Hi Devashnu, Question: are you having a difficulty identifying OFBiz version with or without a version control system? In other words, are you downloading from subversion / git or are you downloading an archived release?
On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Devanshu Vyas <vyas.devansh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all for your thoughts on this. > > I really like the idea shared by Taher to create a version file using > target and after second thought I agree that it can be a tiresome task to > update version info manually with each release. > But before we conclude this discussion, I would like to share another > thought with you. I think we can add OFBiz version info in the licensing > information we add to our files. > I know it will be a manual task, but can be easily done with a simple Find > & Replace. > > I am happy to work on the whichever implementation we decide here(hoping I > am not stepping on anyone's toes). > > And my reason to raise the concern was that it is very difficult to > identify which version of code a user is using(a real-time scenario where I > was exposed to OFBiz code and I couldn't perform anything on it. So just by > looking at it, I was unable to determine what version it was) > > Waiting for your replies!! > > > Thanks & Regards, > Devanshu Vyas. > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Arun Patidar <arun.patidar@hotwaxsystems. > com> wrote: > >> Users should have the ability to know the current version of any >> application that he is using. >> >> +1 to Devanshu's proposal with the solution design proposed by Taher. >> >> -- >> Thanks & Regards >> --- >> Arun Patidar >> Manager, Enterprise Software Development >> >> HotWax Systems Pvt Ltd. >> >> www.hotwaxsystems.com >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 3:06 AM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> For whom is this intended? >>> >>> For the contributors of this project? Code contributors check out (and >>> work with) the code from the official repo's (ASF SVN/Github git) and work >>> with only with revisions in their IDE of choice. And our other contributors >>> (document maintainers) relate more to Releases. >>> For adopters? They don't care about the OFBiz version, when they augment >>> code internally and have their own versioning definition/protocol. >>> OFBiz Service Providers? They apply anything their customers agree with >>> regarding Release Management and versioning. And each customer can have a >>> different Naming Convention and Protocol. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Pierre >>> >>> On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 at 10:54 Swapnil Mane <swapnil.m...@hotwaxsystems.co >>> m> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 for having the version info. >>>> >>>> Taher's proposal looks reasonable to me. >>>> >>>> >>>> - Best Regards, >>>> Swapnil M Mane >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Taher Alkhateeb < >>>> slidingfilame...@gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> > I don't think it's necessary to contain the version information, but I >>>> > don't mind it if people find it helpful. With that being said, I >>>> > suggest to avoid putting this information in README.md and also to >>>> > avoid doing this manually. It becomes tedious and human error prone. >>>> > >>>> > My suggestion instead (if enough people want this) is to create a task >>>> > to publish a version file. For example: "./gradlew publishVersion" >>>> > would create a VERSION file that contains ofbiz version and svn >>>> > revision for example and the file should be ignored by the version >>>> > control system. >>>> > >>>> > On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Deepak Dixit >>>> > <deepak.di...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: >>>> > > I think here Devanshu talking about release that we do in zip. >>>> > > http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/ofbiz/apache-ofbiz-16.1 >>>> 1.03.zip >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > Thanks & Regards >>>> > > -- >>>> > > Deepak Dixit >>>> > > www.hotwaxsystems.com >>>> > > www.hotwax.co >>>> > > >>>> > > On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Jacques Le Roux < >>>> > > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > >> Hi Devanshu, James, >>>> > >> >>>> > >> To see something locally on the ERP pages footer you need to run >>>> > "gradlew >>>> > >> svnInfo" before >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Jacques >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Le 25/11/2017 à 07:14, James Yong a écrit : >>>> > >> >>>> > >>> Hi Devanshu, >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> Have you looked at the web pageâ€[image: ™]s footer? >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> Regards, >>>> > >>> James Yong >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>> On 2017-11-25 13:46, Devanshu Vyas <vyas.devansh...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>> >>>> > >>>> Hello Devs, >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> Recently I came to know and verified that there is no specific >>>> > location >>>> > >>>> in >>>> > >>>> our OFBiz framework(not even in README.md) where we specify what >>>> > version >>>> > >>>> code a Dev has downloaded and currently using. >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> If there is such entry or location in our framework and I missed >>>> it, >>>> > >>>> please >>>> > >>>> let me know. And if not, let's discuss what's the best way to >>>> inform >>>> > our >>>> > >>>> Devs/users about our code version. >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> PS: I suggest the README.md :) >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> > >>>> Devanshu Vyas. >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >>>> >>>> > >> >>>> > >>>> >>> >> >
