Project Annoucement

[gohanman]

Hey everybody -

A pretty big change is happening today: WFC installed its first set of SMS lanes.

So what does that mean for this project? I'm not 100% sure at this point. Lane side development is going to be on hiatus unless and until some other store that's still actively using CORE lanes volunteers to take the lead (definitely open to volunteers here!). I don't intend to break compatibility with CORE lanes, but as we retire our remaining lanes issues will need to get flagged by others. This probably isn't a big deal. Lane-server communication hasn't changed in a long time.

We're currently managing both kinds of lanes more or less entirely through CORE Office. I don't know how long this will persist or what the mix of back of house tools will be in the long term, but I wouldn't be surprised if some parts of CORE Office live on for quite some time.

The code to integrate with SMS is not currently available. If there's a way to publish without getting into an IP fight with Loc we will, but I haven't had a chance to look into the details of that. The recently added CALLBACKS for different kinds of data are where the SMS plugin hooks in if you want an idea what things interact with the other system.

It's a little sad to see the lanes go after all these years, but this evolution also feels in the spirit of the IS in IS4C.

[scannerdarkly]

We're about to blow away our old CORE-POS lanes (branch 1.9!!!) and reinstall from scratch. What branch or release would be recommended to install on our new Lubuntu boxes?

Am I correct in thinking there's no sign of major changes to CORE-POS in the foreseeable future? If so, I might lean towards a highly stable release — sacrificing a few bleeding-edge features is probably okay.

[gohanman]

Either version-2.11 or just master. 2.11 is the last official stable release, but it's pretty old.

There aren't any changes happening to the lane code, major or minor, but server side development will be continuing.

[scannerdarkly]

Thanks!

[cgapperi]

Andy,Thank you for being a torchbearer for all these years. I imagine this move is bittersweet. ChrisSent from my iPhoneOn Mar 27, 2023, at 3:05 PM, Andy Theuninck @.***> wrote: Hey everybody - A pretty big change is happening today: WFC installed its first set of SMS lanes. So what does that mean for this project? I'm not 100% sure at this point. Lane side development is going to be on hiatus unless and until some other store that's still actively using CORE lanes volunteers to take the lead (definitely open to volunteers here!). I don't intend to break compatibility with CORE lanes, but as we retire our remaining lanes issues will need to get flagged by others. This probably isn't a big deal. Lane-server communication hasn't changed in a long time. We're currently managing both kinds of lanes more or less entirely through CORE Office. I don't know how long this will persist or what the mix of back of house tools will be in the long term, but I wouldn't be surprised if some parts of CORE Office live on for quite some time. The code to integrate with SMS is not currently available. If there's a way to publish without getting into an IP fight with Loc we will, but I haven't had a chance to look into the details of that. The recently added CALLBACKS for different kinds of data are where the SMS plugin hooks in if you want an idea what things interact with the other system. It's a little sad to see the lanes go after all these years, but this evolution also feels in the spirit of the IS in IS4C.

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[scannerdarkly]

If I install version 2.11 or master, will that still sync well with a server running an older version (“Fannie” 2.7.0-2017.06.30)? Or do I need to upgrade the server first?

[gohanman]

I would expect yes. There shouldn't be any difference in the transaction table format.

[scannerdarkly]

Thank you!