uPortal IRC Logs-2010-01-11

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Last updated: Jan 11, 2010Version comment
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[11:11:15 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> hrm apparently isUserInRole isn't implemented in uportal how I thought it was
[11:11:23 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> right now it only works with group keys
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[11:11:40 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> would it make sense for it to try group key first and if no group exists for that key try group name?
[11:14:12 EST(-0500)] <athena> yes, that would be fabulous
[11:14:19 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> ok
[11:14:24 EST(-0500)] <athena> it's a huge pain that it's key-only right now
[11:14:28 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I could have sworn that's how I originally implemented
[11:14:31 EST(-0500)] <athena> since those keys aren't constant
[11:14:35 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yeah
[11:14:38 EST(-0500)] <athena> dunno, i've never seen it work that way
[11:15:09 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> guess I was just imagining it (smile)
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[11:16:50 EST(-0500)] <athena> oh well (smile)
[11:16:54 EST(-0500)] <athena> that'll be a nice improvement anyway
[11:17:14 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yeah
[11:17:17 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and easy to add
[11:18:02 EST(-0500)] <awills> that's a great enhancement, tyvm
[11:21:27 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> so for multiple hits should I just use the first one?
[11:21:51 EST(-0500)] <awills> sounds good, and maybe log a warning
[11:22:32 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yeah
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[12:00:56 EST(-0500)] <athena> EricDalquist: i think everything for 3.2 is in the resource server
[12:01:02 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> great
[12:01:11 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> can you do a mvn release of it?
[12:01:13 EST(-0500)] <athena> yep
[12:01:21 EST(-0500)] <athena> just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything else you'd thought of
[12:01:38 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> nope
[12:02:10 EST(-0500)] <athena> sounds good then
[12:06:45 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Is there any particular reason the the Portlet Manager Portlet is named as such?
[12:07:03 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> It replaces the chanel manager wholesale, right?
[12:07:19 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Man, I'm spelling like a champ today...
[12:08:44 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> right
[12:08:46 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> it does
[12:08:49 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and no
[12:08:56 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> it could probably just be called Portlet Manager
[12:09:42 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Yeah, or something
[12:09:55 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> other ideas?
[12:10:44 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Well, on the first page of results on the quickstart, it shows a bunch of things that aren;t Portlets
[12:10:54 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> maybe a more generic term would be better
[12:11:02 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> like "Content Manager or something
[12:12:03 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Because adding an RSS feed doesn't appear to use the term "Portlet" anywhere in the process
[12:12:22 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> What you're really doing is adding content to the portal
[12:12:28 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> good point
[12:12:36 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> which can be of several supported (or deorecated) types.
[12:12:51 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> naming is always a problem when you have developers doing it (since under the hood they are all portlets)
[12:12:58 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> s/deorecated/deprecated/
[12:13:43 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> EricDalquist: Right - I was thinking the terminology should move into the user domain. Perception is reality, as it were.
[12:13:44 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> it depends though
[12:13:59 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> it all comes down to what the 'users' of the portal call those little rectangle boxes
[12:14:07 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> if they call them portlets, then it's a portlet manager
[12:14:13 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> if they call them channels it a channel manager
[12:14:23 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> if they call them 'content' then it's a content manager
[12:14:38 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> I knew you were going to say that (wink)
[12:14:49 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> in my experience, not saying this represents everyone.... most people call them portlets
[12:14:52 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> even when they aren't
[12:15:04 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Developers for sure
[12:15:10 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> no
[12:15:14 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> not just developers
[12:15:27 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Our users have no idea what a portlet is, but probably think you plug a pen drive into it...
[12:15:28 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> managers, portal administrators, even users
[12:16:17 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> Our students tend to think of widgets or apps, in my observation
[12:16:29 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> they name can be changed, but I don't think the existing name is bad or incorrect by any stretch
[12:16:34 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> they kinda grok channel, but not really, and the rest is gibberish
[12:16:47 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> and it's not even a thing that end users should be using anyway
[12:17:30 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> I'd at least drop the redundant use of "Portlet" - redundant text == interface noise.
[12:17:52 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> holdorph: true, I just thought "Portlet Manager Portlet" sounded weird.
[12:18:07 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yeah
[12:18:16 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I'll at a minimum fix the redundant naming
[12:18:20 EST(-0500)] <tsnfoo> sweet
[14:48:20 EST(-0500)] <athena> i've always argued that we should call the boxes something that doesn't indicate the backend technology
[14:48:32 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> how about boxes?
[14:48:35 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> (wink){color}
[14:48:35 EST(-0500)] <athena> i think it causes a whole lot of confusion
[14:48:40 EST(-0500)] <athena> i really don't care (smile)
[14:48:55 EST(-0500)] <athena> widgets, boxes, doodads, whatever.
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[14:51:55 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> i can see it now, uPortal 3.2, introducing the new "Box Manager"...
[14:55:22 EST(-0500)] * athena giggles
[14:55:53 EST(-0500)] <athena> "Doodad Administration" seems professional to me!
[14:57:07 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> beyond what to call the 'boxes', it seems like the label to get to it on the web page, could probably be generalized to just something like "Portal Administration" or some such
[14:57:16 EST(-0500)] <holdorph> just punt on the whole naming thing for now
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[17:10:47 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> uhg
[17:10:56 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I can't wait until 3.3 when we switch to autowiring
[17:11:04 EST(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I'm getting tired of maintaining all that XML
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