[BlueOnyx:13959] Re: New GUI

[Gustavo Silva]

On 31/10/2013 18:47, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
>> How will the new GUI affect packages written to work within the
>> current system?
> Sames as before. You can install PKGs through the GUI. Either from file,
> from an URL or from NewLinQ.
>
> However: BlueOnyx with that new GUI are entirely new "platforms".
> Existing platforms so far are 5106R, 5107R and 5108R.
>
> When BlueOnyx with the new GUI gets released, the existing list of
> platforms gets expanded by the two new platforms 5207R and 5208R.
>
> Which means that you can only install PKGs there that were developed for
> the platform in question.
>
> The old and the new GUI generally do things in the same way, but the PHP
> GUI pages and the XML files for the menu structure are different and not
> compatible. They're even residing in different directories, the URL
> structure is different, there is no frameset, no JavaScripts that span
> over multiple frames either. Input validation works different, register
> globals is (finally!) turned off and a whole squeaky bit of nuts and
> bolts has been replaced, polished up or been rewritten from scratch.
>
> All in all this is a hell of a lot more than simple cosmetics. So far
> around 1200 hours went into the new GUI project and it's only about 70%
> done.
>
> About one of the last obstacles I'll takle (once the GUI itself is done)
> is to restructure our RPM and PKG building process. Long term goal is
> that almost all of the BlueOnyx modules are universal. So they will work
> anywhere and contain the GUI pages and menu XML files for both the old
> and new platforms. That makes future code maintenance a lot easier.
>
> This will then also allow us to create PKGs that contain GUI elements
> for similar platforms. Therefore a lot of future PKGs will be for
> 5107R/5207R and 5108R/5208R at the same time, because they contain the
> GUI elements for both.
>
> If you have a PKG that's (so far) only for 5107R or 5108R, then it will
> only install on these platforms, but not the new ones.
>
> However: For those clients who have an ongoing maintenance agreement,
> PKGs they had purchased in the past for the old platforms will be made
> available for 5207R and 5208R as well.
>
Hello Michael and thanks in advance.
Will it be possible to upgrade older 5108R to the new GUI?

Gustavo