Re: [naviserver-devel] Roadmap

[Vlad S. <vl...@cr...>]

Yes, contrib directory is a good idea

Bernd Eidenschink wrote:
> Hi Vlad,
> 
> 
>>>I have no idea. We are using the server with our own templating
>>>framework based on tDOM but I do not think this is something
>>>of general interest.
>>
>>I have light-weight templating i can extract and put into modules/tcl,
>>that will be one small file and will support OACS-style templating
>>where .adp and .tcl are define template. But it requires some work to be
>>extracted
>>from my "big" framework system.
> 
> 
> I would also like to extract some functionality from our toolkit. It would be 
> nice if there is a small toolkit with basic stuff like database abstraction, 
> page and session management, authentication and basic permissions.
> I like the idea to rewrite it in a way so that it utilizes new naviserver 
> functions like the c-cookie-api or database stuff (I read from Stephen?).
> In our framework we do not map and use the standard ADP-stuff, we use 
> registered filters and procs and ns_adp_parse files, but it should be 
> managable to rewrite it.
> 
> 
>>For public version  in the future i would include as manu maintained
>>modules as possible.
> 
> 
> What do you think about a "contrib" directory (like in PostgreSQL or other 
> packages):
> 
> <QUOTE>
> 
> The PostgreSQL contrib tree
> ---------------------------
> This subtree contains porting tools, analysis utilities, and plug-in
> features that are not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because
> they address a limited audience or are too experimental to be part of
> the main source tree.  This does not preclude their usefulness.
> 
> Each subdirectory contains a README file with information about the
> module.
> 
> </QUOTE>
> 
> Something similar. This way it would be clearly stated that something is 
> useful and/or experimental and/or just new (Message: "Give it a try").
> 
> Maybe this would be a place for a chroot-installation-script, like my first 
> try here:
> http://www.kinetiqa.de/aolserver/
> (But rewritten, it's a little bit old and worries about too many packages)
> 
> Bernd.
> 
> 
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