Now you can see why some of us don't spend time on those other, derivative software packages. There are some benefits, but many deterrents, so you have to weigh those. I personally like the idea of adding Add-on management to OFBiz and I doubt that it would be all that difficult, but as is the case with everything in OFBiz, it has to be driven by the people contributing the code.
Anyways, I know this doesn't get you the feature you're looking for implemented yet, but make a JIRA issue if there isn't one already there, and it's likely to get worked on before too long. Cheers, Tim -- Tim Ruppert HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com o:801.649.6594 f:801.649.6595 ----- "Michael Xu (xudong)" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the same question as Ruth had: Is anyone working on such > Add-on > management or do we have any plan for this feature? > > Furthermore, now I can see some other softwares, which are on top of > ofbiz, > are having more and more features which actually should be in ofbiz > framework or core application level, like Add-on management, domain > driven > support, Ajax, more friendly report or dashboard, etc. (I am not that > technical, so maybe I am wrong) > > As end customer or service vendor, if we choose any of those > softwares, then > we have to face a big problem that is how to sync ofbiz and that > chosen > software. (Normally, those softwares will get synced with ofbiz trunk > in > every big release. That means we have to wait...but sometimes we just > cannot.) > > I know it is easy to just throw such a question but hard to come up > with a > solution. But I still want to know what's your thought at this point > :-) > > -- > Regards, > Michael Xu (xudong) > www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) > 135 0135 > 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Ruth Hoffman > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi Jacques: > > Thanks for the update. This is what I was wondering - if anyone was > working > > on this. > > Ruth > > > > Jacques Le Roux wrote: > > > >> At this stage 2 points : > >> > >> 1) In OFBiz, there is already a basic ant task to create a > component > >> structure > >> * ant -help and * ant -projecthelp are your friends > >> * ant create-component is the task > >> 2) Currently the Neogia team is buildind a concept of add-ons for > OFBiz > >> * It's not yet finished > >> * But promising, see (mostly in French but there is an option to > >> translate in English using when only in French) > >> ** http://www.neogia.org/Add-on_Manager_Design > >> ** > http://www.neogia.org/OFBiz_add-on/fr#Qu.27est_ce_qu.27un_Addon > >> ** http://www.neogia.org/Add-on_Manager > >> > >> Beware I don't think it's operational yet, but the documents above > can > >> give you an idea of the concept > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> Jacques > >> > >> From: "aswath narayana" <[email protected]> > >> > >>> I think it will be a good idea to do administration of components > in > >>> OFBiz. > >>> OFBiz might get bloated with infrastructure and maintainance, when > we > >>> start > >>> doing component development within OFBiz itself. > >>> > >>> An alternate would be to have a plugin in Eclipse that will help > in > >>> building > >>> of OFBiz components (A wizard interface to build a directory > structure > >>> and > >>> ability to create database and view entities visually). > >>> > >>> -Aswath > >>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Michael Xu (xudong) > >>> <[email protected]>wrote: > >>> > >>> hi Ruth, > >>>> > >>>> I really like your idea, which is very similar with JIRA and > >>>> Confluence's > >>>> plugin model. If users can use such a wizard to install/uninstall > new > >>>> component on the fly (without restart), that would be more > helpful to > >>>> promote ofbiz to next level in SaaS wise. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Michael Xu (xudong) > >>>> www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: > (86) 135 > >>>> 0135 > >>>> 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Ruth Hoffman > <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > Hi David: > >>>> > Thanks for the quick reply. Given your response - I'm wondering > if a > >>>> useful > >>>> > addition to OFBiz would be a feature in webtools to manage > OFBiz > >>>> components. > >>>> > I can envision a wizard driven interface that builds the basic > >>>> directory > >>>> > structure and config file(s) such as the ofbiz-component.xml > file > >>>> necessary > >>>> > to get a new component operational? This could be extended to > allow > >>>> for > >>>> the > >>>> > (sort-of) dynamic removal of components. What do you think? > >>>> > > >>>> > Ruth > >>>> > > >>>> > David E Jones wrote: > >>>> > > >>>> >> > >>>> >> The best way to do this is just put it in the "hot-deploy" > directory. > >>>> When > >>>> >> OFBiz starts up it will look in that directory for > sub-directories > >>>> that > >>>> have > >>>> >> a "ofbiz-component.xml" file which it will read to load > resources for > >>>> that > >>>> >> component. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> -David > >>>> >> > >>>> >> P.S. It's good to see you around again Ruth! > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Hello All: > >>>> >>> I'm a big fan of OFBiz - nice job on the Apache site, BTW. > >>>> >>> Congratulations - it is World class! > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> I've been using OFBiz off and on for a few years now for a > number of > >>>> >>> different projects. Recently, I had a requirement to add a > custom > >>>> component > >>>> >>> to the application section of the framework. After a brief > search of > >>>> the > >>>> >>> mailing lists (I have been away from the OFBiz collaborative > tools > >>>> for > >>>> >>> sometime) and documentation I have the following question: > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> Is there an automatic way to add a component to the framework > - or > >>>> is > >>>> >>> this still a manual process? I don't see any obvious webtool > or > >>>> other > >>>> >>> mechanism for doing this through OFBiz. > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> Regards, > >>>> >>> Ruth Hoffman > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >
