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Distributed LedgerSMB Development With DVCS - Git
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2008-08-11
By Jeff Kowalczyk (jfkw)

I've been working on my local LedgerSMB deployment customization
using the distributed version control system, git. I'm relatively
new to git, but it's really helping me in the following areas:

* Fixing bugs in branches/1.2

* Making necessary customizations that are unsuitable for
upstream

* Layering multiple customization branches on each other to get

Recently, I did a talk at the Greater Toronto Area LUG (GTALUG) on LedgerSMB (experiencing MySQL problems at time of posting, tsk-tsk, should have used PostgreSQL ;-). Since I'm not an accountant, the talk focused mostly on the history, architecture and future of the project. Some of the folks at the talk asked if I could provide them with the slides that I used. Nothing fancy, just typical point-form talk stuff. I've uploaded it to the LedgerSMB site for anyone who is interested.

Commercial support for LedgerSMB is also available. This can be installation support, training, custom features or hosting. Currently there are two commercial support providers (and more soon):

• Metatron Technology Consulting
  (Chris Travers of Metatron Technology is a core LedgerSMB developer)
• Command Prompt, Inc.
  (Joshua Drake of Command Prompt is a core LedgerSMB developer)

The LedgerSMB manual is free, available in the form of a PDF. The most recent version is available from our subversion repository here.

(updated link 17th Aug 2007)

For real-time help try IRC - you will usually find most of the core team hanging out at irc.freenode.net / #ledgersmb

There are people there who range from users to developers who are willing to help. We have agreed to adopt the Ubuntu code of conduct for our community. Please read it if you plan on joining us.

The best way to get (free) help is to join one of the LedgerSMB mailing lists:

Announce List

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-announce

Developer List

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel

User List

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users

SQL-Ledger Help List

http://lists.ledgersmb.org/mailman/listinfo/sql-ledger-help

A lot of people are wondering how to manage their migration to LedgerSMB from SQL-Ledger. While there is no one simple answer that will suit everyone's situation, there is some general advice.

First thing to know is - you are among friends. LedgerSMB is built on a community of people who want to see the software and it's users succeed. Information is freely shared, and as long as you are prepared to have a go at helping yourself, we are happy to jump right in and help you do that!

We now have a mailing list specifically for those still using SQL-Ledger - whether you are actively working on migrating to LedgerSMB or even if you are staying with SQL-Ledger for now and want some friendly community support, join up to the LedgerSMB SQL-Ledger Help List

This information is current as at April 14th 2007.

The best course of action depends on your situation: