[Spike] Yeoman vs inquirer+ejs

[dhmlau]

Original issue: #844
The outcome of the discussion was to create a spike:

• Verify the pain points that @bajtos has listed and see there are fixes/solutions without abandoning Yeoman.
• Identify what's needed to build our CLIs using inquirer and ejs directly.
• Build a PoC for a simple generator such as app.

[dhmlau]

With more CLI commands using Yeoman at this point, I'm not sure if it worths the effort to look into other alternatives to replace Yeoman. I'd like to close this issue because it won't be our focus in near and mid term to get to this. What do you think, @strongloop/loopback-maintainers?

[bajtos]

-1

The issue #844 lists at least 8 pain points that are still relevant. Every new CLI command added in the current Yeoman style is inflating the tech debt we have in our CLI.

I think we should instead prioritize this spike higher in our backlog, e.g. for 2019Q3.

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