Hello,
I unfortunately have no time to reply more deeply today, but I will
assign someone on the website to clarify those points. As a summary:
* OpenObject - The framework + collection of modules
* OpenERP - A packaging for an ERP application based on openobject's
framework and modules
* Business Intelligence: not finnished, under development, no communication.
I agree the announces are sometimes not organised. This was a choice to
be more open: instead of relying on marketing guys for communication,
every employee can communicate about his work on the planet. This is
less organised but has the advantage to provide more feedback and more
quickly to the community.
About versions:
4.2.X : Current Stables
4.3 : Current Development
5.0 : Next stable (stabilisation of 4.3)
5.0 will be published in about 2 months, no garantee on the delay becaus
we will prefer stability than timeline. We will try to release a
5.0-alpha asap. (may be less than one month) to replace the version v4.3.
Launchpad is for developpers. I know it's not very intuitive but it's a
productive community platforme. It's not for everyone so we don't
communicate too much on it.
Thanks for the feedback.
--
Fabien
That is nowhere mentioned. Instead the webpages present Openerp and openobject
as two different things. Somewhere it says Openobject is a RAD. According to
you its a platform for running some modules which make up an ERP.
Also the launchpad directories dont make that clear.
https://launchpad.net/openobject
If OpenERP is just a collection of modules why then are there addons ? What makes an
"Addon" distinct from a module and what the heck is Business Intelligence ?
One might also get the impression that the OpenObject Server, presumably a
thingy to serve some objects, such as Business Intelligence or an ERP module is
different from OpenERP.
How this is presented in Websites, Wiki and Launchpad make things unclear.
And worse: NOWHERE is comprehensively described how to get the latest
OpenERP/OpenObjects module collection trunk from Launchpad running ?
Install an openobjects server, and also OpenERP, throw in some business
intelligence and perhaps some addons ?
Sorry for being cynical.
Please do not get me wrong, I installed TinyERP before and abandoned it because
it was too hard to maintain. And I DO love open documentation and open projects.
Presumably the tinycompany is paying some people who are working on websites, and invent expressions such as
"OpenERP" "OpenObjects" "Business Intelligence" "Addons" so they can bring some
structure into this so it is comprehensible to humble people like me with 20 years+ software development under their
belt without having to go into the source code.
So guys, pleaaaase what must be pulled from Launchpad to pull the latest trunk
of OpenERP ?
--
Fabien Pinckaers
CEO Tiny - OpenERP Editor
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-- Marty, 2005
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