[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss Portal] - future directions

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After reading a recent post on the user forum, it seems that a few subjects are touchy. Nevertheless there are a few topics that I like to ask:

deployment:
It is currently provided through xml descriptors, some info are persisted, others are not. Why is that? At every start the entire xml descriptors are read and it is not clear what is persisted, when changes are detected, nor even if the xml descriptors are consistent.  As a consequence there is no real design for extension or customization.  Is there any future plan on this topic?

layout:
Layout assignment is done through xml descriptor. That is a bit rigid compare to the ability to dynamically associate a layout to a page through the event mecanism for example. Any plan to improve it?

platform / solutions:
A few features are "solutions" rather than platform building blocks -  themes, navigation and dashboard injection. Any plan toward a clearer separation?

theme:
Any plan toward an integration with YUI ?

These are just genuine questions, please do not see any criticism where there are not.

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