[Vtigercrm-developers] Can we release 4.2.4 already?
Jamie Jackson
jamieinnh at gmail.com
Fri Jun 2 09:21:50 PDT 2006
Here is a recent thread in the forums asking about this release. I think
this shows that the community still expects and wants to maintain this
branch.
http://forums.vtiger.com/viewtopic.php?t=6964&highlight=
Jamie
On 6/2/06, Joel Rydbeck <Joel.Rydbeck at nubrek.com> wrote:
>
> Richie,
>
> I think its important to voice in here on this topic. CRM systems are
> complex to install and integrate into organizations (and I don't mean
> technically, process wise they are a very big change). That said, the shift
> from vTigerCRM version 4.x to 5.x is very dramatic (e.g. entirely new UI,
> etc.). To expect users to stay on the latest and greatest --particularly
> when it hasn't yet been released does not work in most industries. Once an
> organization has a solution in place that works, they typically don't like
> to move from that until feature set requires them to do so. The expense to
> re-train employees is often significant.
>
> That said, if vTigerCRM would like to establish a place for itself in the
> enterprise, its important that legacy product (and I think its important to
> acknowledge that 4.2.3 is still the latest stable release) continue to be
> supported. There are still a lot of Apache 1.3 users out there even
> though 2.0 has been out for years. There's a lot of money in legacy
> support.
>
> My customer base just got aclimated to the 4.2.x release, I'm not about to
> change everything on them just to put them on 5. From a business standpoint
> it just doesn't make sense. Long term there are some great new features we
> would like to migrate to, but until the cost to migrate makes business sense
> I have no intention of forcing them up just to keep up with the latest &
> greatest.
>
> Regards,
>
> - Joel
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: vtigercrm-developers-bounces at lists.vtigercrm.com on behalf of Richie
> Sent: Fri 6/2/2006 7:16 AM
> To: vtigercrm-developers at lists.vtigercrm.com
> Subject: Re: [Vtigercrm-developers] Can we release 4.2.4 already?
>
>
> Hi Team!
>
> Allan, I just now saw your mail. I had taken the day off so the delay.
> Thanks for taking the initiative. I have a few questions though.
>
> I would like to understand how vtigercrm-4.2.4 will be useful in the long
> run?
> We have vtigercrm 5 beta out already and in a month's time, we will give
> out the Release version. Even in the Beta, we have the migration support so
> all those who are in the 4.2.x series can directly migrate.
>
> Kindly clarify.
> I would request that we have this sorted out and then go for a 4.2.4release please.
>
> At the time, the issue of 4.2.4 was raised, I do understand it was
> pertinent as v5 was still a long way to go. But now, do you still feel it is
> pertinent?
>
> Richie
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---- Allan Bush<allan.bush+vtiger_dev at gmail.com> wrote ----
>
>
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> I've tagged and exported 4.2.4 (without changes) and it's ready to
> go.
> I also created some release notes, attached to this email if
> anyone
> has any input on them.
>
> I sent this information along with the packaged release to richie
> but
> as he seems to be unresponsive on this release I'm not counting on
> him
> to get it out in a timely manner. I'd like to put the release on
> the
> trac system, if the admin is alright with that please email me
> directly and I'll get you the files, if not I'll just attach it to
> the
> vtiger message board.
>
> On a side note the trac ticket system should be modified to remove
> 4.2.4 as a milestone and add it as a version (and probably remove
> the
> 4.2.4rc's well we're at it), if that can be done without messing
> up
> the existing tickets.
>
> Allan
>
> On 5/30/06, Jeff Kowalczyk <jtk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Brian Devendorf wrote:
> > > I would prefer 4.2.4 gets released, as 4.2.3 has so many known
> bugs.
> > > I think it would focus the bug reporting for vtiger 4 on the
> bugs
> > > that still exist in the product.
> >
> > Sure, its always good to have extra point releases to eliminate
> patch
> > trading. vtigercrm-4.2.5 will likely follow soon after.
> >
> > Based on past tags, our procedure was to put the branch in the
> exact form
> > used for release, then copy to a tag using the command:
> >
> > # svn cp (url)/vtigercrm/branches/4.2.4
> (url)/vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4 -m 'Tag 4.2.4 for release'
> >
> > Ideally (and we may not be there yet), a release fileset is a
> > vtigercrm-4.2.4.tar.gz and vtigercrm-4.2.4.zip made from:
> >
> > # svn export (url)vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4
> >
> > With no post processing. I guess for .exe installers (if used),
> that's an
> > exeption to the rule.
> >
> > Unless there are any changes to forward port to branches/4.2, we
> finally
> > svn rm the branches/4.2.4.
> >
> > Thanks for doing the release, Allan.
> >
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