Then as suggested Jacopo we should at least add a mention to clearly tell it's
not official release
Jacques
From: "Hans Bakker" <mailingl...@antwebsystems.com>
Jacopo,
there is, as you state no rule against it, i gave you my reasons and stay with
my opinion that it should stay on the main page.
Regards,
Hans
On 02/27/2012 07:09 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
On Feb 27, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Hans Bakker wrote:
On 02/27/2012 06:15 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacopo
Cappellato"<jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com>
To:<dev@ofbiz.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Some thoughts on OFBiz demo instances
........
So my point is: why are we demoing the trunk to users (the ofbiz main page is
mostly addressed to them) if the users will not
be able to use the code until is released (and this could take up to a year)?
If, as you mention, it is a useful resource for
developers (and I completely agree with you) we should probably move the urls
(or at least clarify the labels) to another
place in order to avoid any confusion.
Agreed, trunk should be keeped as demo but removed from main page
No I do not think so for the following reasons:
1. OFBiz is not for end users anyway: can an end-user setup a e-commerce shop?
Can he intialize and install the system? He
ALWAYS need help.
The "user" here is the Company using the software: it could be a big company
with a big internal IT or a software company selling
services to its customers... they both would be end users of OFBiz; and yes I know a lot
"users" that are using ofbiz (possibly
customizing it a lot) that are using one release and not the trunk.
2. The trunk is as stable as the other versions, with a lot of enhancement
added.
The fact that it is not officially approved for release by the PMC is an
*important* difference that any PMC member must
understand and accept; we can work together releasing more often etc... but we
cannot ignore this rule.
3. If we refactoring we keep it in a separate branch until it is unlikely to
upset other functions.
I don't understand the above statement.
so we should keep it as a demo on the front page.
As I said above, keeping url of the demo of the trunk in the main page is not a
violation of ASF rules in itself, but it is
important that the link is not unclear or confusing to users.
Jacopo
Regards,
Hans
