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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com> on 2018/11/20 14:21:17 UTC
Re: [DISCUSSION] How can we make OFBiz more appealing to adopters and
(new) contributors?
Hi Pierre,
Le 08/10/2018 à 11:10, Pierre Smits a écrit :
> Over the past two years we started on several paths to make OFBiz
> better. We started with several refactoring endeavours, we initiated a new
> way of documenting, etc.
>
> But what strategic choices would benefit the project too?
> - would opening up our repos more to git (GitHub) help us attract more
> contributors?
> Over the years we have had several discussions whether or not we would the
> git way-of-working, but it always was internally oriented, not considering
> the potential for furthering the project (adoption/contribution wise).
> - would splitting up the combined web-apps (like marketing and sfa) into
> separate components offer more choice to our potential adopters and
> contributors (to work on)?
> - would disentanglement of 3rd party integrations (fintech and logistic)
> and the several themes into separate components offer more choice to our
> potential adopters and contributors?
> Several integrations are outdated or even haven't delivered on the promise
> at all (consider the iDEAL fintech integration), nor did they gather
> outside traction, leading to more contributors/improvements
> - would the project not benefit from an approach followed by the Apache
> Commons project (each component a separate repo)?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pierre Smits
>
> *Apache Trafodion<https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
> *Apache Directory<https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
> Apache Incubator<https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
> *Apache OFBiz<https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges)
> since 2008*
> Apache Steve<https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>
Re: [DISCUSSION] How can we make OFBiz more appealing to adopters and
(new) contributors?
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
Oops sorry it seems I pushed a wrong button :-[
Jacques
Le 20/11/2018 à 15:21, Jacques Le Roux a écrit :
> Hi Pierre,
>
>
>
> Le 08/10/2018 à 11:10, Pierre Smits a écrit :
>> Over the past two years we started on several paths to make OFBiz
>> better. We started with several refactoring endeavours, we initiated a new
>> way of documenting, etc.
>>
>> But what strategic choices would benefit the project too?
>> - would opening up our repos more to git (GitHub) help us attract more
>> contributors?
>> Over the years we have had several discussions whether or not we would the
>> git way-of-working, but it always was internally oriented, not considering
>> the potential for furthering the project (adoption/contribution wise).
>> - would splitting up the combined web-apps (like marketing and sfa) into
>> separate components offer more choice to our potential adopters and
>> contributors (to work on)?
>> - would disentanglement of 3rd party integrations (fintech and logistic)
>> and the several themes into separate components offer more choice to our
>> potential adopters and contributors?
>> Several integrations are outdated or even haven't delivered on the promise
>> at all (consider the iDEAL fintech integration), nor did they gather
>> outside traction, leading to more contributors/improvements
>> - would the project not benefit from an approach followed by the Apache
>> Commons project (each component a separate repo)?
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Pierre Smits
>>
>> *Apache Trafodion<https://trafodion.apache.org>, Vice President*
>> *Apache Directory<https://directory.apache.org>, PMC Member*
>> Apache Incubator<https://incubator.apache.org>, committer
>> *Apache OFBiz<https://ofbiz.apache.org>, contributor (without privileges)
>> since 2008*
>> Apache Steve<https://steve.apache.org>, committer
>>
>
>