[Vtigercrm-developers] vtiger CRM 5.0.1 Released

Frank Piepiorra fp at crm-now.de
Fri Oct 13 00:49:09 PDT 2006


The v5.0.1 release procedure has caused some confusions and I would like to
summarize my findings at this list in the hope that there will be a better
handling in the next release. 

1. Release Notes and Release number
The headline of the release note said it is "v5.0 Beta". The release itself
is marked as "v5.0.0" (not 5.0.1) in vtigerverion.php. These information
must be correct in every release.
The release note does not explain the new feature and does not say what bugs
are fixed. The release note should explain exactly what has been improved.
"UTF-8" is not a sufficiant statement. In addition, the release note should
list the bugs that has been fixed (perhaps by listing the bug # from the bug
tracking system) It is not sufficiant to point to the  bug tracking system
only. 

2. Bug tracking system
Please review the bug tracking system before a release and make sure that
all bugs that have been fixed are closed. Bugs that are still open should be
marked with a different release number. After the v5.0.1 release there are
still open tickets in the system marked with version 5.0.1. That does not
make any sense and confuses everyone.

3. Upgrade Instructions 
Most of the long term vtiger users do not make a fresh installation. They
have to patch their existing systems. While it is good that a patch relase
has been provided there is no working instruction that helps users to
install the patch properly. There should a step by step instruction for
patching that includes for instance that cached files (Smarty) must be
deleted.


You might think I am too picky but please keep in mind that there are
unexperienced users who will not understand whats going on.
 




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