[Kimchi-devel] Fwd: Proposal for moving functionality from Kimchi to Ginger

[Walter Niklaus]

On 07.08.2015 18:05, Aline Manera wrote:
>
> Seems we are close to a conclusion on that subject. ;-)
>
> Let me resume what we have already agreed:
>
> 1) Move software update + repositories + restart + shutdown + console 
> to Ginger
>
> 2) Create a new plugin for host basic info + host stats + debug reports
>
> My proposal is to have this new plugin under Ginger community 
> responsibility.
> AFAIU, the Ginger community is for a host management plugin. And as 
> this new plugin is for basic host details, it makes all sense for me.
>
> Thinking on that, I suggest to name this new plugin as 'ginger-basic' 
> which will load a tab named 'Host' with host basic information + host 
> stats + debug reports.
> And 'ginger' plugin will extend this Host tab generated by ginger-basic.
>
> It will increase the Ginger community scope and make everyone happy! =)
> We can also think about splitting ginger into: ginger, ginger-ppc, 
> ginger-z, etc... (but it is an other different topic to be discussed 
> on Ginger community)
>
> So from a user and devel perspective, the whole Kimchi Host tab will 
> be moved to Ginger community into 2 different plugins: ginger-basic 
> and ginger.
> In a simple phrase, Ginger plugins provide a Host tab based on wok 
> framework.
>
> To do not get the user crazy "Where is Ginger now?" while loading the 
> updated version, I have 2 suggestion:
>
> A) Work with plugin logos!
>     Maybe a pan design to represent wok framework and on top of it all 
> the plugins logos are displayed.
>     To do that we will need a logo for wok and ginger.
>
> B) Create a introduction page to show the differences from the older 
> version.
>     The idea behind it is like some Android applications do when get 
> updated. Once you open it, a page is displayed as a layer on top of 
> the application with balloons and arrows to tell "this feature was 
> moved to here"...
>
I'm ok with both solutions although since we are planning to redesign 
the UI in order to improve the user experience I hope that we are able 
to do a very good job and make the new UI-design intuitive enough for 
the user to find the right menue points :-)

> Do you agree, Daniel and Walter?
>
I agree.

> Regards,
> Aline Manera