Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-02 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Done Jacques Le 01/04/2015 15:42, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : On Apr 1, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: That sounds good to me, I agree it's more complete and less disturbing than my proposition, not sure about strongly Jacques I agree with Jacques:

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Scott Gray
It adds unnecessary uncertainty. How do we even know if a particular bug exists in older releases? Users can find known unresolved bugs for their version in jira. Regards Scott On 31 Mar 2015 00:38, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: So what would you suggest? To put one more

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Jacques Le Roux
So you suggest we say anything? Jacques Le 01/04/2015 14:09, Scott Gray a écrit : It adds unnecessary uncertainty. How do we even know if a particular bug exists in older releases? Users can find known unresolved bugs for their version in jira. Regards Scott On 31 Mar 2015 00:38, Jacques Le

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Le 01/04/2015 14:15, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : So you suggest we say anything? I meant nothing

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: Le 01/04/2015 14:15, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : So you suggest we say anything? I meant nothing Yeah. Or, if you really want to add something, I would rather use a text similar to what Adrian and Pierre

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Adrian Crum
+1 I agree the original version sounded a bit negative. Adrian Crum Sandglass Software www.sandglass-software.com On 4/1/2015 2:01 PM, Sharan Foga wrote: Hi All My suggestion would be: Despite our best efforts to maintain up to three active release branches, support for older branches can

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
On Apr 1, 2015, at 3:30 PM, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: That sounds good to me, I agree it's more complete and less disturbing than my proposition, not sure about strongly Jacques I agree with Jacques: maybe we can drop the strongly word: recommend is already

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi All My suggestion would be: Despite our best efforts to maintain up to three active release branches, support for older branches can decrease because our project volunteers may be focussed on other issues. We strongly recommend using releases from the most recent branch wherever possible

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
+1 thank you Sharan. Jacopo On Apr 1, 2015, at 3:01 PM, Sharan Foga sharan.f...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All My suggestion would be: Despite our best efforts to maintain up to three active release branches, support for older branches can decrease because our project volunteers may be

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-04-01 Thread Jacques Le Roux
That sounds good to me, I agree it's more complete and less disturbing than my proposition, not sure about strongly Jacques Le 01/04/2015 15:01, Sharan Foga a écrit : Hi All My suggestion would be: Despite our best efforts to maintain up to three active release branches, support for older

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-30 Thread Jacques Le Roux
I propose to use the last sentence I suggested and to add a link to the wiki where we explain that, OK? Jacques Le 24/03/2015 18:08, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : On Mar 24, 2015, at 2:28 PM, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: I did not meant to ask our users to backport bug

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-30 Thread Jacques Le Roux
So what would you suggest? To put one more sentence in the download page to explain what you mentioned below? jacques Le 30/03/2015 13:22, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : My preference is to have a download the page clean and well written without links to external wiki, unless really required.

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-30 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
My preference is to have a download the page clean and well written without links to external wiki, unless really required. Jacopo On Mar 30, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: I propose to use the last sentence I suggested and to add a link to the wiki

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Pierre Smits
+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

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Pierre Smits
My advise is somewhat similar: 'Once a release branch is created, support for older releases can decrease - because volunteers tend to focus their efforts on issues that hold their interest more.' Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM http://www.orrtiz.com* Services Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing,

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Jacques Le Roux
Jacopo, Adrian, Why do you see a problem with this sentence there? It seems the best place to inform our users, no? There are more chances to be seen than somewhere in the wiki. Maybe I did not write it right because I tried to be brief? I did not meant to ask our users to backport bug fixes

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Pierre Smits
'Helps us to avoid long, winding threads in our mailing lists' was what I wanted to bring across. 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

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Adrian Crum
I agree. Something like that belongs on the wiki. Adrian Crum Sandglass Software www.sandglass-software.com On 3/24/2015 10:41 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: In the download page we should also strive to have a more formal language: maybe Sharan, Adrian or others that are fluent with English

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Adrian Crum
I usually give my clients this advice: Once a release branch is created, support for previous releases decreases - because volunteers tend to focus their efforts on more recent releases. Maybe that will help. Adrian Crum Sandglass Software www.sandglass-software.com On 3/24/2015 11:33 AM,

Re: svn commit: r1668834 - /ofbiz/site/download.html

2015-03-24 Thread Jacopo Cappellato
On Mar 24, 2015, at 2:28 PM, Jacques Le Roux jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com wrote: I did not meant to ask our users to backport bug fixes themselves, only when a bug miss in a release and they need it. If they need it, and they have the ability to create a backport, then they should be