Ron, All, For an overview of special purpose components included in the 12.x releases, see http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/branches/release12.04/specialpurpose/
For an overview of the special purpose components in the 13.x branch, see: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/branches/release13.07/specialpurpose/ 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, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > wrote: > It would be for me since it is one of the components that I want to use. > > Perhaps the more knowledgeable people might want to share a bit more of > the background of the feature. > Is it in 12.xx.xx? > > Is it currently in the 13.07 branch and therefor currently part of the > 13.07 versions that people have put in production or is it just in the > trunk that people are putting into production? > > What are the issues that need to be addressed before it is "stabilized and > bug fixed"? > Do any of these issues pose a significant risk to the stability of the > rest of the functionality? > > Is anyone using it in production? What are their opinions of the state of > the code and the degree of risk? > > Is anyone prepared to take on the task of getting it "stabilized and bug > fixed" to a point where it can be safely included? > What is the estimate of the minimum effort required? > > Ron > > > On 30/09/2014 9:58 AM, Mike wrote: > >> Why not deploy it as another hot-deploy component? Is it considered a >> "core" ERP component? >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Jacopo, >>> >>> Back then there were already strong objections to excluding components >>> from >>> the release. I recall that Hans also wanted to keep the SCRUM component >>> in >>> the release, as well as there were proponents for BIRT and other >>> components. >>> >>> These are good additions to the feature set of OFBiz and may be in use >>> already by community members. It would be best that you solicit the >>> advice >>> of the entire community before a decision on excluding components from >>> any >>> release is taken. This affects more participants in this project than >>> just >>> you and the committers. >>> >>> 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, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Jacopo Cappellato < >>> jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ok, got it. >>>> The release process that the OFBiz community is following is based on a >>>> feature freeze phase, that for the 13.07 branch started more than one >>>> >>> year >>> >>>> ago, during which only bug fixes are backported. >>>> This is done in order to stabilize the branch before an official release >>>> is done. Since the "projectmgr" component has never been part of the >>>> >>> 13.07 >>> >>>> branch then it may be unsafe to include it now just before the release >>>> is >>>> issued. It would be better to discuss its inclusion in the upcoming new >>>> release branch where it could be stabilized and bug fixed. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Jacopo >>>> >>>> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > >
