[OOTB-hive] [ADDONS] What do we want from an Order-managed addon listing?

Thu Jul 21 12:30:30 BST 2016

Hi Axel,

I want to propose a different setup for our Addons community.
Instead of thoroughly testing other people's code and fixing it where 
needed we should add all the (functional) working Addons in the edition 
and fix the addons when they seem to have a problem.
This could eather be in the github issues or we forward the issues to 
the rightfull addon's party and help them fix it.

So what you'll get is that instead of having 3 addons, you'll have at 
least 15 addon's which will definitely have more value than what we 
currently have.

And I think we should next to Addons also add Patches to the list. I've 
created multiple patches in the past (and still do) on community and we 
should just bluntly add them and take the responsibility to fix them if 
needed.
If too much issues with them, discard them.

So the goal is exactly the same, only the approach it different and 
you'll have more result in less time and hopefully will have a 
compellingly more valuable honeycomb edition than we now have at the 
moment :).

To put this further we should have a pre-req list for these addons:
- Should be running on at least one client production system
- We should have at least tested the addon functionally
- etc.

The same for Pathes and we need to make sure that we can supply the 
Addons/Patches on different Alfresco Versions.
So the puppet/docker config should keep a list for each Alfresco version.

Next to this I want to in the future let our team create Addons, that 
could be 1 fully new addons we decide (let's say in the hackaton) or 2 
pickup half working addons from the community and make it work.

Best regards,

Contezza
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*From:* Axel Faust
*Sent:* Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:48PM
*To:* Ootb-hive
*Cc:*
*Subject:* [OOTB-hive] [ADDONS] What do we want from an Order-managed 
addon listing?
> Hello everyone,
>
> as our previous ADDONS mailing list was closed due to inactivity, it 
> is time to contemplate the state / future of the committees work.
>
> Initially, the committee was set up to compose, review and manage a 
> list of Community addons / tools that we as the Order can recommend to 
> users of Alfresco either because they fit a very specific niche of 
> features, are qualitatively exception or simplify specific use cases 
> immensely. In comming up with a process / guideline to review and 
> accept addons in such a list we had some discussions about criteria 
> but little concrete progress was made. At some point I started to 
> compile a draft criteria catalogue 
> (https://github.com/OrderOfTheBee/addons/wiki/Inclusion-criteria-overview) 
> to help me structure my ideas and be used as a concrete basis for 
> additional debate. Response had been mixed, I created two addon 
> reviews as showcases and asked others to try and use the catalogue for 
> their own reviews to gather feedback as well as input for potential 
> changes (both detail or general direction).
>
> Since then, nothing has really happened in the committee. For me it 
> became clear that I could do little to encourage others to either try 
> their hand at a review or come up with a concrete counter-proposal of 
> how we want to go about compiling a list. Additionally, I was burdened 
> with a higher load at work and didn't really find the time to continue 
> doing reviews by myself, and neither wanted to since doing stuff 
> unilaterally defeats the purpose of a committee / the Order. I am 
> confident I can rectify my problem with the work load now that 
> there'll be a couple changes in my work life. But engagement by other 
> members is still crucial and initiative has yet to been demonstrated 
> in this particular area.
>
> My question(s) to you now:
>
>   * Do we still (want to) consider it an objective of the Order of the
>     Bee, to compile a list of addons / tools that have been
>     qualitatively evaluated (in some sort), and to have that list
>     provide added value over what is already provided by
>     addons.alfresco.com <http://addons.alfresco.com> or any potential
>     tool that may be introduced with the new community platform?
>   * How do we want to go about compiling such a list?
>     And here I don't mean minute details (GitHub issues vs. whatever
>     task listing), but questions about "output artifacts" (what is
>     part of the listing), "inclusion criteria", "distribution of
>     effort", "committment to review schedule / targets"
>   * Who wants to (regularily) take part in addons-related activities
>     within the Order (and hasn't previously been aware of what you
>     could do)?
>
>
> Regards
>
> Axel
>
>
>
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