[kepler-users] Missing "save" options

Derik Barseghian barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
Mon Aug 16 10:49:17 PDT 2010 

Hi Jonathan, Chris, and Christopher,

Removing the options to save just the workflow in the Kepler GUI was  
intentional. You may still open previously saved singular workflow xml  
files, but the only Save option now presented by the GUI is Save  
Archive. Save Archive saves the workflow and any other relevant  
artifacts into a KAR file. As you probably know, a KAR is simply a  
jar. Also, among other things, the KAR's manifest maintains a list of  
module dependencies -- i.e. the set of modules the user is currently  
running when they saved the KAR. This allows Kepler to prompt other  
users, when they attempt to open this KAR, to download any missing  
modules necessary to deal with the contents of this KAR.

Basically the thinking was that removing these Save options simplifies  
our GUI a bit (and in the future we could further simplify by folding  
all Open options into one menu item), but more importantly, does not  
leave users struggling to share workflows -- before this change it was  
possible to save a workflow as xml using one set of modules, but when  
attempting to open it within another set of modules the user would get  
a set of error messages about missing classes (because the module  
dependency information is lost). We also thought that for developers  
wanting to deal solely with workflow xml files, the burden of first  
unjarring a kar to get at the workflow(s) wouldn't be too great.

Sorry for the surprise, please let us know if you feel this change  
poses a significant obstacle, or is significantly detrimental to  
existing systems, and we can reevaluate as necessary.

Further discussion on this topic can be found here:
http://mercury.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/pipermail/kepler-dev/2010-August/018716.html
http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5099

Thanks,
Derik


On Aug 16, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Christopher Brooks wrote:

> I can reproduce this.
>
> The problem was not happening, then I did an "ant update", which  
> updated
> the files below, then the problem started.
>
> I suspect
> > [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/resources/ 
> configurations/configuration.xml
> > [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/resources/ 
> configurations/uiMenuMappings_en_US.xml
>
>
> Below is the log
>
> _Christopher
>
>> bash-3.2$ ant update
>> Buildfile: build.xml
>>
>> update:
>> [update-modules] Updating kepler...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/kepler
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating outreach...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/outreach
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating r...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/r
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating loader...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/loader
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating actors...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/actors
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/actors/tests/src/org/ 
>> ecoinformatics/seek/ecogrid/EML2MetadataSpecificationTest.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/actors/src/org/ 
>> ecoinformatics/seek/datasource/darwincore/DarwinCoreDataSource.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/actors/src/org/ 
>> ecoinformatics/seek/datasource/eml/eml2/ 
>> EML2MetadataSpecification.java
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating directors...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/directors
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating opendap...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/opendap
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating dataturbine...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/dataturbine
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating ecogrid...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/ecogrid
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ecogrid/tests/src/org/ 
>> ecoinformatics/seek/ecogrid/quicksearch/SearchQueryGeneratorTest.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ecogrid/src/org/kepler/ 
>> objectmanager/repository/EcogridRepository.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ecogrid/src/org/kepler/ 
>> objectmanager/repository/EcogridRepositoryLibrarySearcher.java
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating authentication-gui...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/authentication-gui
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating module-manager-gui...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/module-manager-gui
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/module-manager-gui/src/ 
>> org/kepler/modulemanager/gui/patch/PatchChecker.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/module-manager-gui/src/ 
>> org/kepler/modulemanager/gui/ModuleManagerPane.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/module-manager-gui/src/ 
>> org/kepler/modulemanager/gui/ModulesList.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/module-manager-gui/src/ 
>> org/kepler/modulemanager/gui/SuitesList.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/module-manager-gui/src/ 
>> org/kepler/modulemanager/gui/AvailableModulesPanel.java
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating gui...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/gui
>> [update-modules] D    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/kar
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/gui/ 
>> kar/ExportArchiveAction.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/gui/ 
>> kar/OpenArchiveAction.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/gui/ 
>> kar/DownloadKARFileAction.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/gui/ 
>> kar/ImportModuleDependenciesAction.java
>> [update-modules] A    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/gui/ 
>> kar/KARPreferencesTab.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/gui/ 
>> kar/ExportActorArchiveAction.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/src/org/kepler/ 
>> module/gui/Initialize.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/resources/ 
>> configurations/configuration.xml
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/gui/resources/ 
>> configurations/uiMenuMappings_en_US.xml
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating authentication...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/authentication
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating repository...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/repository
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/lib/jar/ 
>> ecogrid_client_lib/org.ecoinformatics.ecogrid.QueryService-stub.jar
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/lib/jar/ 
>> ecogrid_client_lib/ 
>> org.ecoinformatics.ecogrid.AuthenticatedQueryService-stub.jar
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/lib/jar/ 
>> ecogrid_client_lib/org.ecoinformatics.ecogrid.PutService-stub.jar
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/lib/jar/ 
>> ecogrid_client_lib/org.ecoinformatics.ecogrid.AuthenticationService- 
>> stub.jar
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/lib/jar/ 
>> ecogrid_client_lib/org.ecoinformatics.ecogrid.IdentifierService- 
>> stub.jar
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/src/org/ 
>> kepler/objectmanager/repository/RepositoryManager.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/repository/resources/ 
>> configurations/configuration.xml
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating job...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/job
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating io...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/io
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating ssh...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/ssh
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating data-handling...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/data-handling
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating sms...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/sms
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating component-library...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/component-library
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating util...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/util
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating event-state...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/event-state
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating core...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/core
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/tests/src/org/ 
>> kepler/kar/SaveKARTest.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> KAREntry.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> KARManifest.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> KARFile.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> karxml/KarXmlGenerator.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> karxml/KarXml.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> handlers/ActorMetadataKAREntryHandler.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> handlers/JARKAREntryHandler.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> ModuleDependencyUtil.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> KARBuilder.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/kar/ 
>> SaveKAR.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/ 
>> util/sql/Schema.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/ 
>> util/sql/Oracle.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/ 
>> util/sql/HSQL.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/ 
>> util/sql/Table.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/src/org/kepler/ 
>> util/sql/Column.java
>> [update-modules] D    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/ 
>> KARFile.xsd
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/ 
>> configurations/configuration.xml
>> [update-modules] A    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/kar-schema
>> [update-modules] A    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/kar- 
>> schema/kar-2.0.0
>> [update-modules] A    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/kar- 
>> schema/kar-2.0.0/KARFile.xsd
>> [update-modules] A    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/kar- 
>> schema/kar-2.1.0
>> [update-modules] A    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/core/resources/kar- 
>> schema/kar-2.1.0/KARFile.xsd
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating common...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/common
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/common/resources/ 
>> configurations/configuration.xml
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating module-manager...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/module-manager
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/module-manager/src/org/ 
>> kepler/modulemanager/ModuleDownloader.java
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating configuration-manager...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/configuration-manager
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/configuration-manager/ 
>> src/org/kepler/configuration/ConfigurationProperty.java
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating kepler-tasks...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/kepler-tasks
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating ptolemy...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/ptolemy
>> [update-modules] At revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Using the stable version of ptolemy. Use 'ant  
>> update-ptolemy -Drev=head' to work from the head.
>> [update-modules] svn -r 57958 update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/ptolemy/src
>> [update-modules] At revision 57958.
>> [update-modules]
>> [update-modules] Updating build-area...
>> [update-modules] svn -r head update --accept postpone /Users/cxh/ 
>> src/kepler/build-area
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/build-area/src/org/ 
>> kepler/util/DotKeplerManager.java
>> [update-modules] U    /Users/cxh/src/kepler/build-area/resources/ 
>> eclipse/PtolemyClasspathStart
>> [update-modules] Updated to revision 25379.
>> [update-modules]
>>
>> BUILD SUCCESSFUL
>
>
>
> On 8/16/10 7:38 AM, Jonathan Boright wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I updated Kepler this morning and now the "save" and "save as"  
>> buttons
>> are missing from the File menu... I'm sure that others have noticed  
>> this
>> by now, but just in case, I thought I'd send out a note...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jon Boright
>>
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