On 3/2/2012 8:28 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
In order of preference (descending), here are the options I see for the future
of the OFBiz framework:
1) develop a great Apache OFBiz framework 2.0 within the OFBiz community; then
release it separately from the Apache OFBiz ERP
This is the approach I prefer.
2) greatly clean up and improve the existing framework (I was not sure if this
could go at #1)
I agree this is less preferable, but if we decide to go this route I
will help.
3) if the above will not be possible (frankly speaking, in the committers
group, apart from David, none of us ever implemented with success an open
source framework) we should also consider to drop the existing code and have
our community focusing on the ERP part (as Hans seems to advocate); at this
point Moqui would be the most natural choice; if we will ever go with this path
a great exchange of information will have to happen between the two projects:
for example OFBiz will probably have to ask the Moqui framework to evolve some
of its features; given the current nature of the Moqui project, I doubt that
the OFBiz committers will be ever invited as committers there; if Moqui will be
our choice, I see two possibilities:
Some of us have implemented successful ERP frameworks, just not open
source ones. Also keep in mind that the OFBiz framework we have today
includes designs from many contributors. So, let's make sure we give
credit where credit is due, without diminishing David and Andrew's role.
-Adrian
