Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/apm-design.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/apm-design.html,v diff -u -r1.6.2.5 -r1.6.2.6 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/apm-design.html 15 Apr 2003 17:03:01 -0000 1.6.2.5 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/apm-design.html 19 Apr 2003 20:39:31 -0000 1.6.2.6 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -OpenACS 4.6.2 Package Manager Design

OpenACS 4.6.2 Package Manager Design

+OpenACS 4.6.2 Package Manager Design

OpenACS 4.6.2 Package Manager Design

by Bryan Quinn
OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, but may be edited by OpenACS documentation staff. @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ packages for other ACS users to download and install.

For a simple illustration of the difference between ACS without APM (pre-3.3) and ACS with APM (3.3 and beyond), consider a hypothetical ACS installation that uses only two of the thirty-odd modules available circa ACS -3.2 (say, bboard and e-commerce):

APM itself is part of a package, the OpenACS Kernel, an OpenACS +3.2 (say, bboard and e-commerce):

APM itself is part of a package, the OpenACS Kernel, an OpenACS service that is the only mandatory component of an OpenACS installation.

Competitive Analysis

The OpenACS is a platform for web-based application software, and any software platform has the potential to develop problems like those described above. Fortunately, there are many precedents for systematic solutions, @@ -542,4 +542,4 @@ all of this functionality in one interface and it can be confusing from a usability perspective.

Authors

  • System creator: Bryan Quinn, Jon Salz, Michael Yoon, Lars Pind, Todd Nightingale.

  • System owner: Bryan Quinn

  • Documentation author: Bryan Quinn, building from earlier versions by Jon -Salz, Michael Yoon, and Lars Pind.

Revision History

Document Revision #Action Taken, NotesWhen?By Whom?
0.1Creation9/25/2000Bryan Quinn
0.8Ready for QA9/29/2000Bryan Quinn
0.9Edited for ACS 4 Beta release10/02/2000Kai Wu
1.0Edited for OpenACS 4.6.2 Beta release03/02/2002Roberto Mello
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+Salz, Michael Yoon, and Lars Pind.

Revision History

Document Revision #Action Taken, NotesWhen?By Whom?
0.1Creation9/25/2000Bryan Quinn
0.8Ready for QA9/29/2000Bryan Quinn
0.9Edited for ACS 4 Beta release10/02/2000Kai Wu
1.0Edited for OpenACS 4.6.2 Beta release03/02/2002Roberto Mello
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