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SF.net SVN: ledger-smb:[5362] trunk
- Subject: SF.net SVN: ledger-smb:[5362] trunk
- From: ..hidden..
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:47:41 +0000
Revision: 5362
http://ledger-smb.svn.sourceforge.net/ledger-smb/?rev=5362&view=rev
Author: einhverfr
Date: 2012-12-15 13:47:40 +0000 (Sat, 15 Dec 2012)
Log Message:
-----------
Final changes for beta 1
Modified Paths:
--------------
trunk/dists/rpm/ledgersmb.spec
trunk/dists/source/build.sh
trunk/doc/release_notes
Modified: trunk/dists/rpm/ledgersmb.spec
===================================================================
--- trunk/dists/rpm/ledgersmb.spec 2012-12-15 13:31:02 UTC (rev 5361)
+++ trunk/dists/rpm/ledgersmb.spec 2012-12-15 13:47:40 UTC (rev 5362)
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# RPM spec written for and tested on CentOS 4 and CentOS 5
Summary: LedgerSMB - Open Source accounting software
Name: ledgersmb
-Version: 1.3.9990305076
-Release: 2
+Version: 1.4.0
+Release: 1
License: GPL
URL: http://www.ledgersmb.org/
Group: Applications/Productivity
Modified: trunk/dists/source/build.sh
===================================================================
--- trunk/dists/source/build.sh 2012-12-15 13:31:02 UTC (rev 5361)
+++ trunk/dists/source/build.sh 2012-12-15 13:47:40 UTC (rev 5362)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Simple script to prepare for release
-version="1.3.9990305076";
+version="1.4.0";
build_d="../release";
if test -d $build_d/ledgersmb; then
Modified: trunk/doc/release_notes
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/release_notes 2012-12-15 13:31:02 UTC (rev 5361)
+++ trunk/doc/release_notes 2012-12-15 13:47:40 UTC (rev 5362)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
RELEASE NOTES
-LedgerSMB 1.3
+LedgerSMB 1.4
-Latest Revision: 1.3.26, June 17, 2012.
+Latest Revision: 1.4.0 beta 1, Dec 15, 2012
1: Welcome to LedgerSMB
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
* Perl 5.8.
* Apache, IIS, or other web server that supports CGI.
* As of 1.3.24, FCGI is experimentally supported as is Plack-Starlet
-* PostgreSQL 8.3 or higher.
+* PostgreSQL 8.4 or higher.
* Any operating system that supports the above environment.
* The following CPAN modules:
* Data::Dumper
@@ -34,125 +34,46 @@
* Locale::Language
* Time::Local
* Cwd
- * Config::Std
+ * Config::General
* MIME::Lite
* TemplateToolkit
+ * Moose
-2: What's New in 1.3?
+2: What's New in 1.4?
2.1: Framework Changes
-All new code has been moved to a new MVC-like framework. This means that Perl,
-SQL, HTML, CSS, and Javascript are also now largely in separate files.
-The new code is also far more modular (and hence manageable) than the old code,
-though it is expected that further improvements will occur in the move from 1.3
-to 1.4.
+New code in 1.4 now uses Moose to define classes. Documentation is interlaced
+in code and this allows for easier maintenance as well as better documentation.
-With this we hope to make LedgerSMB into a stable platform for more agile business
-application development. With an ERP system it is often about the platform, not about
-the out-of-the-box functionality.
+1.4 also includes a new reporting framework which makes it relatively simple to
+create reports from SQL queries which can then be displayed in HTML, PDF, and
+CSV formats.
-2.2: Security
+2.2: New Features
-Prior to 1.3, security was not pervasively enforced in any real way through the
-database. In 1.3, all user permissions are orchestrated via ROLES in the
-underlying database, and permissions are rigorously enforced in this way.
+LedgerSMB 1.4 now has a sophisticated and flexible business reporting dimensions
+system replacing the older project and department accounting code. This
+approach allows a business to effectively tag line items of transactions with
+various designations and then use these for running reports later including
+financial statements. These dimensions are each hierarchical, allowing for
+nesting of projects and departments for accounting and reporting purposes.
-Role-based security provides a far better approach to security than the previous methods
-and since the permissions are now rigorously enforced, the overall security of the
-application is much better.
+This can be used to do project and department accounting similar to the way
+things worked in previous versions, but additionally these can be used to do
+funds accounting and will be the basis of many new features in the future, from
+CRM task lists to heavy manufacturing.
-2.3: New Features
+We have also integrated the template transaction addon, allowing for better
+management of recurring transactions, as well as the budgets add-on. The point
+of sale has been broken off into addons to allow for faster release cycles.
-LedgerSMB 1.3 now supports separation of duties for transaction entry and bank
-reconciliation. This means that permissions for data entry and posting of
-transactions are now separate. By default, this means that a transaction now is
-entered first and then approved, and it only posts to the books when it is
-approved. Bank reconciliation works on a similar principle.
-
-Note that in 1.3.x, AR/AP recurring transactions are saved rather than posted,
-assuming that separation of duties is not disabled. These are then approved or
-deleted through the normal transaction approval workflows.
-
-Bank reconciliation also has been entirely redesigned to provide multi-user-safe
-workflows, and an ability to reasonably handle a much larger transaction load
-than was previously possible. This includes a new user interface design, and a
-framework for building parsers for bank upload files.
-
-The single payment interface has been fully redesigned to provide a number of
-additional features including the use of prepayments which are properly tracked.
-
-The multiple payment interface has been redesigned to handle a much larger
-transaction load.
-
2.4: Database Changes
-The contact management and reconciliation portions of the database have been
-fully redesigned to provide more flexibility for customization.
+Projects and Departments have been replaced by the new reporting units
+framework.
-2.5: Multicompany operations
-
-LedgerSMB 1.3 continues to use multiple physical databases for separate companies as
-did 1.2. The major difference is that now users are database users, and since database
-users are global to the database cluster, they can now be shared (or not) between
-companies.
-
-Global users can be imported into new companies (though first and last name,
-and employee number need not be shared between the accounts). Permissions can be
-assigned separately on different databases.
-
-2.6: Fixed Asset Handling
-
-LedgerSMB 1.3 comes with a fixed asset module, meaning you can now define your
-assets, depreciate them, and dispose of them either entirely or partially.
-
-The fixed asset system is designed to be extensible. Currently only time-based,
-straight-line depreciations are included. However the system is designed to
-allow the creation of new depreciation methods including time-based and
-production-based methods.
-
-2.7: Tax Changes
-
-As of LedgerSMB 1.3.16, a few changes were made to the Sales Tax API so that it
-is easier to implement local tax rules. This includes a minimum tax value,
-exposed through the user interface, and a maximum value which is not yet
-exposed. The handling of these are module-specific. The Simple tax module
-treats these as operating on the subtotal of the invoice.
-
-
-2.8: New CSS hooks
-
-As of 1.3.21, it is now possible to customize the look and feel of transaction,
-order, and part screens based on the status of the object. Screens are enclosed
-in a div with an id of statusdiv and a class of either "new" (if no ID is
-present), "saved" (if ID is present but not a posted financial transaction) and
-"posted (if a posted financial transaction). This can be used to give feedback
-to the user so that it is immediately clear what the status of a given screen
-is. Future versions will include such hooks in at least the ledgersmb.css
-provided.
-
-2.9: Partial Support for Code Caching
-
-As of 1.3.24, LedgerSMB now supports caching of expensive dependencies in some
-environments so that response time is minimized. Currently tested environments
-include Plack-based FCGI and the Perl web server Starlet. Mod-perl might be
-possible to support at some point.
-
-The current approach is to daemonize the script, pre-load what can be preloaded,
-and then fork/execute/return so that the Perl interpreter does not have to worry
-about state issues and variable scopes in running scripts from the inherited
-codebase. This can increase speed greatly but it is still seen as somewhat
-experimental. Code caching generally poses the possibility of some issues, and
-these are magnified in those areas of the code we have not replaced from
-SQL-Ledger.
-
-If you run into issues here, please file bug reports. If there are
-showstoppers, you can always run the program via CGI. Please see our addons
-repository or ask on the email lists if you'd like to run this. The handler
-scripts are not includede out of the box but will likely be included in future
-versions.
-
3: Known Issues
3.1: Reposting Invoices
@@ -172,65 +93,6 @@
gain/loss will be realized per the time when the payment was in effect and
not reversed.
-3.3: Invoice unit column throws error when too long.
-
-The unit column in the invoice is limited to 5 characters and will throw an SQl error when it is too long. The error looks like:
-
-UPDATE invoice
-SET trans_id = ?,
-parts_id = ?,
-description = ?,
-qty = ?,
-sellprice = ?,
-fxsellprice = ?,
-discount = ?,
-allocated = ?,
-unit = ?,
-deliverydate = ?,
-project_id = ?,
-serialnumber = ?,
-precision = ?,
-notes = ?
-WHERE id = ?
-ERROR: value too long for type character varying(5)
-
-Due to compatibility issues, a fix for this has been included for 1.4, but is
-not planned to be backported for 1.3.
-
-If you need change the maximum length, you can:
-
-ALTER TABLE invoice SET unit TYPE varchar([length]);
-
-4: Differences between LedgerSMB and SQL-Ledger(TM)
-
-4.1: Login name restrictions
-Logins in SQL-Ledger can contain any printable characters. In LedgerSMB these
-are restricted to alphanumeric characters and the symbols ., @, and -.
-
-4.2: Session handling
-SQL-Ledger as of 2.6.17 uses session tokens for authentication. These tokens
-are based on the current timestamp and therefore insecure. Furthermore, these
-tokens are not tracked on the server, so one can easily forge credentials for
-either the main application or the administrative interface.
-
-LedgerSMB 1.3 dispenses with sessions altogether except for handling
-discretionary locks (where they are stored in the db). LedgerSMB uses http auth
-instead (preferably wrapped with Javascript to hide the credentials dialog from
-the end user).
-
-As of SQL-Ledger 2.8, the discretionary locking system can become stale,
-requiring manual cleaning. In LedgerSMB 1.3, discretionary locks are tied to
-active login sessions and cleared automatically after a period of inactivity.
-
-4.3: Template Changes
-
-SQL-Ledger uses custom routines for processing templates. We use
-TemplateToolkit. As we move forward, the format of data sent to the templates
-will change accordingly.
-
-We have also dispensed with the old pagebreak functionality, moving instead to
-the longtable package in LaTeX.
-
5: Roadmap
This project has a losely defined roadmap and a set of statements and
objectives contained in the documentation manager and trackers of sourceforge.
@@ -246,16 +108,12 @@
small to midsize market.
The above being said, we have a set of targets for the next major release
-(1.4.0). There is no guarantee we will reach these targets but we have them
+(1.5.0). There is no guarantee we will reach these targets but we have them
anyway. These include:
-* Integrated budgetting module (included already)
-* Rewritten reports
-* Rewritten project/department handling to include nested departments (already included)
-* Funds accounting (already included)
-* Rewritten Sales Orders (may be deferred)
-* Framework for web services
-* A framework for implementing payroll solutions
+* Rewritten Sales Orders
+* Rewritten journal entry and invoicing system for easier reporting.
+* Heavy manufacturing support
6: Get Involved
Contributors should start by joining the LedgerSMB users and devel lists. Code
@@ -266,5 +124,3 @@
Additionally, we can use help in QA, documentation, advocacy, and many other
places.
-SQL-Ledger is a registered trademark of DWS systems and is not affiliated with
-this project or its members in any way.
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