Monday, February 25, 2013, 5:51:24 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > thanks for contacting us and for your efforts in improving Freemarker. > Freemarker is indeed important for OFBiz because it is the primary > template engine and we have several screens implemented with it. > > One of the tickets I would love to see resolved is this: > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3527625&group_id=794&atid=100794
Sure, that's #2 on the 2.3.20 TODO list, and 2.3.20 comes before whatever other more ambitious developments. Here, I mostly wanted to hear about any FreeMarker related "itches". Like annoyances that you have to go through again and again, or some features you wish it had. -- Thanks, Daniel Dekany > In fact we are currently using in OFBiz a modified version of > Freemarker jar to integrate this feature. > > I will try to keep an eye on the Freemarker forums and activities > and I will try to offer my help if I see areas where I could help; > of course feel free to contact us for help on specific tasks too, we > will do our best to support your efforts. > > Kind regards, > > Jacopo > > On Feb 23, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Daniel Dekany wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm the main maintainer of the FreeMarker template engine over the >> last few years. I plan to allocate serious amount of time[*] for >> FreeMarker development in the near future, at least if I perceive that >> there's enough interest in the developer community (of OfBiz, Struts, >> Alfresco, Magnolia, etc). The goal of this effort is fixing >> long-standing issues (mostly design issues that can be addressed >> without breaking backward compatibility), adding frequently requested >> missing features, increasing usability (better error messages, better >> documentation) and to make FreeMarker more accessible for potential >> contributors (fixing the branching mess, switching to Maven, Git, >> modularization, addressing licensing and CLA issues). >> >> Thus, I would like to hear about the wishes of the OFBiz developers. >> What features you crave for the most, how could FreeMarker integrate >> better with your product, what are the things your users most often >> has problems with, etc. >> >> *: I'm thinking about 300 hours or so, done within a 2-3 months >> period, but it depends on the feedback. This I plan to do for free. >> If FreeMarker is an important component in your ecosystem, and you >> think you can support this effort in some ways, of course, contact >> me. >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Daniel Dekany >> > >
