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Working with OpenERP

By : Greg Moss
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Working with OpenERP

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

<p>OpenERP continues to gain momentum throughout the world in providing the best platform for open source ERP installations. This book covers all the essential modules and how to get the power of OpenERP to work for you.</p> <p>"Working with OpenERP" provides a real-world business solution approach to integrating OpenERP into your small or medium sized business. This book begins by walking you through how to install OpenERP on a Windows or Ubuntu server then takes you through all the essential modules you will need to get OpenERP up and running for your company.</p> <p>All through the book, "Working with OpenERP" provides real-world examples in sales, customer relationship management (CRM), purchasing, manufacturing, human resources, and financial accounting. After covering the basics, you will learn how to customize various methods to configure OpenERP for your business and even build your own custom modules.</p> <p>"Working with OpenERP" covers all the basics of installing and using OpenERP along with advanced real-world examples you will not find anywhere else.</p>
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Working with OpenERP
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Understanding OpenERP releases


When deploying an OpenERP system, it is important to understand the various OpenERP versions as well as the release and upgrade policies. There are two major versions of OpenERP available: the stable version and the trunk version. The stable version is the standard support version of OpenERP and typically the one you should chose to install for most situations. The trunk version is the development version and will often contain bugs and unfinished features. It is primarily downloaded by developers or those wishing to get a look at the latest features.

Upgrading OpenERP

The goal of the OpenERP development team is to release two stable version upgrades each year. OpenERP further labels some stable versions as Long Term Support (LTS) versions. These releases are supported by OpenERP for those that have an OpenERP Enterprise support contract. For any production environment, it is smart to choose an LTS version. Most importantly, installing an LTS release of OpenERP will make bug fixes and patches much easier to implement.

Tip

At the time of writing this, the most recent stable LTS version is Version 7.0