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One more thing that you have to take into account,

I am trying to make version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT of broadleaf-inventory to make working.

I see that there are more versions under 1.x of broadleaf-inventory (see http://nexus.broadleafcommerce.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/broadleafcommerce/broadleaf-inventory/)

If your suggestion is to go with 1.1.0 (either SNAPSHOT or M1) and that depends on 2.2.1 of BLC framework, please share this information with me, since it will affect some managerial decisions in my research.

Thank You

Alek,

Most of your questions about Broadleaf versioning for the inventory module are answered in this post: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1835&p=5091#p5082

So yes, Broadleaf 2.2.1-SNAPSHOT is a minimum requirement, while Broadleaf 2.3.0-SNAPSHOT is recommended.

However, that being said, we have been working on Broadleaf 3.0 which is a very large release and removes all of our GWT code from the admin. We went and rewrote all of our admin code to instead use Spring MVC. We are currently recommending that clients that are starting new implementations use the 3.0.0-BETA2 version of Broadleaf (which is referenced by the BroadleafCommerce-3.0.0-BETA2 tag in the main BroadleafCommerce Github repository as well as the DemoSite repository). That being said, we have not brought our modules (including inventory) up to date with 3.0. This should happen over the next few weeks.

To your other points, we do have a compatibility chart for our modules located at http://docs.broadleafcommerce.org/curre ... ility.html, but it looks like we do not have information on the inventory module. I will ensure that gets addressed in the next couple of days.

Thanks for working with us, and sorry if this has been a little frustrating so far. Let us know what else we can do to help!

Hi Phillip,

thank you for your answers. I will assembly a document to higher management in order to present them possible outcomes.

But I would like to give me also, "your best guess", regarding following two questions:

1. What is difference between inventory-module 1.0.1 and 1.1.0?
2. What are consequences moving blc framework from 2.2.0.GA -> 2.3.0-SNAPSHOT? Are you going to have 2.3.0.GA, in near future?

Thank You

1. What is difference between inventory-module 1.0.1 and 1.1.0?

Put simply, 1.0.1 is compatible with the 2.2 line whereas 1.1.0 is compatible with the 2.3 line. Some features that the inventory module is taking advantage of in 2.3:

• Better error handling - in Broadleaf 2.3 we greatly enhanced error handling for both for individual activities and workflows as a whole. In the case of Inventory, we have a checkout workflow activity that attempts to secure the inventory. Once this inventory is secured (decremented in the db), if there is an exception elsewhere in the workflow (like if a different activity throws an exception) then we need to put the inventory back. This is implemented in Inventory 1.0.1, but it is just enhanced in 1.1.0
• Changes to workflows - in 2.3 we changed our workflows to introduce better activity merge support (detailed info on the change is at this pull request)

2. What are consequences moving blc framework from 2.2.0.GA -> 2.3.0-SNAPSHOT? Are you going to have 2.3.0.GA, in near future?

I believe that we will have a GA for 2.3, although I know some people are on the fence about it around here. Mainly because so much work has gone into 3.0, and we would MUCH rather people use 3.0 and the new admin in order to simplify support from our perspective. It's very possible that we will have a GA of 3.0.0 prior to a GA of 2.3.0.

Let me know if you have additional questions. Thanks!

That being said, we have not brought our modules (including inventory) up to date with 3.0. This should happen over the next few weeks.

To your other points, we do have a compatibility chart for our modules located at http://docs.broadleafcommerce.org/curre ... ility.html, but it looks like we do not have information on the inventory module. I will ensure that gets addressed in the next couple of days.

Hello,

We are just trying out Broadleaf 3.0, and we are trying to get the Inventory module working with it.
I tried to follow the instructions found here: https://github.com/BroadleafCommerce/docs/blob/3.0/Modules/Community-Modules/Inventory.md but I from what i understand the database structure and admin interface were changed

Can you please tell us if it's possible to use the inventory module with Broadleaf 3.0 or we must downgrade to 2.3 ?

Thank you

Polite bump

Hi,

I´m also very confused with wich direction should I take... I am evaluating a major migration to broadleaf platform but I need to test the inventory stuff among others features... which version combinations should I use to test the system plain-fully?

Thanks in advance and congratulations for the project.