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[jira] [Created] (OFBIZ-12588) Drop Derby and support Docker instead (Yes, that's not a mistake)

ddev created OFBIZ-12588:
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             Summary: Drop Derby and support Docker instead (Yes, that's not a mistake)
                 Key: OFBIZ-12588
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-12588
             Project: OFBiz
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: ddev


Derby is unique in the list of supported databases in that it lacks many features that normal databases support, leading to Jira issues like: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6138 . If you need specific examples just ask.

Derby is already not recommended for production systems (which is good).   I'm going to speculate that the reason derby is supported is to have a easy way for people to download ofbiz and "just run it" to get the demo running.  Unfortunately this is not the case now as java is often not installed anymore, and when it is installed, it's often the wrong version of java for ofbiz.

I propose that we drop support for Derby and instead allow people to get the demo easily running by making a official docker demo of the current stable version that just comes with postgres in the docker image. (docker image is being worked on here https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-10407 ).  Instead of requiring java to be installed, it would require docker to be installed, but I believe the odds of success for a user are higher with docker then dealing with the java version incompatibilities.

(Note: is the "ofbiz/trunk" image on dockerhub a official version?)

There is a patch related to the issue mentioned previously to add a docker build file at: https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/pull/43/files/95a1230f2a80c822ca0d08e5825be44856821459

 

If you would like me to submit a patch to that patch to add postgres support and to make it load the demo data let me know and I will gladly write it.

 



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