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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com> on 2014/02/03 18:33:41 UTC

Re: OFBiz In 2014

OK, By and large, I think it's better to let people handle change in this page themselves (those who have no access should ask of course)

I'd love to have a roadmap page derived from this one (simplified). But if it's only wishful thinking I don't see any interests.

Jacques

On Friday, January 31, 2014 11:30 AM, jacques.le.roux@les7arts.com wrote
> Jacopo,
> 
> While at it, should I create sections and add you in the
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/New+Features+Roadmap+-+Living+Document page? 
> 
> Jacques
> 
> On Monday, January 06, 2014 10:03 AM, jacopo.cappellato@hotwaxmedia.com wrote
>> First of all, I would like to mention our tentative roadmap for the releases:
>> 
>> • February 2014 - Apache OFBiz 13.07.01
>> • March 2014 - Apache OFBiz 12.04.03
>> • April 2014 - Apache OFBiz 11.04.04 (last release of the 11.04 series?)
>> • August 2014 - Apache OFBiz 13.07.02
>> • September 2014 - Apache OFBiz 12.04.04
>> 
>> Summarizing, the new year 2014 will see the last release in the 11.04 series and the new releases in the 13.07 series; we will
>> also issue 2 maintenance releases in the 12.04 series. We will also probably create a new release branch (14.?). This is going to
>> be a lot of work and if we will be able to implement this release roadmap it will be a good achievement for the community.
>> 
>> Then, here is my personal wish list:
>> 
>> * integrate Atomikos Transaction Manager (to replace the existing old and incomplete Geronimo Transaction Manager); I did most of
>> the work some time ago and also Scott helped me; but the effort is not completed (but we are close); this is on hold at the
>> moment and it would be great to give it a final push
>> * refactor the Product Search engine (and related data model) and replace it with a Lucene/Solr driven search; the same pattern
>> could then be applied to other areas of the system; this would make the searches fast and scalable and also reduce greatly the
>> codebase and remove load from the relational database
>> * redesign security/authorization; there are different paths here (Adrian did some refactoring work already) but I would love to
>> consider the integration with something like Apache Shiro: this would help to enhance the features we offer and also remove a big
>> chunk of framework code
>> * complete the support for the Groovy DSL: I have a working patch to extend its support to all screen/widget code: with it you
>> can write the same groovy code for services, events and widgets (data prep scripts): in order to complete the support for data
>> prep scripts my patch needs more work
>> * continue and improve the maintenance effort of the OFBiz codebase: upgrade of external jars to latest releases, removal of
>> old/unused stuff, better documentation of jar interdependencies, code review/enhancements, bug fixes, further modularization and
>> slim down etc...
>> * about releases: start (again) the discussion and define a plan for issuing separately the framework from the applications
>> 
>> Jacopo
>> 
>> On Dec 31, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Adrian Crum <ad...@sandglass-software.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Maybe we can use the start of the new year as an opportunity to consider the future of OFBiz and update our road map:
>>> 
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/New+Features+Roadmap+-+Living+Document
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Adrian Crum
>>> Sandglass Software
>>> www.sandglass-software.com