I'm not sure what you mean by "creating a branch". Typically a branch is used to make it easier to a small group to collaborate on something that is involves non-trivial changes (ie that will take some time), and that if done partially would break existing functionality in the system. The intent of a branch is generally to be incorporated back into the truck (which exception of release branches and the like, though they will never be "merged" completely back into the trunk bug fixes from them may often be merged into the trunk).
In any case, these sorts of projects can and absolutely should exist, but there is no reason they have to be part of Apache OFBiz itself. I'm a big fan of separate projects with a well defined purpose and goal. For the "next generation" software based on many of the ideas that initially drove OFBiz I'm making this much more explicit (see the main circle diagram on moqui.org for details). -David On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Gavin Mabie wrote: > Okay - I can see POS and ProjectMrg and a few others in Special Purpose, but > these are really general applications, i.e. they are not industry specific. > Maybe one could look into creating seed data per industry application > instead of creating a branch. > > Gavin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com] > Sent: 06 June 2011 04:32 PM > To: user@ofbiz.apache.org > Subject: Re: Ofbiz Industries? Is it possible > > This is what specialpurpose is supposed to be. To create a branch we really > need contributor(s) commitment and at least a > committer. > > BTW the jQuery is there only for history purpose, it has been merged back to > the trunk, same for addbirt and > multitenant20100310. The others have not been yet merged or are abandonned. > > Jacques > > From: "Gavin Mabie" <gavin.ma...@urbannex.co.za> >> Hi >> >> >> >> Ofbiz is a vast software system with multiple applications and a steep >> learning curve. And while there is a lot of activity on the architecture >> layer, there isn't much OOTB functionalities for specific industries. An >> ofbiz-newbie is no-doubt overwhelmed by the depth and extend of the >> software. I would like to suggest that somebody look into something like >> "ofbiz-industry" applications. Maybe something like >> "Ofbiz-Communications/Financial Services/Healthcare/Hi-Tech/etc. Or maybe >> something even more specific like Ofbiz-Retail-Clothing/Gardening etc. I >> don't know how this would work. But it occurred to me that a lot of >> technical people come online to look for a specific application. While we >> have branches like JQuery and other in Ofbiz would it not make sense to >> introduce branches along the lines of particular application - like >> Ofbiz-Retail-clothing. Just a though. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Gavin >> >> > >
