Looking for consultant help upgrading OFBiz

[Hayes, Christopher]

Hello,

We are looking for someone with an expertise in OFBiz to help us upgrade to v.16 in one of our applications.  More context can be found here: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/upgrading-from-09-04-to-16-td4701237.html.

Please let me know if anyone can provide help with this.  Thank you.

Best regards,
Chris


Chris Hayes
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Harvard University Information Technology | Administrative Technology Services | FAS Systems
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[james yong]

Hi Chris,

ofbiz12345 wrote

We are looking into upgrading ofbiz 09-04 to 16. Any thoughts on if this even a good idea?

Security fixes are no longer backported to version 9.04. With OFBiz being improved constantly, it is a good idea to upgrade.

ofbiz12345 wrote

We need it to work with java 7 at a minimum... perhaps there is a lower version we should be aiming for?

See https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/System+Requirements
Note Java 7 has already reaches end of life and is no longer maintained by Oracle for free.

ofbiz12345 wrote

We are looking here... but the task seems daunting... what gotchas should we be aware of.

Assuming the OFBiz 9.04 implementation was customized according to the guidelines mentioned in the following link, the upgrade should be relatively straight-forward.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Addressing+Custom+Requirements+In+OFBiz

Hayes, Christopher wrote

Please let me know if anyone can provide help with this.  Thank you.

You can find info on OFBiz service providers here. They can help to assess on the right version to upgrade to, based on your current implementation and requirements.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Apache+OFBiz+Service+Providers

Regards,
James Yong