Hi all; I have been discussing on the -devel list some of the design choices in moving from 1.3 to 2.0. I figure that the functionality elements should be discussed here.,
What I have proposed is moving most of the functionality that currently exists in LedgerSMB into add-on modules so that businesses don't need to install everything. This would mean fewer dependencies for most users, and fewer features in the minimal installation. Eventually all the features that exist in 1.3 will exist there too. The key elements that I would like to see users comment on is: 1) Would you like to see an interface included in the default installation for tracking addon modules and installing them? 2) Would you be interested in seeing 2.0 released when the minimal version is available even without addons? The minimal version would include: 1) User Management 2) Chart of Accounts Management 3) GL transactions 4) AR/AP transactions/invoices without defined goods and services 5) Basic vendor/customer management. 6) Memorized transactions 7) Full separation of duties (as per 1.3) for affected functionality 8) Basic financial statements plus trial balance 9) Two independent modules for handling payments/receipts would be available out of the box and selectable during the installation process. Other features (inventory, invoices against goods and services, point of sale, etc) would be available as separate modules and available as developed. This would allow these portions to be released on a separate release cycle from the main application. This would also open up these areas for alternate versions. Under this plan, we would generally expect most of the next few years to have more addons developed for 1.3 than 2.0, and support for 1.3 would likely be available for at least the next four-five years (possibly much longer). That would allow people to upgrade as they can without a lot of pressure. What do people think? Best Wishes, Chris Travers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
