Hi Jim and everyone, As a matter of fact, in the README.md there is a section called "Repository and directory structure" that describes the changes that were made. Maybe we can improve it a bit, but we have at least something as a reference for users to learn from.
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:16 PM, Jim S <jim61...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks all for your thoughts. > > Tim, rightly said the core strength of OFBiz has been the built-in ERP and > universal database along with the framework (services, entity engine, > security, logging etc.). I believe since most of the contributors, service > providers, end users etc. use OFBiz as a built-in ERP product, the focus > may have never been on isolating the framework in its own installable > component. I would not say it is not possible today but having a framework > only component would open the gates to develop other business application > on top of OFBiz similar to what Spring and other framework provides. I see > the segregation of the specialpupose/plugin as a right step in the > direction of completely isolating the components. > > Taher, If you and other agree with the name is actually misleading for new > users and others who cannot keep up with the latest developments, I think > adding a note in the documentation would certainly help. > > -- > Thanks, > Jim