On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Stroller
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>> On 27 Jun 2009, at 00:51, Chris Travers wrote:
>>
>> I have a client with a 1.2.18 install but with only about 2-dozen
>> entries. I could easily have those reentered into 1.3 if 1.3 is
>> considered stable enough.
>>
>
> Well, if this was important to do, my suggestion would be to do so
> along with a support contract and consultation as to what exactly
> would be needed to make it work for the business.
I imagine the concern might be over migration to 1.3 in the future.
I think you've said at least once that it's not certain whether safe
migration of data from 1.2 will be possible - that it may be better to
start a new database from scratch (at the beginning of a financial
year?) when adopting 1.3.
Well there are cases where 1.3 is better for some users at the moment than 1.2. The things that work, work well. The things that don't work yet don't work at all.
The use case for this is where either heavy integration is required (and human oversight over that integration is important), where the transactional volume is very high, or where separation of duties is required....
AND
where interactions with customers using the software is minimal (i.e. check printing works, but I don;t think that other transactions print cleanly at the moment). For example, invoice printing is currently not working.
The areas which work are fairly well tested. The areas which don't work usually error out cleanly.
I would imagine that, if this is the case, there will be a strong
temptation for new users to adopt 1.3 "before it's ready". This may
not be advisable, perhaps, but it is understandable.