Modules

[Geoffrey Wiseman <gw...@feedroom.com>]

Is there a description of each of the modules in Geronimo?  If I were
going to make a custom assembly, I'd want to know which modules matter
to me.  In some cases, I've got a good sense of what they are and what
they do, and in other cases I just have no idea.   I didn't see anything
obvious in the documentation or in the mailing list.

RE: Modules

[Geoffrey Wiseman <gw...@feedroom.com>]

Although I guess if I'm going to supply a link to the plugin xml, I
might as well do it to the 2.1.2 version:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/site/trunk/docs/plugins/geroni
mo-2.1.2/geronimo-plugins.xml


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey Wiseman
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:10 AM
> To: user@geronimo.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Modules
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I think Geoffrey is looking for a single source of information/
> > documentation that helps structure this information. So that you
> don't
> > have to search through individual xml files or clicking on
individual
> > plugins in the admin console. Heh -- at least that's what I'd
> > want... ;-)
> 
> Yes, basically -- I did find a Maven-generated documentation page
> buried
> deep in the Geronimo site somewhere that listed a lot of the modules:
> http://geronimo.apache.org/maven/server/modules/index.html
> 
> But the resulting links are usually not useful, when they're not
> broken.
> 
> The admin console option would probably help significantly,
> nonetheless,
> but isn't available in the current version.
> 
> The big XML file is probably my best bet right now, although it's not
> really an ideal way for me to learn about the modules, but it's better
> than nothing.
> 
>
http://geronimoplugins.com/repository/geronimo-1.1/geronimo-plugins.xml
> 

RE: Modules

[Geoffrey Wiseman <gw...@feedroom.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> I think Geoffrey is looking for a single source of information/
> documentation that helps structure this information. So that you don't
> have to search through individual xml files or clicking on individual
> plugins in the admin console. Heh -- at least that's what I'd
> want... ;-)

Yes, basically -- I did find a Maven-generated documentation page buried
deep in the Geronimo site somewhere that listed a lot of the modules:
http://geronimo.apache.org/maven/server/modules/index.html

But the resulting links are usually not useful, when they're not broken.

The admin console option would probably help significantly, nonetheless,
but isn't available in the current version.

The big XML file is probably my best bet right now, although it's not
really an ideal way for me to learn about the modules, but it's better
than nothing.

http://geronimoplugins.com/repository/geronimo-1.1/geronimo-plugins.xml

Re: Modules

[Lin Sun <li...@gmail.com>]

If it is a single source, would the plugin catalog work?  For example,
the plugin catalog for 2.1.2 is located at
http://geronimo.apache.org/plugins/geronimo-2.1.2/geronimo-plugins.xml

Lin

On 8/15/08, Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I think Geoffrey is looking for a single source of
> information/documentation that helps structure this information. So that you
> don't have to search through individual xml files or clicking on individual
> plugins in the admin console. Heh -- at least that's what I'd want... ;-)
>
>  --kevan
>

Re: Modules

[Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com>]

On Aug 15, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Lin Sun wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Every geronimo plugin has a description and category which describes
> what this plugin is for, if we are keeping them accurate.   This can
> be found in the geronimo-plugin.xml file of each plugin or the plugin
> catalog (geronimo-plugins.xml) located in either your local or remote
> repo.
>
> If you use admin console assembly server portlet, you can click on a
> plugin from the list of plugins in local server to see the plugin
> metadata which contains desp, category, dependency, license, etc.
> (Unfortunatelly this doesn't work w/ G 2.1.2, as I just enabled this
> function today).
>
> Is there a plugin that you think we should update its description?  I
> can gather the information for you and update the description of the
> plugin accordingly.

I think Geoffrey is looking for a single source of information/ 
documentation that helps structure this information. So that you don't  
have to search through individual xml files or clicking on individual  
plugins in the admin console. Heh -- at least that's what I'd  
want... ;-)

--kevan

Re: Modules

[Lin Sun <li...@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Every geronimo plugin has a description and category which describes
what this plugin is for, if we are keeping them accurate.   This can
be found in the geronimo-plugin.xml file of each plugin or the plugin
catalog (geronimo-plugins.xml) located in either your local or remote
repo.

If you use admin console assembly server portlet, you can click on a
plugin from the list of plugins in local server to see the plugin
metadata which contains desp, category, dependency, license, etc.
(Unfortunatelly this doesn't work w/ G 2.1.2, as I just enabled this
function today).

Is there a plugin that you think we should update its description?  I
can gather the information for you and update the description of the
plugin accordingly.

Lin

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Geoffrey Wiseman <gw...@feedroom.com> wrote:
> Is there a description of each of the modules in Geronimo?  If I were going
> to make a custom assembly, I'd want to know which modules matter to me.  In
> some cases, I've got a good sense of what they are and what they do, and in
> other cases I just have no idea.   I didn't see anything obvious in the
> documentation or in the mailing list.