Re: Can we remove the MinML2.jar file?

Posted by cjhowe on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Can-we-remove-the-MinML2-jar-file-tp179912p179925.html


--- Jacopo Cappellato <[hidden email]> wrote:

> > If there's a feature desired, an important bug addressed, or
> noticeable
> > increased efficiency, then great, we should vote on upgrading.
> > However,
> > I don't think it's necessarily wise to be updating for updating
> sake.
> > Especially given the number of external dependencies Apache OFBiz
> has
> >
>
> I don't think that the issue of dependencies external to the Apache
> OFBiz project is a big one... if someone is building an external
> application he should pick the jars to use and not rely on the ones
> distributed with OFBiz.
>
> For example, if it is true that the MinML2.jar is no more used by
> OFBiz
> (both framework and applications) we should really remove it. If
> someone
> has built a custom component based on the MinML2.jar (?) he will have
> to
> package the jar in its own custom component and we have no way to
> prevent this from happening.

I agree here, when I said "external dependencies" I was referring to
the libraries that Apache OFBiz itself depends  on, those listed in the
LICENSE file, not the libraries custom applications depend on.