My preference is either #2 or #3

Jacopo

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Jacques Le Roux <
[email protected]> 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
>
>

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