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Apache OFBiz News October 2017

Welcome to our regular monthly round-up of OFBiz news.
This month we have news about a proposed new OFBiz documentation framework, we look at making it easier for users to find out about data model changes, we look forward to having an OFBiz presence at the Open Source Summit in Paris and we prepare to create some new 17.xx branches.

Proposed New Documentation Framework

A lot of discussion has been happening this month on a proposal about setting up a documentation framework integrated within OFBiz. See below for some of the key ideas being suggested:

If you have any feedback or would like to be involved with the work to implement our documentation framework then please respond to the documentation framework discussion thread highlighting your willingness to participate or help out.

This will be a big step forward for the project, and thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

Tracking Data Model Changes

Last month we talked about the new Data Model documentation that had been put together by Aditya Sharma. This month an effort has begun to create a DATAMODELCHANGES.md file that contains the details of the changes to the data model over time. This will make it a lot easier for users to identify and locate data model changes. The initial file will feature all changes between 9.04 to date.

If you would like to keep up to date with what is happening then JIRA OFBIZ-9902 has been created to help track progress.

OFBiz at Open Source Summit in Paris

The ASF has been given half day track at the Open Source Summit in Paris. The conference is free to attend and will take place on 6th and 7th December 2017. A call for presentations (in French or English) was made on the ComDev mailing list and we have an OFBiz presentation on the schedule:

There will also be other members of the OFBiz Community at the event as well as an Apache booth. More details about the event can be found on the conference website:
www.opensourcesummit.paris

Preparing to Create OFBiz 17.xx Branches

You may have noticed that there has been a lot of work happening on our dev list. This is in preparation for the creation of some new OFBiz branches from our current trunk. In the past we have usually created one release branch that was stabilsed and then released as our next stable release.

Our current 16.11 stable release was initially created from a trunk branch from November last year, so it is around the right time for us to look at creating a 17.xx branch. However, we now have two trunks - one for the framework and one for plugins so it will be the first time that we will be creating 2 branches. This is an exciting time for the project as we start thinking about what to include before the branches are created.

If you would like to keep informed of the progress around the creation of these new branches then please subscribe to our dev mailing list.

New features and improvements

Functional enhancements and improvements as well as updates of third party libraries and source code refactoring:
Functional enhancements and improvements as well as updates of third party libraries and source code refactoring:

Framework

Plugins

Bugfixes

Functional and technical bugfixes:

Framework

Plugins