I've done about 3-4 projects using release4.0 by now. Seems ok. Many features are incomplete, but
one could label those as "to be customized". Bugs are still around, some even show-stopping ones.
I'm still trying to gift-wrap OFBiz, so that I can finish up some docs I had been writing, and to
publish them somehow.
But... I think you should roll out a binary release soon, given how bugfixes have been applied to
the branch over past months, and how no new features/bugs have been added to it.
Not everyone likes to download via SVN. A binary release may attract even more testers. You can
always roll out updated binary releases over the next few months, which may suggest progress and
attract even more interest.
Jonathon
David E Jones wrote:
It has been nearly 5 months since we created the release4.0 branch (late
April). The hope for these release branches is that they will stabilize
within about 3 months and be ready for an initial binary release. In
order for this to happen effectively each branch needs a reasonably
sized subset of the OFBiz community doing real-world work based on it.
So...
1. Are there any users of the release4.0 branch with projects in
production or moving in that direction?
2. For anyone in that group, could you share your thoughts on the
current state of the branch?
At the minute the initial binary release has been delayed because
committers and the PMC have been very busy on other projects (quite a
summer!), but mostly because there just don't seem to be many issues
files specifically for release4.0 and because there hasn't been much
feedback from users grouping around that branch. Hence this email...
Because of the passing of time we will release a binary version in the
near future (perhaps a couple of weeks or so) regardless of the
responses in this thread or other relevant threads. If nothing else that
may help attract end-users to the branch.
Thanks,
-David
