Thanks for the links Scott. David makes a good point: If it isn't doing any harm, then just leave it in there - someone might use it. And various people have tried to use it - with mixed success. I did a Google search, and for the last two years user questions about the Shark component have been left unanswered.
What bothers me about it as a developer is what happens from time to time when the Shark component needs to be modified in order to make it compatible with changes in the framework. The rest of the project continues to move forward, and that component just sits there. When I make changes to it because of some change in the framework, I have no way to test those changes - because I can't compile it without the required libraries, and even if I could, I have no idea how to use it or test it. I end up crossing my fingers and hoping I didn't break anything. So, I have mixed feelings about removing it. I'm undecided. -Adrian --- On Wed, 11/25/09, Scott Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Scott Gray <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: svn commit: r884308 - > /ofbiz/trunk/specialpurpose/shark/src/org/ofbiz/shark/repository/EntityRepositoryMgr.java > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 4:55 PM > On 26/11/2009, at 1:47 PM, Scott Gray > wrote: > > > On 26/11/2009, at 1:37 PM, Adam Heath wrote: > > > >> Adam Heath wrote: > >>> Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >>>> I thought it would be easy to compile > after some changes. But obviously > >>>> nobody has done this for some time. > >>>> It's late here, so I reopened > >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-552 and > uploaded a > >>>> "shark.patch" from my current WIP, if > someone wants to give it a try... > >>>> > >>>> Jacques > >>> > >>> Working on it... > >> > >> I vote to remove it. Latest shark is LGPL, > which isn't compatible. > > > > That has always been the case, we need a better > rationale for removal. > > > > Regards > > Scott > > Also here are a couple of previous threads regarding this > topic: > http://markmail.org/thread/jwjh6v7dqeq5z4bn > http://markmail.org/thread/x2cv6m2ikfw7m55g > > Regards > Scott
