
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body >Hello!<br><br>We&nbsp;plan&nbsp;to&nbsp;release&nbsp;the&nbsp;Beta&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;month.<br>As&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;running&nbsp;short&nbsp;of&nbsp;resources&nbsp;here,&nbsp;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;request&nbsp;some&nbsp;help.<br>Towards&nbsp;that&nbsp;end,&nbsp;I&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;with&nbsp;mmbrich&nbsp;and&nbsp;these&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;salient&nbsp;<br>points&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;discussed.&nbsp;Please&nbsp;feel&nbsp;free&nbsp;to&nbsp;pitch&nbsp;in&nbsp;your&nbsp;views.<br><br>a)&nbsp;Bundle&nbsp;prototype&nbsp;as&nbsp;base&nbsp;library&nbsp;for&nbsp;all&nbsp;Ajax&nbsp;features<br>b)&nbsp;Hiring&nbsp;Deputies&nbsp;for&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;track&nbsp;of&nbsp;various&nbsp;modules.&nbsp;I&nbsp;would&nbsp;need&nbsp;volunteers.&nbsp;The<br>Deputies&nbsp;must&nbsp;know&nbsp;that&nbsp;copying&nbsp;from&nbsp;any&nbsp;outside&nbsp;source&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;and&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;<br>respected&nbsp;either.&nbsp;No&nbsp;new&nbsp;feature&nbsp;additions&nbsp;are&nbsp;allowed,&nbsp;only&nbsp;and&nbsp;strictly&nbsp;bug-fixes.<br>c)&nbsp;Try&nbsp;and&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;svn&nbsp;diff&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;4.2.x&nbsp;series&nbsp;and&nbsp;see&nbsp;if&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;<br>merged&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;5.0.&nbsp;Care&nbsp;has&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;taken&nbsp;as&nbsp;these&nbsp;are&nbsp;entirely&nbsp;two&nbsp;<br>different&nbsp;beasts.<br><br>Please&nbsp;note,&nbsp;opening&nbsp;up&nbsp;the&nbsp;5.0&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;critical&nbsp;move.&nbsp;We&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;understand<br>all&nbsp;the&nbsp;facets&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;before&nbsp;we&nbsp;do&nbsp;actually&nbsp;open&nbsp;up&nbsp;the&nbsp;main&nbsp;trunk&nbsp;to&nbsp;developers.<br>So,&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;starting&nbsp;a&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;here&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;all&nbsp;your&nbsp;views.<br><br>There&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;the&nbsp;issue&nbsp;of&nbsp;support&nbsp;for&nbsp;MySQL5&nbsp;with&nbsp;PHP5&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;default&nbsp;installation.<br>I&nbsp;am&nbsp;open&nbsp;to&nbsp;debate&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;go&nbsp;about&nbsp;bundling&nbsp;these.<br><br>To&nbsp;briefly&nbsp;mention&nbsp;our&nbsp;status&nbsp;over&nbsp;here&nbsp;:-<br>We&nbsp;have&nbsp;started&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;API&nbsp;generation&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;code&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;write,&nbsp;I&nbsp;will<br>be&nbsp;happy&nbsp;to&nbsp;have&nbsp;reviewers&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;as&nbsp;well.This&nbsp;will&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;Developer&nbsp;Docs/Guide&nbsp;is&nbsp;proper.&nbsp;<br>As&nbsp;I&nbsp;type&nbsp;this&nbsp;letter,&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;working&nbsp;feverishly&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;to&nbsp;integrate&nbsp;the&nbsp;<br>required&nbsp;UIs&nbsp;esp&nbsp;that&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Security&nbsp;module.&nbsp;<br><br><br>Kindly&nbsp;put&nbsp;forward&nbsp;your&nbsp;views&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;together,&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;make&nbsp;&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;crm&nbsp;a&nbsp;better&nbsp;<br>product,&nbsp;a&nbsp;better&nbsp;experience.<br><br>Thank&nbsp;You,<br>Richie</body></html>