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["Dale E. Moore" <daleemoore@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Raphael Valyi <rvalyi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Also,
>
> not everybody is using OpenERP for kidding. If you look at the integrators
> successful with OpenERP, most of them are not just downloading modules
> around: they are creating synergies between modules authors, creating new
> branches of modules to comply with new OpenERP versions (v7?),
> localizations, other modules... People are reporting bugs and proposing
> enhancements, extracting common abstractions, merging similar modules...
> OpenERP has never been something mature with minor evolutions. It's a
> moving target instead...
> That can only work when a module has a project home somewhere Github,
> Launchpad etc.. that serious people can work with.
>
> Unless I missed something, I can not find these relevant information
> (repository page, main branch for serie, project page) in the new Apps
> website. Take Akretion, we made over 100 OpenERP modules, www.akretion.comis certainly not the best hub for all of them, some are on some Launchpad
> community branches, some are isolated on Launchpad, some are on Github, the
> relevant thing is to pass that information, else sorry to say it but it's
> just one more useless thing people will end up making parody web pages
> about again.
>
> Take new version 7 release: I would say even 6 months after v7 has been
> officially released, may be 75% of the extra modules commonly used on v6.1
> are still not ported to v7. That means things don't happen magically
> overnight. Modules get migrated if people identify easily what are the
> issues, where to report bugs and propose their contributions. People are
> also encouraged to visit project modules before picking ones, so they can
> evaluate if development seems serious, if there are tests, how frequently
> the repo is updated, if there are contributions, peer review etc..
> How can one think the fuel of the free eco-system powering most of OpenERP
> modules is just a detail?
> If the central hub OpenERP SA don't emphasis how things work in first
> place, then yes, you can expect public will keep understanding nothing
> about open source, will keep thinking things all come free magically at
> every new release no matter how thing change and because they won't
> understand how it works behind, they will not fund it and the eco-system
> will keep struggling.
>
> Sorry to be harsh about that, but I cannot understand how you guys didn't
> think about that. If that information is missing, then Google will keep
> being a much better apps hub than apps unfortunately.
>
>
> My 2 cents.
>
>
>
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> Raphaël Valyi
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> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Eric Caudal <eric.caudal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  The v6apps.openerp.com has disappeared: I can understand the need to
>> switch to the new repository but one side effect is that all current link
>> in the web are not redirected to the new repository... That is a huge loss
>> in terms of knowledge base and legacy maintenance.
>>
>> Would it be possible to keep the old repository until the new repository
>> is fully populated (let's say 2 or 3 month) and have a redirect later?
>>
>>
>>  Eric Caudal*CEO*
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>>
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>> On 13/08/2013 23:38, Olivier Dony wrote:
>>
>> On 08/13/2013 11:35 AM, Joël Grand-Guillaume wrote:
>>
>> b) I want to know how to manage the community branches repositories... I
>> can
>> register them only using my Camptocamp account/login which is obviously
>> not the
>> purpose at all ! Can we have a login for the OCA in order to manage the
>> community work and repository here ? It'll be good, so all community
>> branches
>> can be managed through that portal. Most of our work is currently
>> released in
>> the community repo..
>>
>>
>> I think it makes sense to register OCA branches under a generic OCA
>> account that can be managed by the OCA core reviewers team. I will send the
>> account info to the ~openerp-community-reviewer members.
>> In any case you can also register them with your account and we can later
>> transfer the ownership.
>>
>>
>> c) Searching for camptocamp only display me 9 modules... I think
>> something
>> wrong about the search or I missed something, do you know what ?
>> (example, the
>> account_financial_report_webkit appear if I search by name, but not if I
>> enter
>> Camptocamp...).. It's very confusing.
>>
>>
>> There was an issue with the author-based search (in the front-end only),
>> it should now be fixed.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
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