Quarkus Platform Repository

[aloubyansky]

The Quarkus Platform will be aggregating extensions from Quarkus Core and extensions developed externally, including their testsuites. The platform build process will be generating the BOMs and parent POMs for applications as well as the catalog of extensions as a JSON file for Quarkus tooling (such as the starter).

proposed action-plan made on 2019-09-25 (made by @aloubyansky and @maxandersen)

• create a separate git repo in quarkusio
• release a handdrafted platform bom referencing camel with quarkus bom that is known to work
• create a separate quarkus-platform-tools - move project create/manipulation tools away from core and keep build/dev-mode/native-image where they are
• release quarkus platform tools
• make quarkus platform tools capable of reading online metadata to get latest versions to default to (if offline we'll fallback to what was there when platform tools release)

[emmanuelbernard]

Other todos:

• define a extensions.yml or otherwise to be consumed by code.quarkus.io and our maven tooling to know the list of extensions
  • for example override a label as needed, set a category etc
• create a process to generate and manually add the settings specific to extensions.yml
• define the notion of beta or experimental for an extension (label?)
• define the notion of a preferred extension (label). I think we had a better name but we need that

[aloubyansky]

Here is an example how the extensions.json (in its current format) can be generated from a BOM aloubyansky@c80e58e

[emmanuelbernard]

Right but this one is the per extension.json file. I'm also thinking of the extensions aggregating file.

[emmanuelbernard]

And generally how people will enlist their extension for the platform

[aloubyansky]

No, that's actually aggregating all the extensions from the bom.

[gastaldi]

Looks like this issue can be closed now?

[aloubyansky]

There are a couple of points from Emmanuel's list we could use to create a couple of issues. Otherwise, yes, can be closed, imo.

[aloubyansky]

Ok, I created #4771 and #4772