Check https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/SVN+Tips+-+svn_load_dirs+Vendor+Branchit might be of interest too.
I've had to take the same decision recently and I found this way the more practical and easy. You can merge from vendor branch to custom branch easily using svn tools. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Bilgin Ibryam <bibr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The common practice of using Ofbiz is "solution 1" > > Bilgin > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Prashant Punekar < > prashant_pune...@mindtree.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Here is the requirement : > > > > Using ofbiz, we want to develop different applications, services which > > caters to independent requirements. They can be deployed independently as > > well as on single ofbiz instance. Need some guidance on the development > > methodology for this setup. > > > > Basically we do not want to change the ofbiz core src code but just > utilize > > the built in services, entities etc. This will allow us to upgrade to > latest > > ofbiz version at any given time. > > > > Here are some thoughts on the deployment strategy: > > > > Proposed Solution 1 : > > > > - Create separate web app in specialpurpose folder. > > ofbiz/specialpurpose/app1 > > ofbiz/specialpurpose/app2 > > ofbiz/specialpurpose/app3 > > > > With this we will have: > > > > - One source code to handle. Version controlling will be easy. > > > > - During deployment we can tell ofbiz which applications(order, > > party etc) to be deployed for each specialpurpose app (minisite, > user_mgmt > > etc.) > > > > Proposed Solution 2: > > > > - Create a separate project, independent of ofbiz and use ofbiz > > jars(base src code) to develop the new application/project. > > > > > > With this we will have: > > > > - Different customized source codes using ofbiz base src code. > > > > - Deployment will need each application being deployed with the > > original ofbiz base src code. > > > > Please comment .. Any ideas/thoughts are welcome. > > > > Thanks In Advance ! > > > > Regards, > > Prashant > > > > ________________________________ > > http://www.mindtree.com/email/disclaimer.html > > > -- ----- Jonatan Soto
