Hello, Taher Alkhateeb <[email protected]> writes:
> While working on all the above, I never faced major obstacles. But the > reason that I did not is I always made a complete, well written > argument about what I'm trying to implement. I always ask for a pair > of eyes to look at my code and give me feedback, and I always engage > with the community. In my opinion, disagreements made me do some of > the best pieces of code because I learn and grow from other people's > input. That sounds a lot like a polite way to suggest that I did not engage properly with the community. I have done my best to get people involved while acknowledging the need to move relatively fast which IMO is justified by the abyssal technical debt of OFBiz. > The boundary of a public API does not necessarily need to be agreed > upon RIGHT NOW!. I don't think the best way to move forward is to > enforce agreeing on what we should done before hand. > > Instead of setting rules and boundaries on what should and should not > be done, I recommend instead collaborating on all work, one piece at a > time. As I said, I've worked on very large issues indeed and had no > problem working it with others and making it eventually to the code > base. > > So whenever there is a disagreement or differing points of view, why > not start a new thread specific to that topic and work it out. > Everybody wants the best for the project, and communication is the key > to moving us forward IMHO. I agree that communication is important as long as it enables people to move forward, currently we are blocked. If you look at the initial discussion, you will see that this is precisely a deadlock in a *thread specific* conversation between Michael and me that lead to this general question. This specific discussion is simply unsolvable because everybody is basing their arguments on undocumented assumptions regarding what needs to be preserved, what needs to be superseded, how things are supposed to be done, etc. This is basically a sterile “you broke my business specific extension” vs “I want to improve the framework” debate where both perspective can be seen as legitimate but are fundamentally incompatible with each other in practice. To recap the discussion, it appears that most people that have responded to my call for defining/documenting what is part of OFBiz public API feel this would be an unnecessary and counter-productive action and that case by case discussions can be a more valuable substitute. As a consequence I think we can close the subject now. Thanks to everyone who took some of their time to participate. -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37
