Please stay with your opinion Jacopo
On Feb 27, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > Jacopo, > > there is, as you state no rule against it, i gave you my reasons and stay > with my opinion that it should stay on the main page. > > Regards, > Hans > > On 02/27/2012 07:09 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >> On Feb 27, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> On 02/27/2012 06:15 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacopo >>>> Cappellato"<[email protected]> >>>> To:<[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:48 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Some thoughts on OFBiz demo instances >>> ........ >>>>> So my point is: why are we demoing the trunk to users (the ofbiz main >>>>> page is mostly addressed to them) if the users will not be able to use >>>>> the code until is released (and this could take up to a year)? If, as you >>>>> mention, it is a useful resource for developers (and I completely agree >>>>> with you) we should probably move the urls (or at least clarify the >>>>> labels) to another place in order to avoid any confusion. >>>> Agreed, trunk should be keeped as demo but removed from main page >>>> >>> No I do not think so for the following reasons: >>> 1. OFBiz is not for end users anyway: can an end-user setup a e-commerce >>> shop? Can he intialize and install the system? He ALWAYS need help. >> The "user" here is the Company using the software: it could be a big company >> with a big internal IT or a software company selling services to its >> customers... they both would be end users of OFBiz; and yes I know a lot >> "users" that are using ofbiz (possibly customizing it a lot) that are using >> one release and not the trunk. >> >>> 2. The trunk is as stable as the other versions, with a lot of enhancement >>> added. >> The fact that it is not officially approved for release by the PMC is an >> *important* difference that any PMC member must understand and accept; we >> can work together releasing more often etc... but we cannot ignore this rule. >> >>> 3. If we refactoring we keep it in a separate branch until it is unlikely >>> to upset other functions. >> I don't understand the above statement. >> >>> so we should keep it as a demo on the front page. >>> >> As I said above, keeping url of the demo of the trunk in the main page is >> not a violation of ASF rules in itself, but it is important that the link is >> not unclear or confusing to users. >> >> Jacopo >> >>> Regards, >>> Hans >
