Open Source ERP iDempire 6.1 Release

iDempiere r6.1 was released on November 5, 2018, approximately 2 business days behind schedule. As in the previous two years, the official team casually closed the 5.1 branch.

Installation media download link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/idempiere/files/v6.1/

Release Notes

https://idempiere.atlassian.net/secure/Dashboard.jspa

Query criteria: issuetype = “New Feature” AND status in (Resolved, Closed)

Below is a brief summary of some major upgrades, for reference only.

Platform:

OpenJDK >= 10.0.2
Note: Looking at the code, production environments are allowed to use 1.8 and 9.X
As for why not 11, Carlos Ruiz provided a related explanation:
https://idempiere.atlassian.net/browse/IDEMPIERE-3798
Hiep Lq provided the method for upgrading JDK:
http://wiki.idempiere.org/en/Update_JDK#Setup_jdk
The only question is: which JDK version should we use in our production environment?
Postgresql >= 9.6.X & 10.3.X
The minor versions are those actually used by the author. Postgresql 11 should also work, but since 11 was just released, it has not yet been deployed in a production environment.
Jetty >= 9.4.11.v20180605
Eclipse Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers 4.9.0 SimRel.2018-09
Tycho
For iDempiere users, this is a long-awaited change. The discontinued Buckminster was a “burden“ that has finally been removed, and the project now embraces Maven, which has a massive user base.
https://idempiere.atlassian.net/browse/IDEMPIERE-3531
JaserReports 6.7.0
zk 8.5.0
Hazelcast 3.9.3
xmlbeans 3.0.0
Features:

IDEMPIERE-3535 Implement font icon theme. Fixed row edit icon not working in grid view.
IDEMPIERE-3538 NPE happen if show dialog at time not yet complete login
IDEMPIERE-3537 Generic Info Window: Rendering of Search, Table Direct and List columns
IDEMPIERE-3549:allow IAction decorate toolbar button
IDEMPIERE-3563 Improvement to Process/COG toolbar button popup.
IDEMPIERE-3568 Report Wizard is Not Working
IDEMPIERE-3578 BPartner Location name : Preserve custom name
IDEMPIERE-3545 Add plugin information in About window / implement start-stop
IDEMPIERE-3535 Implement font icon theme / integrate fix from Murilo (muriloht) for the lock button
IDEMPIERE-3627 Field and Process Parameter: @SQL support for Readonly logic
IDEMPIERE-3629 Parameter Value Change and Form Validation Listener for Process Dialog
IDEMPIERE-3630 Process Dialog should wait for Info Popup.
IDEMPIERE-3639 Placeholders for every fields
IDEMPIERE-3645 Placeholders break executing a process from swing client
IDEMPIERE-3696 Implementing warning to encourage user to change their password before it is expired
IDEMPIERE-3705 Define customer or vendor by context when creating new BPs via QuickEntry
IDEMPIERE-3715 Improve FDialog to receive arguments for the AD_Message in special cases
IDEMPIERE-3552: fix context menu don’t show when disable combobox
IDEMPIERE-2310 Improve description field with inline Html editor and html rendering
IDEMPIERE-3760 Implement Virtual UI Column
IDEMPIERE-2709 Adding support for editable field on info window
IDEMPIERE-3607:Invoice Report problem when using QR barcode
IDEMPIERE-2319: Adding date value type support in Attribute set and adding transaction support on Attribute dialog
IDEMPIERE-3794 Improvement to Housekeeping
IDEMPIERE-2816/IDEMPIERE-2351 Force background/foreground based on parameters
IDEMPIERE-3799 Avoid users re-running a process that is already being processed
IDEMPIERE-2793 Extendability improvements / integrate patch from logilite
IDEMPIERE-941 soapUI tests not working / fix 2pack for last version
IDEMPIERE-3760 Implement Virtual UI Column / fix oracle script
Since the official team has stopped supporting r5.1, the only option going forward is to keep up with the official releases and migrate to 6.1 as soon as possible.

The iD China community will also shift its focus to environment setup and translation work for 6.1.

Release History

November 4, 2018: Released 6.1
October 31, 2017: Released 5.1
October 31, 2016: Released 4.1
October 31, 2015: Released 3.1
October 31, 2014: Released 2.1
October 31, 2013: Released 2.0
June 27, 2013: Released 1.0c
April 24, 2013: Released 1.0b
October 31, 2012: Released 1.0a
Additionally, infoWorld’s BOSSIE Awards have not included an enterprise application category for two consecutive years, leaving us uncertain whether iDempiere’s position in the open-source ERP landscape has changed.