I vote +1 for remove JPublish from OFBIZ. Thanks Marco
---------- Initial Header ----------- >From : "David E Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [email protected] Cc : Date : Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:16:00 -0700 Subject : Re: jpublish.jar > > From a project perspective a branch seems like a lot of overhead for > this. Are you saying that you want to maintain such a branch? This > would include regular merges, etc. > > The Screen Widget has been around for over 2 years, and JPublish > hasn't been maintained in at least that much time. Perhaps it's time > to recommend that everyone stop using it? > > Part of the trouble is that there are other things that JPublish > depends on that we'll want to update or change, and any of those > (like bsf) that get in the way of updating other things will just > branch out to a big old problem... > > -David > > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 3:16 PM, Si Chen wrote: > > > How about we make a branch called "newbsf"? We can put all the > > changes for the new bsf jars there, and if Adam ever shows up with > > a new jpublish then we can merge it back in? > > > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 2:11 PM, David E Jones wrote: > > > >> > >> I am not opposed to this. > >> > >> It would have been nice if this had come up as an approach during > >> earlier and ongoing discussions as quite a few changes have now > >> been made to exclude JPublish (it would have to be put back into > >> the NOTICE/LICENSE files, the Libraries Included in OFBiz page, > >> removed from the OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES and change build files, code, > >> etc. > >> > >> We would also need to keep a repository or at least a patch and > >> how-to somewhere so the jar file could be reproduced. > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > >> On Dec 13, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Si Chen wrote: > >> > >>> David, > >>> > >>> We and some other people we work with all have OFBIZ-based > >>> applications from the ofbiz 3.x days which are jpublish-based, so > >>> to remove jpublish from the SVN and put in something which is > >>> incompatible with it basically breaks all of our applications and > >>> forces us to start to diverge from the core ofbiz code base in a > >>> way that we don't want to. > >>> > >>> I know what you mean about jpublish being not actively > >>> maintained, but the flipside it seems just to work ok for us, so > >>> we don't need to do too much for it. > >>> > >>> I guess if we can coordinate with Adam Heath to get a new bsf- > >>> compatible jpublish in the SVN then everything will be fine. > >>> Until then, are you planning to do something with the new bsf > >>> modules? Could it wait until Adam finds it in his kindness to > >>> send us an updated jpublish that he keeps promising? > >>> > >>> On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:13 PM, David E Jones wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Do we really want to do this? Part of the reason we wanted to > >>>> remove JPublish is that there doesn't seem to be much a > >>>> community around it and no one is maintaining it. > >>>> > >>>> In other words, if we want it in OFBiz, we have to maintain > >>>> it... Unless it is really useful for something, I have a big > >>>> problem with that... > >>>> > >>>> So, I guess in order to decide it would be good to know what > >>>> you're planning on (or have done) with JPublish that wouldn't > >>>> work with other things... and then see if that justifies > >>>> maintaining JPublish. > >>>> > >>>> -David > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Si Chen wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> When do you think you can send this in? > >>>>> > >>>>> On Dec 13, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Adam Heath wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Si Chen wrote: > >>>>>>> David, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I see that you've removed jpublish so that the newer versions > >>>>>>> of bsf can > >>>>>>> be integrated. What can we do to put jpublish back into the > >>>>>>> main > >>>>>>> repository? Is there a newer version of jpublish which would > >>>>>>> work well > >>>>>>> with the newer bsf stuff? We have a lot of things which require > >>>>>>> jpublish, including some ajax-related stuff we were going to > >>>>>>> contribute > >>>>>>> back. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've got a fixed jpublish I need to send in. I downloaded the > >>>>>> version > >>>>>> that ofbiz is using, and did the s/com.ibm.bsf/org.apache.bsf/ > >>>>>> fix. > >>>>>> Seems to work locally. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Just been so busy. > >>>>> > >>>>> Best Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> Si > >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> > >>> Si > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Si > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ Passa a Infostrada. ADSL e Telefono senza limiti e senza canone Telecom http://click.libero.it/infostrada14dic06
