We are going to end up deprecating  more than half of the methods in
OrderService, i suggest that we deprecate the entire OrderService  and
introduce OrderEntryService. OrderService will delegate to it for
backward compatibility purposes.

Wyclif

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Ben Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok, that makes life simpler. The work on the "orderentry" module should be
> stopped asap and the work moved to trunk (again).  We must mark relevant
> order calls/methods as deprecated in 1.9.x before the release.
>
> We don't want an "ordercompatiblity" module because we are modifying the
> core order tables.  So using "ordercompatibilty" with 1.10+ would cause the
> exact same confusion as an "orderentry" module in 1.9 would!
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Burke Mamlin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Mike/Darius/Ben/Wyclif/Daniel/Roger,
>>
>> From our recent design calls, I agree with Wyclif/Darius/Mike, that we
>> are not being pressed for enhancements to order entry as much as the need
>> for improved order sets & grouping, which, via a module, could be adapted
>> to work with the existing order tables as well as the enhanced order tables
>> in a future version (e.g., 1.10).
>>
>> -Burke
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Darius Jazayeri <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> How about if we build and experiment with order groups and order sets in
>>> a module, and we refactor order in core in 1.10, pulling in the order group
>>> and set code from the module when it's ready.
>>>
>>> That lets us develop new end user functionality in a module usable with
>>> 1.9, while saving the under the hood refactoring for core.
>>>
>>> So #1, basically.
>>>
>>> -Darius (by phone)
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Michael Seaton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> **
>>>> Option #1 is also conclusion I have arrived at.  It likely means
>>>> introducing backwards-incompatibilities that module developers will need to
>>>> deal with (like we did with Provider in 1.9), which will be annoying, but
>>>> at least everything is predictable.  It is far worse, IMHO, than having the
>>>> possibility that someone is unwittingly using a combination of modules that
>>>> are storing / retrieving Orders from 2 different places.  That is a recipe
>>>> for disaster.
>>>>
>>>> A possible variation on this is to do something like we did with
>>>> reporting back in the day:  move all current Order functionality out of
>>>> core and into an "ordercompatibility" module (not my proposed name).  Then,
>>>> develop a new "orderentry" module which does things the right way and can
>>>> evolve at it's on pace.  We would then add something to the module
>>>> framework to allow modules to indicate which other modules it does not play
>>>> nicely with, to ensure that no one ends up running both of these in
>>>> parallel.
>>>>
>>>> But I still think that this isn't better than #1, because a key
>>>> unwritten rule would be broken - that installing the module would change
>>>> your _core_ data in a non-reversible way.  I guess we could treat this
>>>> module like sync - where once you install it, you are stuck with it unless
>>>> you jump through hoops to get it off of your system...
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 04/26/2012 04:42 PM, Wyclif Luyima wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Darius sent out an email yesterday, saying we should halt work on order
>>>> entry module and that i should look at the 3 options again, and after
>>>> carefully looking at all three today i have realized options 3 is most
>>>> likely going to keep us going in circles and is going to be a pain both to
>>>> us and the PIH guys.
>>>>
>>>>  Wyclif
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Ben Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I thought we already decided on option 3...multiple times.  No?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Wyclif Luyima <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I have spent some time today analysing the 3 possible solutions as
>>>>>> to how we can rework order entry.
>>>>>>  Here is an etherpad <http://notes.openmrs.org/new-order-entry> that
>>>>>> summarizes my views and my proposed solution. I have laid out what needs 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> be done, pros and cons of each solution and at the end proposed what i
>>>>>> think the most convenient solution from my perspective taking into
>>>>>> consideration what i think are the strong/key issues that Mike has been
>>>>>> pointing out. If you are eager to know what it is, i have proposed that 
>>>>>> we
>>>>>> just do this from core as part of 1.10 except for order groups/order 
>>>>>> sets.
>>>>>> Of course your views are welcome.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Wyclif
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Ben Wolfe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds fine except for the hacky part.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Michael Seaton <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  This sounds fine to me
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 04/25/2012 07:00 PM, Darius Jazayeri wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I agree with that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I would further suggest that:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  * the API module (probably should be orderentryapi) should have
>>>>>>>> high-quality code, and be written to support general and complex use 
>>>>>>>> cases
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  * the UI module (probably orderentryui, or even
>>>>>>>> simpleorderentryui) is allowed (expected!) to have hacky code, and 
>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>> target the simple, common use case of recording mostly-standard 
>>>>>>>> regimens
>>>>>>>> (e.g. for HIV and TB) in a low-resource setting, where it's equally 
>>>>>>>> likely
>>>>>>>> to be the clinician entering the regimen order real-time, or a data 
>>>>>>>> clerk
>>>>>>>> or secretary entering it later.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  -Darius
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Wyclif Luyima 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Apparently, i forgot to bring up something that Burke commented
>>>>>>>>> on a ticket, he suggested that the order entry module that Daniel and 
>>>>>>>>> I are
>>>>>>>>> working is purely an API with no web layer, and that we will have to 
>>>>>>>>> author
>>>>>>>>> another module to provide the UI, does everyone agree to this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Wyclif
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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