[sakai2-tcc] URL Shortening service for Sakai

[Steve Swinsburg]

Thanks for the positive feedback gents.

As you've discovered, it's got a few modules (API, Impl and a servlet to resolve the links that the randomised url generator makes) and I already have it setup as an indie with a Tomcat overlay so as soon as I can publish an artifact it could be put into the experimental pom.

We could move it into another project later perhaps. The value of it *not* being in one of the other major projects (Kernel, Common) is that it makes it easy for local institutions to create their own implementations and use them. Of course they could create a separate module and wire it up via Spring themselves but it's all there ready to go and can easily be added to and put into an institutions mSub repo.

ANU has a URL shortening system already so at some stage we may even want to make an implementation that hooks into that so just putting our own implementation in the source would be super.

Also just thinkin out loud!

cheers,
Steve


On 26/08/2010, at 5:15 AM, csev wrote:

> I agree that if it is going in - it should go in - and not linger in contrib.
> 
> I suggest we find one of the existing modules and merge it in.   This does not feel indie-worthy to me as it is small.
> 
> Kernel might be too "inner".
> 
> It feels like common might be a good place to put this api and service allow for both /sakai and indie tools to cleanly depend on it.
> 
> But common appears to not be the right place for stuff like a servlet - so that might want to go into /sakai
> 
> Just thinkin out loud.
> 
> /Chuck
> 
> On Aug 25, 2010, at 2:52 PM, John Bush wrote:
> 
>> I'd support this stuff getting into 2.8.  It really stinks having
>> generally useful stuff like this live in contrib, it just makes
>> dependencies a pain, and creates situations where people re-invent the
>> wheel to solve similar problems.  This is pretty straightforward, and
>> low risk.  My question is does this belong in a new module, or kernel
>> ?
> 
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