This is both useful information and helpful advice. I'll assume that we are better off starting our database in 1.03 and then migrating to 2.0 in a couple of weeks when it's finished. Feb 2, seems soon, but I think we need to start entering data somewhere and this seems like the safest route.
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Bob Schmitt wrote: > Hi! > > Clif and I are exploring "extreme programming" techniques this week > and came up for air long enough to catch this thread. > > As we've gone through the code consolidation and clean-up process > (and at the same time tested some of the v2 beta assumptions), we've > had to change a significant number of fields and one or two key > procedures (e.g. how to assign a primary location for a contact > record; how to track an organization or family as well as > individuals, and so on). > > Many key fields have been renamed for consistency and > comprehensibility (we've changed some pedagogical metaphors), and > some have been consolidated to make things a little more manageable. > > In short, you should be looking at the v2 beta as a sketch of what we > were think instead of the final product. > > At this point I think we're done messing with what's there, and we'll > only be adding fields and features from here on out (unless we find > other major glitches, particularly in the incremental find procedure). > > We're embarking on the last "feature" push over the next couple of > weeks and will be releasing a "feature complete" version to > developers on Feb. 2 (or the Monday after) that will have the fields > locked down. > > That said, when we release v2, we will also produce a "change report" > that lists the field changes from v2 beta to v2. It would be best if > you could hold off using the v2 beta in production, but if you > absolutely can't, we will provide a some documentation to help you > map the move from v2 beta to ebase 2.0. > > Hope this helps, > > bob > Clay Andres Director of Development Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts www.ctconservatory.com 860.868.4002 (home office) ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
