Thanks Scott,
Right, this is true for R9.04 and 1.5 also
So the text I sent after should better be
All versions will run and compile with best performance with latest java
version (currently 1.6 recommended), but
R4.0 is compatible with java 1.4
R9.04 is compatible with java 1.5
Trunk needs java 1.6 to compile
Jacques
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From: "Scott Gray" <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com>
It doesn't _need_ 1.4, it's just compatible with 1.4 you can also
build and run it on 1.5 or 1.6.
Regards
Scott
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On 10/12/2009, at 9:57 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Thanks Tim,
We should put a word about R4.0 which IIRW needs java 1.4 to compile
Jacques
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It was here, but I forgot it was on the home page too - will be done
before you get this message:
http://build.ofbiz.org/branches.php
Cheers,
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On Dec 9, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
Hi Tim:
Well, you can't blame a girl for asking :-)
I'll look at the "What Do You Get" stuff next. Also, I just looked
at the changes and I think you said #6 was done (below) but I
don't see it on the page.
Thanks for doing this.
Ruth
Tim Ruppert wrote:
Ruth, first of all, thanks for taking the time out of your busy
day to do this, but I fear that we need to call a "Time Out" and
recalibrate the direction you went with your offering. There are
a bunch of changes here around an agenda that I've repeatedly
mentioned does not seem to be inline with what the project
generally pushes for development - so let's step back and look at
this
requirement the way we originally discussed it - to document what
we have not to change it all around.
Comments inline
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On Dec 9, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
Hi Tim et al:
First, I'm not sure I know what the difference is between the
column labeled "Nightly Trunk Builds" and the one labeled
"Archived Trunk Builds". Why both?
Well one is of the trunk - and one is of the trunk every month for
the entire time we've been doing this. This is common
functionality for many projects - that's why we do both. Check
out the branches page for hte
OK, but not to get hung up on that...here's my first go-round at
suggested changes:
For starters, how about something like the following:
1) Change the big download button on the right of the page to
point to the latest nightly 9.04 release build. (Not the trunk
build). Also, change the text on that button from "DOWNLOAD
OFBIZ" to: "New Users DOWNLOAD OFBIZ Here!".
I'd like to keep the main download as the trunk with better
directions to getting the 9.04 release from this main page. Button
text is too large to be graphically pleasing in any way. Let's
figure another way to make this clear.
2) Change the "OFBiz Nightly Trunk Releases" heading to:
"OFBiz Nightly Release Builds"
This is committed and posted with some mods. I'm going to change
the main page to OFBiz Nightly Builds (since not both are
releases) and changed the branch page to OFBiz Nightly Release
Builds (since it only has releases) if that makes it more clear
for you
3) Swap the "Nightly Trunk Builds" column with the "Nightly
Release 9.04 Builds" column so that "Nightly Release 9.04 Builds"
may be easily seen by new users.
Again - they're both at the top of the page and I do not think
this is a good idea.
4) Under the "Nightly Release 9.04 Builds" column, put something
like the following:
[Recommended for new users.
I don't agree without more information about them and how they're
going to use it.
The most stable code base.
+1 there.
All current stable features.
That's likely not true that all features are stable - but those
are the breaks.
The best option for getting community help.]
I think this is absolutely not true.
For now, I've changed this information to the following - we can
adjust it to something more when we agree:
"The most current release of OFBiz and the most stable platform
for production deployments."
Also, only list 5 or so links. Add a link to list other, older
builds after the 5 most recent.
Done - let's try 10 first and see what we think - but 5 is too
little (I checked it out).
5) Under the "Nightly Trunk Builds" column, put something like
the following:
[Recommended for project committers and those who want the latest
and greatest code. May not be as stable as the 9.04 nightly
release builds.]
Done
Also, only list 5 or so recent links. Add a link to list other,
older builds after the 5 most recent.]
Done - 10 for now except archives - 5 is too little - especially
for archives.
6) Under the "Nightly Release 4.0 Builds" column, put something
like the following:
[Recommended for (legacy) compatibility with earlier releases of
OFBiz.
Not recommended for new development where compatibility with the
9.04 release is desired.
Note: support for Release 4.0 builds may be difficult to find and
hence this release is not recommended for new users.]
Done
Also, only list 5 or so recent links. Add a link to list other,
older builds after the 5 most recent.
Done - 10 for now except archives - 5 is too little - especially
for archives.
I'd like to see how those changes look. That might be enough to
minimize any confusion.
For the descriptions, I'd focus on cleaning up the "What you get?"
area for further clarification
TIA
Ruth
