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Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-13207:
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bq. The instruction to install JDK 8 I took to assume that it needed a minimum
of JDK 8, not that it was mandatory/would not work on newer versions...and when
the latest version is 23, that's a huge lag behind.
Yes that's why we will ASAP release 24.09.01
bq. Maybe it is normal in Java to have old versions installed, but that is not
intuitive when for most software it is imperative to use the latest/patched
version.
Agreed, the lag between stable (18.12 branch) and next (24.09) is mostly due to
what happened to the OFBiz community with the Covid :/
https://ofbiz.apache.org/ofbiz-demos.html
At the moment trunk and next still use JDK 17
bq. Especially when it is not quickly switchable between multiple versions.
Yes , as a former user of Win 2.0 ;) I know. That's due to Win ecosytem. It's
quite easy on *nix OS
bq. Gradle has versions above 5: https://gradle.org/releases/
Yes, but when we release a branch (18.12.17 is the 17th version of the 18.12
branch) we freeze the situation. Only bugs fixes are accepted. There is no bug
in 5.0-rc-5. It's the EOL of the 5.0 version.
Bq. Thanks for the stats, but given the enormous codebase, only 31 commits in
the last month seems very low.
OFBiz has been created in 2001 and is an Apache project since 2006. It's a very
mature software.
If you are interested with commits and stats you may prefer:
https://openhub.net/p/Apache-OFBiz
As you can see there were periods with high activity. It's less now that most
of the work has been done.
bq. My interest was a combined ERP and webshop on the same db, but I see there
is little development on the ecommerce plugin. It's had the same template for
many years now.
To be frank, OFBiz is more a toolbox. You don't pay anything and have a serious
maintenance. But in 2025 you should not expect to see a lot of free new
features. On the other hand it's easy to adapt OFBiz to your needs. And if you
need some help you may have a look at
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Service+Providers
Up to you
> Installation documentation (Windows 11 frustrated installation)
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> Key: OFBIZ-13207
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-13207
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: ALL COMPONENTS
> Affects Versions: 18.12.17
> Environment: Windows 11.
> Reporter: Steve
> Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
> Priority: Trivial
>
> Background 45 years using computers, 20 years as a business owner.
> Trying Ofbiz as a replacement for legacy invoicing software and ecommerce
> site.
> Install says: install JDK.
> Current JDK version is 23.
> Gradle Wrapper inOfbiz pulls in gradle 5.0-rc-5 (not even a release version).
> Consequently the build fails with piles of deprecation errors.
> From the gradle compatibility table, gradle 5 works with jdk 11, so I used
> that.
> This allowed the build to complete, but still with a pile of deprecation
> notices.
> The last couple of sentences do not reflect the frustration and time wasted
> in reading about unfamiliar concepts and understanding the
> problems….something NO BUSINESS USER would ordinarily be able to do, nor
> would have the time. So Ofbiz goes in the bin at this point/goodbye potential
> user.
>
> As I’m a fighter I tried to use the current gradle 18.1.12 with the current
> JDK 23.
> This requires replacing various obsolete method names in the files
> build.gradle and solr\build.gradle
> before I was eventually beaten by aspectjweaver-1.8.9.jar; Invalid CEN header
> which I could not overcome despite repeated downloads and using -U in gradlew.
> All the above is unthinkable for a potential user.
> None of the above can be attribute to Windows, as far as I can tell…so no-one
> has come across these problems in the last X years? No-one has installed it?
> Added to the very low commit rate in Github, it seems to be evident that
> Ofbiz is staggering along a purely maintenance path. Unless there is some
> evidence to the contrary somewhere.
> Shame, it could be a world beater. I wanted it to be the solution.
>
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