plumbing (as
>> Anthony calls it) to make good use of the maven plugin, and QA  
>> against
>> the latest 2.7-trunk snapshots Anthony has been cutting, along with
>> release documentation. None of that needs to wait, and would in fact
>> be a strong demonstration of Profile2's maturity, as well as making  
>> it
>> relatively easy for schools to deploy irrespective of formal release
>> decisions.
>>
>> So my advice in a nutshell - don't worry about Sakai 2.7, worry about
>> Profile2 1.0 (or 1.5 or whatever) and rally community support to see
>> it tested and documented ... and then inclusion in Sakai 2.7 may in
>> turn fall out from that very quickly.
>>
>> ~Clay
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Steve Swinsburg
>> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>> I'm not 100% sure, there's some reviews going on around what  
>>> features
>>> and improvements are slated for 2.7 - best run it past Clay (hows  
>>> that
>>> for an handoff!).
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23/10/2009, at 7:59 PM, Adrian Fish wrote:
>>>
>>>> Excellent. That sounds perfect. Do you reckon it'll get into 2.7 as
>>>> the default?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Adrian.
>>>>
>>>> Steve Swinsburg wrote:
>>>>> G'Day Adrian,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the kind wishes :)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm just about to pull in the legacy ProfileManager API's into
>>>>> Profile2, and rework it so it exposes the Profile2 picture,
>>>>> implementing the suite of privacy settings available as well. So,
>>>>> Profile2 will then be a full drop in replacement for the original
>>>>> Profile, and all other tools that look to the existing
>>>>> ProfileManager API's for information (ie Roster) will just work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tracked in Jira at: http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/PRFL-112
>>>>> and hope to have this work complete soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 23/10/2009, at 1:47 AM, Adrian Fish wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the status of Profile2? Is it going into 2.7?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The reason I'm asking is that I don't want to implement special
>>>>>> logic to get the Profile2 picture. I'd like the Profile2 picture
>>>>>> to be the default, served up through the standard profile manager
>>>>>> api. That way existing tools will not need to be altered to get
>>>>>> the new picture from content hosting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A public congratulations on the babby, by the way Steve. Didn't
>>>>>> know you had it in yer ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adrian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ==================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Adrian Fish
>>>>>> Software Engineer
>>>>>> Centre for e-Science
>>>>>> Bowland Tower South C Floor
>>>>>> Lancaster University
>>>>>> Lancaster
>>>>>> LA1 4YW
>>>>>> email: a.fish at lancaster.ac.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/YAFT/Yaft
>>>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BLOG/Home
>>>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/AGORA/Home
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <a_fish.vcf>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ==================================
>>>> Adrian Fish
>>>> Software Engineer
>>>> Centre for e-Science
>>>> Bowland Tower South C Floor
>>>> Lancaster University
>>>> Lancaster
>>>> LA1 4YW
>>>> email: a.fish at lancaster.ac.uk
>>>>
>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/YAFT/Yaft
>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BLOG/Home
>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/AGORA/Home
>>>>
>>>> <a_fish.vcf>
>>>
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