This is also a good opportunity to stress the importance of keeping
modifications outside the OFBiz codebase. Of course there will always be a
handful of files that need to be updated with configuration changes and such,
but for the most part you should try to put modifications in a separate component.
Example: we created our own component called OFBizEx and put all of our
modifications in there.
BJ Freeman wrote:
Si did a terrific job of showing how to create patches on the new
incubator pages.
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices
hope that helps.
create a new folder for the upgrade so you don't loose your current setup.
Walter Vaughan sent the following on 6/29/2006 12:49 PM:
Iain Mac Donald wrote:
Can't do that really as we have made significant changes to ancillary
systems to squeeze our data into Ofbiz. Using a newer version of Ofbiz
now would break that and put us back to square one.
This is the kind of thing that scares the poop out of me. I know less
than nothing when it comes to working with diff's, but could someone
document the steps in running diffs between the version he started
with and his version and the current version. There has to be a recipe
to follow, even if it's manually cutting and pasting.
--
Walter
