[Exist-development] eXist apps ready (or not) for upcoming release

[Joe W. <jo...@gm...>]

Hi all,

One topic that came up in yesterday's call was the status of the apps
included in the eXist installer and whether any new releases would be
included in the eXist 3.1.1 bugfix release this week.  I went through the
list of these apps and checked into their status.  The 7 apps included in
the default installer (according to
https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/blob/develop/installer/apps.properties)
and their current status are as follows.  Please take a look and see if
there are any apps you would like to help advance to release so they can be
included in 3.1.1!

We can slot these 7 apps into 4 groups, as I see it:

*I. These apps are ready to release, all they need is my release PR to be
merged*

   - https://github.com/eXist-db/shared-resources: v0.4.0 released July 21
   2014; PR #20 for new version v0.4.1 ready to be merged; then ready for
   release
   - https://github.com/exist-db/documentation: v0.4.7 released Feb 8 2017;
   PR #104 for new version v0.4.8 ready to be merged; then ready for release

... Can anyone review my release PRs?


*II. These apps have had some valuable commits since the last release, so a
new release could easily be prepared*

   - https://github.com/wolfgangmm/monex: v0.9.7 released Mar 16 2017; 1
   enhancement PR has been merged since then; so we could issue a new release
   with this
   - https://github.com/wolfgangmm/exist-markdown: v0.5 released Mar 5
   2017; 1 enhancement commit since then; could be prepped for new release

*... *I'm happy to prepare these for release PR, if time allows before the
3.1.1 release, especially if any of these are high priority for anyone to
be included with 3.1.1.


*III. These apps have some PRs awaiting review, so we could release these
if the PRs can be reviewed*

   - https://github.com/eXist-db/dashboard: v0.4.6 released Feb 5 2017; no
   commits since then, though 5 PRs are open and unreviewed/unresolved
   - https://github.com/wolfgangmm/eXide: v2.3.2 released Feb 25 2017; no
   commits since then, though 2 bugfix/enhancement PRs are ready for review

... The 2 eXide PRs are mine, so I'd appreciate review of these if
possible.  If any PRs in these apps are included I'll prepare new releases.

*IV. This app has seen no action, so no need for new release*

   - https://github.com/exist-db/function-documentation: v0.8 released Mar
   5 2017; no significant commits since then, no PRs; no need for new release

Of course, any apps that aren't released before 3.1.1 will be bumped to
3.2.0.

Thanks in advance for helping get these updates into the hands of the
community!

Joe


p.s. These other apps (not included in the default installer) have received
recent updates and thus could be candidates for review, update, and release:

   - https://github.com/eXist-db/demo-apps: v0.4.0 released Mar 20 2017
   - https://github.com/eXist-db/xquery-versioning-module: v1.1.2 released
   Mar 19 2017; 2 commits since then
   - https://github.com/eXist-db/public-xar-repo: v0.6.0 released Mar 17
   2017
   - https://github.com/eXist-db/xquery-xproc-xmlcalabash-module: v0.9
   released Mar 5 2017; 5 commits since then; 1 minor PR awaiting merge
   - https://github.com/eXist-db/messaging-replication: v0.30.2 released
   Jan 8 2017; 3 commits since then
   - https://github.com/eXist-db/tamboti: v1.4.0 released Jun 12 2014; 1
   commit since then for 3.1.0 compatibility