[Erp5-users] Just a splash window...

[Bartłomiej Górny]

Yoshinori Okuji wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 January 2005 22:19, alessandro bottoni wrote:
> 
>>I did not understand that ERP5 provided a framework _only_. I
>>expected that it supplied a working "demo site" as well (as it is
>>going to happen, actually).
> 
> 
> ERP5 is not only a framework but a combination of a framework and 
> applications on it (this description is not very accurate, though).
> 

The problem is not in that ERP5 is a framework and not a complete 
out-of-the box app; the problem is in that the it refuses to work, 
barebone or not, no matter if you install it from rpm-s, checkout the 
CVS version or whatever. Apparently the various pieces of which the 
whole ERP5 is made of are being developed separately and current 
versions are not compatible with each other, correct me if I'm wrong. 
What we need (or, more precisely, what I think I need) is just a set of 
packages that fit each other, so that I can start up a barebone site and 
work from there.

Bartek Górny

> Basically, the Zope Products (such as CMFCategory and ERP5Type) provide 
> the ERP5 framework to build a custom ERP solution. For real 
> applications, we are making Business Templates (erp5_core, 
> erp5_accounting, erp5_trade, erp5_mrp, etc.) which provide ready-to-use 
> materials.
> 
> After you do "Add ERP5 Site", you get a "barebone" ERP5 site. At this 
> stage, your ERP5 site has almost nothing usable. But, once we publish 
> Business Templates, you can simply install them into your ERP5 site and 
> start using it for your business.
> 
> In the first Live CD, we will provide an ERP5 site which already has 
> some Business Templates installed. Also, we are planning to make a 
> public repository for Business Templates so that you can easily 
> download new Business Templates to add more features into your own ERP5 
> site.
> 
> YO


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