Press Release for Release Branch 9.3

[Bruno Busco]

This will let that a framework-only installation will be usable by users.
They will be able to login and configure their home portal page
choosing between the framework resourced portlets.

-Bruno


2009/3/27 David E Jones <[hidden email]>:

>
> I apologize, I thought we had discussed this and based on replies that there
> was a general understanding of what the point of a portal component in the
> framework would be.
>
> The general idea is to have a webapp that is part of the framework that any
> user can go to and see a "home" screen sort of thing that is appropriate for
> their role(s). In other words we would have a number of portal pages
> pre-configured for different roles, and permissions to determine ability to
> access each. If a user has a permission then the portal page is available to
> them, and there could more than one portal page.
>
> One of the nice things about the "portal" idea is that we can have a large
> library of "portlets", which would just be thinly wrapped screens and
> shouldn't be too hard to build (not automatic, but not tons of work either).
> With these in place a user can customize the OOTB portal pages or maybe even
> create their own.
>
> Anyway, this OOTB application would be a generic place to see the portal
> pages available and such. The reason to have it in the framework is to have
> it be a fundamental part of the project that other components can build on,
> mostly by configuring portal pages and pointing to portlets made available
> in that component or others in depends on.
>
> In short this enables an alternate, and easily configurable, UI.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Hans Bakker wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> this sounds fine...thanks for taking the lead in this, excellent!
>>
>> I do not quite understand what idea you have moving the myportal into
>> the framework because it think most of it is already there?
>>
>> regards
>> Hans
>>
>> On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 10:19 -0600, David E Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm thinking we should delay the release branch for a couple of weeks.
>>> Some reasons:
>>>
>>> 1. more opportunity to collaborate with the PRC on the press release
>>>
>>> 2. time to find and fix more issue relating to the new security policy
>>> of no fields submitted to service-backed events in the URL, ie the
>>> link to form conversion thingy that is underway (I thought we were
>>> closer than we are, and I'm guessing it will take a little time for
>>> all of these to shake out)
>>>
>>> 3. time to get myportal generalized and moved to framework
>>>
>>> 4. time to get the new OFBiz home page and sub-content in place, and
>>> time for more people (outside of the PMC so far) to offer feedback on it
>>>
>>> 5. opportunity to compile a larger list of new features (basically
>>> effort going into expanding the "Main New Features" page), and perhaps
>>> other marketing related things in and outside of OFBiz (ie: if you are
>>> a service or derivative work or whatever provider, this is your chance
>>> to fancy up your web site and other things before the PR push related
>>> to the release branch!)
>>>
>>> 6. other things?
>>>
>>> In short, there are a few things up in the air that would be nice to
>>> have happen around the same time as the release branch. It's true that
>>> the cutoff date for the release branch is somewhat arbitrary, or in
>>> other words that features in the branch aren't as big a deal as the
>>> focus for the release branch is stabilization and not new features.
>>> Still, this release branch should be the main stabilized branch for
>>> the next 1-2 years for OFBiz, so fixing issues we know are in the
>>> trunk before the branch will help things considerably.
>>>
>>> We haven't voted on an official date or anything, and won't until the
>>> actual date to release, so this is all about communication for the
>>> sake of coordination.
>>>
>>> Comments more than welcome. In fact, I demand that you comment right
>>> now! ;)
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 25, 2009, at 4:32 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've started putting together some ideas for the press release for
>>>> our upcoming release branch. The time is a little tight... I had
>>>> planned on doing this last week but it got lost among other things.
>>>>
>>>> To facilitate collaboration on this I've created a confluence page
>>>> for it here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Press+Release+for+Release+Branch+9.3
>>>>
>>>> Before writing the actual press release I thought we should do some
>>>> brainstorming, so please add thoughts there (if you are a committer)
>>>> or respond to this message with other thoughts.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to send a message to the ASF PRC to ask for their help and
>>>> guidance on this. It may be that they write the actual press
>>>> release, so our brainstorming thoughts and details we add there are
>>>> probably the most important part of what we as a community put into
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> -David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
>>
>
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

Maybe that's why Ubuntu renumbered Dapper Drake from 6.04 to 6.06  ?
(Actually I think it was from real delays they got)

Jacques
PS : don't you think OFBiz is sufficiently important to have versions names like Ubuntu does ? Could be "Wind not superstitious".
Mmm... I'm bad at marketing, noway... :D


From: "Shi Yusen" <[hidden email]>

> Just for fun:
> symbol            pronounce meaning
> 9                  immediately,now
> .                      click
> 4                       die
> 9.4               now click and die
>
> HAHA
>
> Anyway, happy the great release is coming.
>
> Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
>
>
> 在 2009-03-26四的 11:37 -0600，David E Jones写道：
>> While not superstitious I do find numerology to be interesting...
>> Could you explain some of the background behind 9.4?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Shi Yusen wrote:
>>
>> > Personally, I would prefer keeping 9.3 rather than 9.4 for the version
>> > number. 9.4 is a very bad number in Chinese. :) Or 9.5?
>> >
>> > Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
>> >
>> >
>> > 在 2009-03-25三的 16:32 -0600，David E Jones写道：
>> >> I've started putting together some ideas for the press release for
>> >> our
>> >> upcoming release branch. The time is a little tight... I had planned
>> >> on doing this last week but it got lost among other things.
>> >>
>> >> To facilitate collaboration on this I've created a confluence page
>> >> for
>> >> it here:
>> >>
>> >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Press+Release+for+Release+Branch+9.3
>> >>
>> >> Before writing the actual press release I thought we should do some
>> >> brainstorming, so please add thoughts there (if you are a committer)
>> >> or respond to this message with other thoughts.
>> >>
>> >> I'm going to send a message to the ASF PRC to ask for their help and
>> >> guidance on this. It may be that they write the actual press release,
>> >> so our brainstorming thoughts and details we add there are probably
>> >> the most important part of what we as a community put into this.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> -David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

[Bilgin Ibryam]

  + 1

Bilgin

On Mar 26, 2009, at 6:19 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> I'm thinking we should delay the release branch for a couple of  
> weeks. Some reasons:
>
> 1. more opportunity to collaborate with the PRC on the press release
>
> 2. time to find and fix more issue relating to the new security  
> policy of no fields submitted to service-backed events in the URL,  
> ie the link to form conversion thingy that is underway (I thought we  
> were closer than we are, and I'm guessing it will take a little time  
> for all of these to shake out)
>
> 3. time to get myportal generalized and moved to framework
>
> 4. time to get the new OFBiz home page and sub-content in place, and  
> time for more people (outside of the PMC so far) to offer feedback  
> on it
>
> 5. opportunity to compile a larger list of new features (basically  
> effort going into expanding the "Main New Features" page), and  
> perhaps other marketing related things in and outside of OFBiz (ie:  
> if you are a service or derivative work or whatever provider, this  
> is your chance to fancy up your web site and other things before the  
> PR push related to the release branch!)
>
> 6. other things?
>
> In short, there are a few things up in the air that would be nice to  
> have happen around the same time as the release branch. It's true  
> that the cutoff date for the release branch is somewhat arbitrary,  
> or in other words that features in the branch aren't as big a deal  
> as the focus for the release branch is stabilization and not new  
> features. Still, this release branch should be the main stabilized  
> branch for the next 1-2 years for OFBiz, so fixing issues we know  
> are in the trunk before the branch will help things considerably.
>
> We haven't voted on an official date or anything, and won't until  
> the actual date to release, so this is all about communication for  
> the sake of coordination.
>
> Comments more than welcome. In fact, I demand that you comment right  
> now! ;)
>
> -David
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2009, at 4:32 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> I've started putting together some ideas for the press release for  
>> our upcoming release branch. The time is a little tight... I had  
>> planned on doing this last week but it got lost among other things.
>>
>> To facilitate collaboration on this I've created a confluence page  
>> for it here:
>>
>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Press+Release+for+Release+Branch+9.3
>>
>> Before writing the actual press release I thought we should do some  
>> brainstorming, so please add thoughts there (if you are a  
>> committer) or respond to this message with other thoughts.
>>
>> I'm going to send a message to the ASF PRC to ask for their help  
>> and guidance on this. It may be that they write the actual press  
>> release, so our brainstorming thoughts and details we add there are  
>> probably the most important part of what we as a community put into  
>> this.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>

[Shi Yusen]

I guess Microsoft is the first to use this style. Windows 3.0, Windows
3.1, Windows 95, actually Windows 4.0, Windows 98, actually Windows
4.1...


在 2009-03-27五的 09:09 +0100，Jacques Le Roux写道：

> Maybe that's why Ubuntu renumbered Dapper Drake from 6.04 to 6.06  ?
> (Actually I think it was from real delays they got)
>
> Jacques
> PS : don't you think OFBiz is sufficiently important to have versions names like Ubuntu does ? Could be "Wind not superstitious".
> Mmm... I'm bad at marketing, noway... :D
>
>
> From: "Shi Yusen" <[hidden email]>
> > Just for fun:
> > symbol            pronounce meaning
> > 9                  immediately,now
> > .                      click
> > 4                       die
> > 9.4               now click and die
> >
> > HAHA
> >
> > Anyway, happy the great release is coming.
> >
> > Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
> >
> >
> > 在 2009-03-26四的 11:37 -0600，David E Jones写道：
> >> While not superstitious I do find numerology to be interesting...
> >> Could you explain some of the background behind 9.4?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -David
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Shi Yusen wrote:
> >>
> >> > Personally, I would prefer keeping 9.3 rather than 9.4 for the version
> >> > number. 9.4 is a very bad number in Chinese. :) Or 9.5?
> >> >
> >> > Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 在 2009-03-25三的 16:32 -0600，David E Jones写道：
> >> >> I've started putting together some ideas for the press release for
> >> >> our
> >> >> upcoming release branch. The time is a little tight... I had planned
> >> >> on doing this last week but it got lost among other things.
> >> >>
> >> >> To facilitate collaboration on this I've created a confluence page
> >> >> for
> >> >> it here:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Press+Release+for+Release+Branch+9.3
> >> >>
> >> >> Before writing the actual press release I thought we should do some
> >> >> brainstorming, so please add thoughts there (if you are a committer)
> >> >> or respond to this message with other thoughts.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm going to send a message to the ASF PRC to ask for their help and
> >> >> guidance on this. It may be that they write the actual press release,
> >> >> so our brainstorming thoughts and details we add there are probably
> >> >> the most important part of what we as a community put into this.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks!
> >> >>
> >> >> -David
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
>

[Jacques Le Roux]

Not sure if it's really the 1st (you know IT industry existed for 3 decades when Microsoft  appeared). Adding the month Ubuntu is a
bit more precise

Jacques

From: "Shi Yusen" <[hidden email]>

>I guess Microsoft is the first to use this style. Windows 3.0, Windows
> 3.1, Windows 95, actually Windows 4.0, Windows 98, actually Windows
> 4.1...
>
>
> 在 2009-03-27五的 09:09 +0100，Jacques Le Roux写道：
>> Maybe that's why Ubuntu renumbered Dapper Drake from 6.04 to 6.06  ?
>> (Actually I think it was from real delays they got)
>>
>> Jacques
>> PS : don't you think OFBiz is sufficiently important to have versions names like Ubuntu does ? Could be "Wind not superstitious".
>> Mmm... I'm bad at marketing, noway... :D
>>
>>
>> From: "Shi Yusen" <[hidden email]>
>> > Just for fun:
>> > symbol            pronounce meaning
>> > 9                  immediately,now
>> > .                      click
>> > 4                       die
>> > 9.4               now click and die
>> >
>> > HAHA
>> >
>> > Anyway, happy the great release is coming.
>> >
>> > Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
>> >
>> >
>> > 在 2009-03-26四的 11:37 -0600，David E Jones写道：
>> >> While not superstitious I do find numerology to be interesting...
>> >> Could you explain some of the background behind 9.4?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> -David
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Shi Yusen wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Personally, I would prefer keeping 9.3 rather than 9.4 for the version
>> >> > number. 9.4 is a very bad number in Chinese. :) Or 9.5?
>> >> >
>> >> > Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 在 2009-03-25三的 16:32 -0600，David E Jones写道：
>> >> >> I've started putting together some ideas for the press release for
>> >> >> our
>> >> >> upcoming release branch. The time is a little tight... I had planned
>> >> >> on doing this last week but it got lost among other things.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To facilitate collaboration on this I've created a confluence page
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> it here:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Press+Release+for+Release+Branch+9.3
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Before writing the actual press release I thought we should do some
>> >> >> brainstorming, so please add thoughts there (if you are a committer)
>> >> >> or respond to this message with other thoughts.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm going to send a message to the ASF PRC to ask for their help and
>> >> >> guidance on this. It may be that they write the actual press release,
>> >> >> so our brainstorming thoughts and details we add there are probably
>> >> >> the most important part of what we as a community put into this.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -David
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>