Hi Olivier, Try this link to give you an idéa:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best+Practices -André > Unrelated: +1 thread hijack :P > > Back to the discussed matter: > > As a programmer, I'd be interested to know more about how I can help. > I'm not really used to open-source projects, but I'm going to have to > implement this solution for my company. Which is why I want to find > other Canadian (preferably Quebec) users, and lend a hand if possible. > What would I need to know to participate? > > Olivier > > Le 2009-11-12 à 06:20, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : > > Christopher, > > > > Sorry this is maybe a bit a technical answer, but I believe it shows > > another mindset > > > > One of the causes, which is maybe hidden for philosophical and > > pragmatical reasons, is that we (should) always use RTC mode (Review- > > Then-Commit) > > For more on this apect you could be interested by > > http://old.nabble.com/Review-Then-Commit-td26303921.html > > > > To commiters : this does not mean that I'm pushing for CTR mode, > > only that it's interesting to see how other communities are doing > > and reactions about that ;o) > > > > Jacques > > > > From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]> > > > >> From: "Christopher Snow" <[email protected]> > >> > >>> So it's the chicken-and-egg situtation? > >> > >> No : it's improving and the curve is not exponential nor even > >> quadratic but is more than flat. Actually this is very clear since > >> we released 9.04 > >> And maybe the new effort which may happend on SME will increase > >> even more this curve http://markmail.org/thread/whm4uqjhcvwz6pvp > >> > >> Jacques > >> > >>> There are not enough contributors to focus on making stable > >>> releases and documentation. But without stable releases and > >>> documentation, new contributors are not attracted to ofbiz. > >>> > >>> Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >>>> Yes we need more solid teams, this is improving... > >>>> > >>>> Jacques > >>>> > >>>> From: "Christopher Snow" <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>>> Are you saying that there are now enough contributors to > >>>>> implement a good release plan? > >>>>> > >>>>> Many thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Chris > >>>>> > >>>>> Jacopo Cappellato wrote: > >>>>>> On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Christopher Snow wrote: > >>>>>>> Ofbiz community seems to be focused on making ofbiz generate > >>>>>>> as much consulting revenue as possible and not on making ofbiz a > >>>>>>> great shrink wrapped product. For example, end users having to > >>>>>>> use svn and patches so to keep their systems up to date is > >>>>>>> crazy. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I don't think that the focus of the OFBiz community is to make > >>>>>> OFBiz a consulting revenue generator, nor I think that the > >>>>>> absence of a stable recent release is a consequence of this. > >>>>>> The awful truth, imo, is that maintaining a release is > >>>>>> expensive (in terms of man hours) and the time contributed by > >>>>>> the users > >>>>>> of OFBiz (i.e. its community made of final users, consultants > >>>>>> etc...) until now has not been enough to have a good release > >>>>>> plan. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Jacopo
