thoughts for an ofbiz patch management system

[Christopher Snow]

Hi Forum,

I've been pondering how a stable binary release of ofbiz (i.e. upcoming 
10.04) could be kept up-to-date with the latest patches.  One potential 
method would be have each components' config directory configurable to a 
folder external to the $OFBIZ_HOME, in the case of linux this may be 
/etc/ofbiz/ - this would enable binary patches (e.g. replacement 
ofbiz-entity.jar) to be provided that wouldn't over write any existing 
configuration.  This mechanism could work for a standalone ofbiz 
framework on the premise that binary users do not want to modify the 
framework code.

A mechanism for providing the applications would be more difficult I 
guess because the assumption would be that the applications almost 
always have to be customized to fit the individual business?  Any thoughts?

Many thanks,

Chris