David E Jones wrote:
The last major priority that I pushed on was clean ups and enhancements to the framework. While there are still some big improvements coming along (new authorization approach and more AJAX/etc stuff come to mind), I think we've made huge progress on that and the framework is significantly cleaner and far more helpful when writing business applications.
The new authorization approach has been discussed, but very little work has been done. Maybe you should finish that priority before starting a new one.
What I mean by that is instead of collaborating mostly through the code and lower level artifacts I'd like to work with others on higher level artifacts including requirements (organized by process from an end-user organization perspective) and designs based on those requirements, and then use those designs to improve OFBiz. The most important improvement that should result from this is that we have applications that are designed to support various business activities and that better meet the needs of various types of end-users. These may be improvements to the existing base "applications", and many will work best as "specialpurpose" applications that are based on the base applications and that more directly address the needs of certain users.
I would like to be a part of that.
Helping others do just that is what I have chosen for the next step of my career. To pursue that direction I have recently resigned from Hotwax Media and returned to being an Independent Consultant.
So, you're back to eating macaroni and cheese? ;-) -Adrian
