Hi Jacques, This is one area where the discussion on the plugin system becomes important (currently being discussed in another thread). Therefore, I highly recommend we take a decision on the plugin system proposal to make such decisions easier, not only for webhelp but other components as well.
The best option to me is to have the webhelp as a plugin where development happens in /plugins. Whenever any component reaches enough stability, features and user-base, then we can later upgrade it from a plugin to a core component. However, this option requires first approving the plugin system proposal as I mentioned. Taher Alkhateeb On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > With https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-7906 "Have a Gradle > build file for the cmssite component" Pierre Smits suggests to put back the > jars needed by the Webhelp . > > We already discussed lengthy about Webhelp solution and I know some > persons are not for it, at least as it's currently integrated in OFBiz. > > Within https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6644 "Webhelp umbrella > task" Sharan said 4 days ago "I'd like to look at the Webhelp again in > relation to the new trunk with Gradle to see how it could be incorporated." > > I also know that the Nereides team (Nicolas and Gil are among them) has a > beside solution (called addon) based on the Webhelp work. There is also a > Webhelp branch > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/webhelp-2012-12-07 . > > So I'd like to know what are the opinions of the community members about > this subject. Should we? > > 1) Keep the Webhelp as is in OFBiz, improve and really use it (so begin by > applying OFBIZ-7906 patch) > > 2) Put the Webhelp in a (next coming) plugin component (ie out of the > cmssite component). This would release the dependency to the cmssite > component but I fear this needs more work but I'd need confirmation from > the Nereides team. > > 3) Drop the Webhelp > > I hope nobody is for the point 3, because I remember the hard work we did > with Tom (Burns) and the current help is ugly compared with what the > Webhelp can deliver (ie more than what we saw already which was already a > great achievement IMO) > > Thanks in advance for your feedback > > Jacques > >
