On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sharan, > > I guess all accepted proposals can now be transformed into JIRA issues, for > follow-up and tracking purposes. > > Also, with respect to the failing components) I suggest that we postpone > the ultimate decision of activation/deactivation until the moment of > cutting a release. Until then, contributors can work on those issues, and > if they can't resolve the issues by the time the decision needs to be taken > we know what to deactivate precisely. > I suggest the opposite :-) if we disable them sooner than later contributors will be more aware of the work required and there be less surprises when they will be excluded from releases; disabling them sooner would probably increase the chances of fixing them because it will catch attention; if otherwise no one will care about them being disabled it could be an indicator that there is not enough interest. Jacopo > Best regards, > > > Pierre Smits > > ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> > OFBiz based solutions & services > > OFBiz Extensions Marketplace > http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Sharan Foga <sharan.f...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Everyone > > > > Thanks responding to these 3 proposals. Based on your feedback and > > comments we can move ahead with 2 of these for the changes to the > directory > > structure for java and the renaming of specialpurpose to 'plugins' > > > > For the third, Pierre highlighted that he was against this proposal so we > > won't be deactivating the all the specialpurpose components by default. > > > > However as mentioned previously, we are having library migration problems > > with some of the components so we can only activate the ones that don't > > have any issues; the others will not be activated and will need > additional > > work to manage the changeover to remote libraries and the resolution of > any > > startup conflicts. > > > > (Just for information the components with issues are BIRT, Ebaystore, > > ldap, POS and cmssite.) > > > > We are also looking for help with these migrations so if you would like > to > > help out fixing the issues with these specialpurpose components then > please > > let me know. > > > > Thanks > > Sharan > > > > On 2016-07-11 17:56 (+0200), Sharan-F <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone > > > > > > Another update on the task list for moving forward with Gradle and the > > > Trunk. We would also like to get community feedback and comments on > each > > of > > > the following 3 proposals: > > > > > > Task 1 “Replace all the current jars in OFBiz with appropriate remote > > > libraries from a download repository > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The work to replace the jars is ongoing and we have already removed 169 > > of > > > them. These libraries will now be automatically downloaded by Gradle. > > Work > > > will continue to remove the remaining files. As we are working through, > > we > > > are finding library migration issues with some of the specialpurpose > > > components so would like *to propose to deactivate all specialpurpose > > > components by default.* > > > > > > > > > Task 4. “ Move all java source files to\u2002$component/src/main/java > and > > > introduce all unit tests in\u2002\u2002$component/src/test/java” > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Another area we need to progress is the re-design and changing of the > > > directory structure so that we can separate the Java files between main > > and > > > test. This will help us simplify the implementation of a testing > > framework. > > > *The proposal for the directory structure is as follows: > > > > > > componentname/src/main/java > > > componentname/src/test/java* > > > > > > > > > Task 10. “Propose the renaming specialpurpose to plugins or such an > > > appropriate name for clarity” > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > We would like * to propose changing the name of the specialpurpose > > folder to > > > 'plugins'* > > > > > > These are the 3 areas we would like to progress so please feel free to > > > respond with your feedback and comments. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Sharan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > View this message in context: > > > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/DISCUSSION-Proposed-Task-List-for-Moving-Forward-with-Gradle-and-the-Trunk-tp4687808p4688257.html > > > Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > >
