Just imagine how disappointed I have been to see this effect play out in 
reality! All that time invested in community building and... :)

-David


On Jul 14, 2010, at 7:11 PM, BJ Freeman wrote:

> I am always amazed at how you spin things david.
> 
> David E Jones sent the following on 7/14/2010 5:22 PM:
>> 
>> Actually, in spite of what BJ says there is nothing that makes the release 
>> branches more bug-free than the trunk. Well, nothing unless people work to 
>> make it so. Release branches just change less so it is easier to fix bugs 
>> without having to deal with as much of a possibility of new bugs being 
>> introduced.
>> 
>> In other words the release branches are only as good as those who use them 
>> make them to be. Unfortunately the release branches don't tend to attract as 
>> many contributors as the trunk, so the irony is that in many cases the trunk 
>> is more bug-free than the release branches.
>> 
>> In other words, stable in no way means the same thing as bug-free, and the 
>> irony is that in fact too much "stability" keeps bugs from being fixed.
>> 
>> -David
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 14, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Mike Z wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks BJ.  I hope it was just an oversight.  9.04 seems pretty rock
>>> solid otherwise.  Even so, starting a local repository is probably the
>>> way to go, because I'll surely be tweaking it as I learn more.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:50 PM, BJ Freeman<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>> I appreciate you input and reminder.
>>>> remember this is not a paid organization but volunteers.
>>>> and things do slip by.
>>>> the PMC have instituted a few months ago the status patch ready to help
>>>> inform committers so such slip ups are found
>>>> 
>>>> Also any Branch release is for the best part bug free, but that depends on
>>>> the testing done by users and submittion jiras. In all fairness there have
>>>> been a lot of bug fixes on 9.04. even so the testing is not the level you
>>>> have been use to in a Paid Corporation, where you have a room full of
>>>> machines with different configuration and a team of paid testers to put it
>>>> though it paces.
>>>> 
>>>> Ofbiz, at best, is a semi complete application that has room for 
>>>> improvement
>>>> and completion of features.
>>>> to Start using Ofbiz as a complete application like say Word or Open office
>>>> is a mistake.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Mike Z sent the following on 7/14/2010 9:55 AM:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm testing my new store, when I decide to login as a user and cancel
>>>>> an order (which is suppose to work).  The user sees this:
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Following Errors Occurred:
>>>>> Error calling event: org.ofbiz.webapp.event.EventHandlerException:
>>>>> Service invocation error (Could not commit transaction for service
>>>>> [cancelOrderItem] call: Roll back error, could not commit transaction,
>>>>> was rolled back instead because of: Error in simple-method [Auto
>>>>> create OrderAdjustments
>>>>> 
>>>>> [file:/opt/ofbiz-9.04/applications/order/script/org/ofbiz/order/order/OrderServices.xml#recreateOrderAdjustments]]:
>>>>> ; [Security Error To Run Auto Create Order Adjustments])
>>>>> 
>>>>> Odd.  Looking further, I discover that a bug was submitted back in
>>>>> OCT09, priority MAJOR, with a patch, and verified:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3075
>>>>> 
>>>>> Why wasn't it fixed in 9.04 SVN?  I'm sorry, but as a brand new user,
>>>>> the reason I chose 9.04 is because it is suppose to be the golden
>>>>> build, patched as required, rock solid.  All new users are directed to
>>>>> 9.04.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The bug actually exposes my INTERNAL paths!
>>>>> 
>>>>> So I have to ask.  What else????
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 

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