Hello Everyone, Trying to move forward with our plugin system in OFBiz, I suggest the following changes:
- Create a task called "pullPluginSource" which pulls an official Apache OFBiz plugin from a source repository (version control). This task serves specifically for developing plugins on Trunk or upgrading them on releases. - Create a new SVN repository for plugins with a structure similar to the following: - ofbiz-core/trunk (what we have) - ofbiz-core/branches/RELX.Y.Z - ofbiz-plugins/trunk/birt - ofbiz-plugins/trunk/cmssite - ofbiz-plugins/trunk/ecommerce - ofbiz-plugins/branches/RELX.Y.Z - and so on - Rename /specialpurpose to /plugins - Move all components in specialpurpose to the new SVN tree as per the above mentioned directory structure Under these changes, the workflow for plugins would be as follows: - Using OFBiz release with a specific version of a plugin: ./gradlew pullPlugin -PdependencyId='org.apache.ofbiz.plugin:myplugin:0.1.5' - Using OFBiz trunk with a specific version of a plugin: ./gradlew pullPlugin -PdependencyId='org.apache.ofbiz.plugin:myplugin:0.1.5' - Using OFBiz trunk with latest source code of a plugin: ./gradlew pullPluginSource -PpluginId=myplugin for the latest code I think this completes the development cycle for plugins and allows for official OFBiz plugins to reside in a separate code base and to have both release, and source versions residing in trunk. What do you think? Ideas, Suggestions? Cheers, Taher Alkhateeb On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Taher Alkhateeb <slidingfilame...@gmail.com > wrote: > Thank you Jacopo, work is committed in r1760917 which mostly involves > changes to the master build.gradle and README.md to describe the plugin > system. > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Jacopo Cappellato <jacopo.cappellato@ > hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > >> Hi Taher, >> >> this is a follow up to the reviews and comments posted by me and others to >> the work you have contributed in OFBIZ-7972. >> Considering the feedback so far, and the minimal risk of side effects that >> your contribution may cause, I am asking you to commit your code to trunk: >> in this way it will be easier for all contributors to start playing with >> this new plugin api. >> >> Jacopo >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Taher Alkhateeb < >> slidingfilame...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >> > Hello Folks, >> > >> > After quite a bit of work, I have a first working PoC for the plugin >> system >> > with the following highlights: >> > >> > - Plugins are OFBiz components that reside in /specialpurpose (hopefully >> > renamed to /plugins later) >> > - Plugins can be published to maven repositories and retrieved from >> maven >> > repositories >> > - Plugins can have dependencies on other plugins >> > - I created a minimal set of tasks that do the essentials: createPlugin, >> > installPlugin, uninstallPlugin, pullPlugin (install from maven repo) and >> > publishPlugin (publish it to maven repo on localhost) >> > - I provided documentation in README.md >> > >> > I appreciate your help in feedback, ideas, testing and sharing whatever >> is >> > on your mind. >> > >> > You will find the patch in https://issues.apache.org/ >> > jira/browse/OFBIZ-7972 >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Taher Alkhateeb >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Jacques Le Roux < >> > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Le 09/09/2016 à 10:32, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : >> > > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Jacques Le Roux < >> > >> jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> ... >> > >>> So it would be easier for us (OFBiz team) and contributors to >> deliver >> > (at >> > >>> least free) plugins [...] >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> The terms "us", "OFBiz team" and the distinction with "contributors" >> > don't >> > >> make much sense to me and can cause confusion: there is just one >> "OFBiz >> > >> community" in which everyone can contribute with ideas, work, code... >> > and >> > >> plugins. >> > >> >> > >> Jacopo >> > >> >> > >> Yes you are right, and actually, as Taher outlined, the >> > > components/plugins provided by OFBiz OOTB would not fit in the >> possible >> > use >> > > of JitPack anyway. >> > > >> > > Jacques >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >
