Aha I see, thank you for the explanation Paul. Ok to put some clarity, we had a good discussion on the development mailing list before making the split, and this is only the first step (split plugins out). The next step we might take is to also split out the applications. That is why we called it ofbiz-framework. If everything goes as discussed and community approves, we will probably end up with 3+ repositories as follows: - ofbiz-framework: infrastructure and execution engine, and low level stuff. - ofbiz-core: the data model library, the service library, shared resource (common stuff) - Maybe an applications layer for complete usable apps - ofbiz-plugins: perhaps even each plugin in its own repository
This layered architecture would help us in creating a robust code base by isolating things from each other and to allow for multiple combinations. So you can reuse the entities, services, and basic screens in different ways without duplication. Still a work in progress, but I hope this sheds some light on the naming, and sorry for any confusion regarding that. Perhaps we'll add this information to the documentation project. On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Paul Foxworthy <p...@cohsoft.com.au> wrote: > On 19 February 2018 at 09:32, Jim S <jim61...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was under impression that it is framework only component. I tried doing >> search but >> could not find much. Could someone please help provide a link to the >> discussion that leads to the current structure in trunk that might list the >> advantage of doing it? >> > > Hi Jim, > > For many years there was only one OFBiz project. When plugins were split > out into a separate repository, the remaining code was named > ofbiz-framework. Really it's applications plus framework, but that's a bit > long winded. > > Cheers > > Paul Foxworthy > > -- > Coherent Software Australia Pty Ltd > PO Box 2773 > Cheltenham Vic 3192 > Australia > > Phone: +61 3 9585 6788 > Web: http://www.coherentsoftware.com.au/ > Email: i...@coherentsoftware.com.au
