Hi Mark While I don't have any figures, the update should be pretty light especially for the release branch which only sees bug fixing commits. It would depend on how old your snapshot is but even if it were over a month old I wouldn't expect the update to consume more a couple of MB.
Regards Scott On 15/09/2007, Mark Erbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 01:50 -0600, David E Jones wrote: > > It has been nearly 5 months since we created the release4.0 branch (late > April). The hope for these release branches is that they will stabilize > within about 3 months and be ready for an initial binary release. In order > for this to happen effectively each branch needs a reasonably sized subset > of the OFBiz community doing real-world work based on it. So... > > > > 1. Are there any users of the release4.0 branch with projects in > production or moving in that direction? > > > > 2. For anyone in that group, could you share your thoughts on the > current state of the branch? > > > > At the minute the initial binary release has been delayed because > committers and the PMC have been very busy on other projects (quite a > summer!), but mostly because there just don't seem to be many issues files > specifically for release4.0 and because there hasn't been much feedback > from users grouping around that branch. Hence this email... > > > > Because of the passing of time we will release a binary version in the > near future (perhaps a couple of weeks or so) regardless of the responses in > this thread or other relevant threads. If nothing else that may help attract > end-users to the branch. > > What is the procedure for working with a release branch? I used > Subclipse (in Eclipse) to checkout the release 4 branch and I have been > working with a local copy thinking that the branch was frozen. The > comments above sound like it is not. > > At this point, I'm trying to learn OfBiz and wanted to get a (more) > solid footing before the code started changing underneath me. > > This question also goes to my lack of familiarity with Subversion. So > far, I've only used it to track my own projects. Right now, what I did > was checkout the release 4 branch. I then disconnected the project from > the repository and re-created a project in my local repository. That > way, as I'm learning, I can try code changes to see what happens, and > still revert pieces. > > I have to add that I am using a satellite based ISP that while higher > speed than dialup, limits the amount of data I can download (to 200 MB > per day) except between 3am and 6am. I know this is not ideal, but > traditional high speed choices aren't available to me. > > So I checked out the project early one morning and have been working > with the local copy. Is there a way with Subclipse (or Subversion) to > tell how much data needs to be transferred to sync up? > > Mark > >
