-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I hope what I am saying is not taken as negative. only I keep seeing people on the mailing list have expectation of having a complete ready to go system. I a looking for a way to not help that illusion.
David E Jones sent the following on 3/11/2009 2:50 PM: > > On Mar 11, 2009, at 2:17 PM, BJ Freeman wrote: > > > I believe #3 is misleading. > > Not really: I'm happy to offer feedback, but I really need something > that will work well now and well into the future so we can get things > going in our organization > > This says to me that ofbiz is ready to be used as is. > yet in both the branch version as well as the trunk there are portions > that either have not be updated, or was only a skeleton. > I refer to the payment services, in this case. > >> All of this release stuff is about stability, not functionality. >> Realistically releases have little to do with functionality, and in fact >> the whole point of a release branch is to prioritize stability over >> functionality. to make sure I understand a release may not have all the Described functionality working, but want to stabilize the functionality that does work, to this point? if that is the case I think that should be said. > > The goal is to not have the expectation that it is like a program you > buy off the self. > >> That's not necessarily true. The primary focus is on creating software >> that is easy to customize, but that doesn't mean we can't have apps that >> are meant to be used OOTB. In fact, the point of the specialpurpose >> components is to provide those sorts of apps. > >> Different people contribute different things according to what they >> want. Most _contributors_ want OFBiz to be a basis for a custom >> solution, but some want apps to use OOTB. The more contributions in the >> 2nd category the more OFBiz will move in that direction. > >> It's all up to "us". I don't disagree with this. I am no way trying to say it should be a certain way. As a matter of fact this paragraph would be sufficient in my opinion if added to #3 > > so i propose something that indicates that portion may not function > properly and will need the help of a consultant, if they don't have the > resources. > > Or when they find a problem to submit a jira, though that has been > frowned on from what I have picked up in discussion about Jiras. > >> That is certainly NOT true. > > OR I realize this is a community effort application and May need extra > work to have it work the way I want. > >> That is the case for all enterprise software. No package does everything >> a business needs unless it is customized. Larger companies usually spend >> for the customization (or try to, and all too often fail due to bad >> requirements gathering, designing, and to some extend planning and >> management). Smaller companies do things manually or use generic >> software like a spreadsheet to manage things semi-manually. Think I was not clear. I am not talking about having functionality like BI, I am saying that if you show a tab for accounting then if someone is familiar with accounting that tab functions will provide say a profit and loss or information that can be used for taxes. However you response about what is contributied would be a good thing to put in addition to what is there and would satify what I was talking about. > >> It's not something special about OFBiz, it's the nature of business and >> the current state of software that helps businesses automate. > >> -David > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJuFzwrP3NbaWWqE4RAlkGAJ9CTEGAkN2xRzldDvf6cocbQQNn/wCgoMFk QX3Wn8UZjNtDEFM8/vdRg5I= =vIXN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
