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Steve commented on OFBIZ-13207:
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Thanks again.
I tried the trunk with JDK 17 and it compiled abeit with a few deprecation
errors.
The webshop I could not access, the previous url does not work and I could not
find in the admin where the url is defined. The obvious place would be next to
the store name...
So, if in the INSTALL you clarified JDK 17 as a +*specific*+ requirement and
noted the default webshop url, that would help future novices in their tryout.
I have been heavily involved in a couple of open source projects and I
understand that focus is always on the operating code which people use on a
daily basis and not installation/data import which is rarely used.
{+}*But*{+}, the install process is absolutely critical to encourage potential
users to invest their time further and become new users, and has to be viewed
from a point of view of total ignorance/not assuming anything.
The install is actually easy with ofbiz, but I've shown it is not idiot-proof!
Regards
Steve
> Installation documentation (Windows 11 frustrated installation)
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>
> Key: OFBIZ-13207
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-13207
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: ALL COMPONENTS
> Affects Versions: 18.12.17
> Environment: Windows 11.
> Reporter: Steve
> Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
> Priority: Trivial
>
> Background 45 years using computers, 20 years as a business owner.
> Trying Ofbiz as a replacement for legacy invoicing software and ecommerce
> site.
> Install says: install JDK.
> Current JDK version is 23.
> Gradle Wrapper inOfbiz pulls in gradle 5.0-rc-5 (not even a release version).
> Consequently the build fails with piles of deprecation errors.
> From the gradle compatibility table, gradle 5 works with jdk 11, so I used
> that.
> This allowed the build to complete, but still with a pile of deprecation
> notices.
> The last couple of sentences do not reflect the frustration and time wasted
> in reading about unfamiliar concepts and understanding the
> problems….something NO BUSINESS USER would ordinarily be able to do, nor
> would have the time. So Ofbiz goes in the bin at this point/goodbye potential
> user.
>
> As I’m a fighter I tried to use the current gradle 18.1.12 with the current
> JDK 23.
> This requires replacing various obsolete method names in the files
> build.gradle and solr\build.gradle
> before I was eventually beaten by aspectjweaver-1.8.9.jar; Invalid CEN header
> which I could not overcome despite repeated downloads and using -U in gradlew.
> All the above is unthinkable for a potential user.
> None of the above can be attribute to Windows, as far as I can tell…so no-one
> has come across these problems in the last X years? No-one has installed it?
> Added to the very low commit rate in Github, it seems to be evident that
> Ofbiz is staggering along a purely maintenance path. Unless there is some
> evidence to the contrary somewhere.
> Shame, it could be a world beater. I wanted it to be the solution.
>
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