+1 for statement of Jacques. And it should also be stated on our 'release policy' page.
Clear, unambiguous messages ensure that we tell a consistent story. Not only to potential adopters but they also remind of what we do, for whom and how. Having those up front helps us to have long, winding threads in our mailing lists. 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 On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Le 24/03/2015 11:41, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : > >> In the download page we should also strive to have a more formal >> language: maybe Sharan, Adrian or others that are fluent with English can >> help here. >> But apart from the above comment: do we really need this sentence in the >> download page? What is the goal you are trying to achieve? >> As we discussed in the list, the community does its best to backport >> bugs; if a bug is not backported and a ticket is created for it with a >> backported patch then a committer will pick it up and commit. Why should we >> tell the users to backport themselves? >> > > Because we don't backport all bug fixes to all living release branches, > how can I say it otherwise? > It seems to me our users should be aware of that > > Jacques > > > >> Jacopo >> >> On Mar 24, 2015, at 11:18 AM, jler...@apache.org wrote: >> >> Author: jleroux >>> Date: Tue Mar 24 10:18:18 2015 >>> New Revision: 1668834 >>> >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1668834 >>> Log: >>> Adds a note about "not all bug fixes are backported to all living >>> release branches" >>> >>> Modified: >>> ofbiz/site/download.html >>> >>> Modified: ofbiz/site/download.html >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/site/download.html?rev= >>> 1668834&r1=1668833&r2=1668834&view=diff >>> ============================================================ >>> ================== >>> --- ofbiz/site/download.html (original) >>> +++ ofbiz/site/download.html Tue Mar 24 10:18:18 2015 >>> @@ -61,12 +61,17 @@ >>> </ul> >>> </div> >>> <p> >>> -Apache OFBiz™ is an open source product for the automation of >>> enterprise >>> +Apache OFBiz™ is an open source product for the automation of >>> enterprise >>> processes that includes framework components and business applications. >>> </p> >>> <p> >>> Use the links below to download Apache OFBiz releases from the "Apache >>> Download Mirrors" page; in that page you'll also >>> find instructions on how to verify the integrity of the release file >>> using the signature and hashes (PGP, MD5, SHA512) available for each >>> release. >>> +<p>Just as a note: despite our best efforts, not all bug fixes are >>> backported to all living release branches. But using >>> +<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ/? >>> selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:changelog-panel" >>> target="_blank">releases logs </a> or >>> +<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/"; target="_blank">commits >>> logs </a>you should always be able to backport yourself. >>> +</p> >>> + >>> </p> >>> <h3>Apache OFBiz 13.07.01</h3> >>> <p>Released in October 2014, is the first release of the 13.07 series, >>> that has been stabilized with bug fixes since July 2013. It is the OFBiz >>> current stable release and users of the previous releases are encouraged to >>> migrate to it in order to get all the new features.</p> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
