I will reopen that JIRA issue and set the applicable version to the r13.07 branch.
Best regards, Pierre On Monday, June 20, 2016, Jacopo Cappellato < jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > Yes, essentially we are proposing to implement in the currently active > release branches exactly what you had already proposed in that Jira ticket. > It took time but we ended up agreeing with your proposal :-) > > Jacopo > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Like I already suggested in my posting of Jan 5th in 2014 (see section > 'Re: > > Maintainablity' in thread 'OFBiz in 2014 ( > > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBiz-In-2014-tt4646641.html#a4646776 > ). > > > > And for which I provided the JIRA issue , see > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5464. > > > > Are we going to revisit that? > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> > > OFBiz based solutions & services > > > > OFBiz Extensions Marketplace > > http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Sharan Foga <sharan.f...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Everyone > > > > > > There has been a bit of work going on in the background regarding how > our > > > releases need to handle external dependencies. This is the first of two > > > emails to let everyone know what has been happening and also to get > > > community feedback. > > > > > > While working on re-factoring the trunk dependencies we realised that > our > > > current 13.07 release didn't meet the ASF guidelines for handling > > > dependencies. Essentially releases must only contain source code and > > should > > > not include external dependencies such as jar files. > > > > > > To resolve this as quickly and simply as possible, the PMC decided to > use > > > Ivy (a dependency management tool) that is already included in OFBiz to > > > manage the dependencies. > > > > > > So what will change? > > > > > > - When you download the OFBIz 13.07 release, it will only contain > source > > > code > > > - You will need to run a script to download the external OFBiz > dependent > > > files (e.g. jar files) > > > - You compile OFBiz as normal > > > > > > These changes will also need to be done in all our active release > > branches > > > (e.g. 14.12 and 15.12). > > > > > > We will also be communicating this change to our user mailing list and > > > will be adding specific documentation to ensure that the everyone > > > understands how downloading and building OFBiz has changed. > > > > > > The next steps will be to implement this change and to get our next > 13.07 > > > release update out as soon as possible. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Sharan > > > > > > -- Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
