Jacopo , Jacques and Anil,
*Thank you very much for a great and very helpful information.* *Tom* On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Jacopo Cappellato < [email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Tom! > > Please see my questions inline: > > On Sep 12, 2014, at 4:27 PM, Tom Running <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am new to the list. Have a few questions to ensure I am start out on > the > > right path. > > > > *1. What is the different between base release 12.xx & 13.07 ?* > > All releases starting with 12.04.* are all based on the same branch, that > was feature freezed in April, 2012. > The branch 13.07 has been created in July, 2013. No releases have been > created yet. > > > *2. Does the release 13 has more integrated components and features?* > > The branch 13.07 is newer (because it was cut more than an year after > 12.04) but it has *less* components than 12.04. > In particular all the experimental or special purpose components in the > "specialpurpose/" folder are not included in the branch. > There is one exception, the specialpurpose/ecommerce component is still > included in the release. > If you have to choose between 12.04.* or 13.07.* I would recommend 13.07 > (especially if you do not need the specialpurpose components, that, by the > way, can be rather easily checked out separately); but you will have to > wait for the first release if you want an *official* release. > > > > *3. When will the base release for version 13.xx available and where? * > > The first release for 13.07 will be released soon, in a few weeks > probably, and for sure before the end of the year. > > > *What is the best practice for keeping my custom\modified codes from over > > written when receive new update from OFBiz? I would like to continue > > receiving new release\update but at the same time do not want it > effecting > > the current environment. I am too new to OFBiz's framework, components to > > know what and how it going to be update when try the SVN method. Any > > recommendation will be great. * > > Rather than using an official release, several users follow this strategy: > 1) select a branch they like: 12.04 (but I don't see many good reasons to > select this at this point) or 13.07 or the upcoming new branch (no name at > the moment) that will be very close to the trunk, or the trunk itself (but > keep in mind that the current development happens in the trunk) > 2) then they check out using svn > 3) then the implement all the customizations in a custom component under > "hot-deploy"; in this way the custom code will be physically separate from > the OFBiz code > 4) every now and then the OFBiz code is updated (svn up); if you are using > a release branch like 13.07 this would be equivalent of getting hot-fixes > because we usually only backport bug fixes to release branches > 5) the jump from a release branch to the next would, on the other hand, be > more difficult and require more planning; to avoid this there are users > that use the trunk, with the added advantage that they also get new > features (not just bug fixes) but the cons is that after every upgrade > there may be more things that can go wrong. > > I hope you'll find this information useful. > > Jacopo > > > > *Thank you. Tom* > > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> But how healthy is our project? > >>> > >>> The report doesn't show mutations in user and dev mailing lists (joins > >> and > >>> leaves). For all we can tell, it could be the same few commenting and > >>> contributing over and over? > >>> > >>> Other Apache projects seem to be able to supply insights in this, see > >> e.g. > >>> the CouchDb board report: > >>> https://blogs.apache.org/couchdb/entry/board_report_may_2014 > >>> > >>> The present mailing list stats each quarter. > >>> > >>> Should your project do the same? What do you think? > >>> > >>> You may read 'our project' or 'this project' as well. > >> > >> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >>> > >>> Pierre Smits > >>> > >>> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > >>> Services & Solutions for Cloud- > >>> Based Manufacturing, Professional > >>> Services and Retail & Trade > >>> http://www.orrtiz.com > >>> > >> > >
