[OPEN-ILS-DEV] [RM] Call for roadmap entries for Evergreen 3.0

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

I will draw the version discussion to a close then, and use 2.10.

I am doing so on the basis that the majority of folks who have cared
to speak up have expressed a preference that a a firm criterion be
established for cutting a 3.0: availability of the web staff interface
for all modules and (presumably at the same time) deprecation of the
XUL client.  If that's the criterion, let's please stick to it unless
some unexpected new work that's at least as important as webstaff
shows up.

However, in order to ultimately reach 3.0, it is important that at
least several, if not many, Evergreen libraries actually use the parts
of the browser client that are deemed production-ready. My release
goal of having the webstaff patron and circulation modules be
officially supported in the spring 2016 release remains in place. If
that goal is met, I hope that folks will not stint in their PR efforts
so as to encourage broader use and development of the browser client.

Regards,

Galen

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As much as I try to avoid getting involved in release numbering discussions,
> I will say I agree with Chris, Jason, and Jim.
>
> I think the community should make a big PR splash when the full client is
> ready for production use, and the PR splash will be more meaningful with a
> big version jump at the same time.
>
> There have been a few moments in the 2.x series when we could have jumped to
> 3.0, particularly when template toolkit was ready for production. We've
> waited this long to make the jump, I think we can wait a little longer until
> the web client is fully ready.
>
> Having said that, I'm not going to beat a dead horse if the ultimate
> decision is to go to 3.0
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
> On 11/09/2015 01:52 PM, James Keenan wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Chris and Jason. I also think, as Galen mentioned, 2.10 is an
>> alright version number.
>>
>> Jim
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Open-ils-dev [mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jason Stephenson
>> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 9:43 AM
>> To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] [RM] Call for roadmap entries for Evergreen
>> 3.0
>>
>> Quoting Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>:
>>
>>> I think the criterion for a "3.0" release is pretty straightforward.
>>>   If the web client will be fully usable in all major functionality
>>> (Circulation, Cataloging, Administration, Acquisitions), with multiple
>>> printer options and standalone in place and easily installable by a
>>> reasonably experienced Windows administrator, we should call it 3.0
>>> and have a big splash news release about it.  If not, I think we
>>> should go with 2.10.
>>>
>>> I agree that beating the dead horse of release numbering in general is
>>> not productive, but as with 2.0 several years ago, 3.0 should mean
>>> more than "that number was next".
>>
>> I just want to say that for the most part, I agree with Chris. I'm not
>> married to version numbers, but I've long thought 3.0 should be reserved for
>> when the browser staff client is recommended over the XUL client.
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Consortium
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>>
>>
>
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>



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