[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC: Craftsman skin

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

And thanks to KCLS for paying for it!  Looks fantastic so far.  And what a
ton of work in such a short time.  Well done, everyone!

Lori

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Soulliere, Robert <
robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca> wrote:

> Tara,
>
> We avoided craftsman (even when it was popular and despite pressure at my
> institution) for 2 reasons.
>
> 1. It is more difficult to customize.
> 2. Every core Evergreen developer seemed to cringe whenever it was
> mentioned.
>
> When the software developers and software engineers cringe, run the other
> way is my motto!
>
> The proposed delegation to the contrib repo for future versions should be
> the final convincing factor for anyone.
>
> The new development Bill Erickson and ESI are working on is the way to go
> for the future.
>
> By the way, thanks and kudos to Bill and ESI for developing it and sharing
> it with the community.
>
> This is fantastic stuff!
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS
> Systems Librarian
> Mohawk College Library
> robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca
> Telephone: 905 575 1212 x3936
> Fax: 905 575 2011
> ________________________________________
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Dan Scott
> [dan at coffeecode.net]
> Sent: March 8, 2011 8:26 PM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC: Craftsman skin
>
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 04:19:41PM -0800, Tara Robertson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm wondering if the craftsman skin is being maintained. I recall Equinox
> > contracted another company to make it (for GPLS?) but I don't see it used
> on
> > production at GPLS (though I'm not sure if each library has a custom
> skin).
>
> I would advise against using Craftsman. 7 months ago I put out a call for
> maintainers (http://markmail.org/message/eqgivvsk255efvuc) and thus far
> nobody has stepped up or provided patches to bring it up to speed in 2.0
> or trunk. It seems like as good a time as any to to propose that for 2.1
> Craftsman be removed from the core repository into the ILS-Contrib
> repository.
>
> On the bright side, the new OPAC that Bill Erickson has been working on
> offers a much saner direction for future customized skins.
>
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