CVS update: gnucash/src/business/business-core/test

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
16 Nov 2001 21:19:49 -0500


linas@linas.org (Linas Vepstas) writes:

> On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 08:45:34PM -0500, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> > > p.s. src/business ??? what's the intended contents of this directory ??
> > Business Accounting.  Customer/Vendor databases, A/R, A/P, Invoicing,
> 
> Yes, right.  Maybe what I really meant to say was 'most vendors treat
> A/R as a module separate from A/P, which is separate from billing, 
> etc.  So if you take the module approach, you'll probably want to be
> more fine-grained.  (Funny how that is: my advice for you on  the C
> structs was to be more coarse-grained).   Point is, not every business
> user will want every business module.

I'm trying to make it as modular as possible, although I dont think
people will complain if they "load in" functionality that isn't used.

When it comes to A/R, A/P, Orders, and Invoices, I expect a LOT of
code re-use, which implies (to me) that it will probably all be in one
module.

> --linas

-derek

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