I don't think I follow.  The source references an lgpl Api, and we are 
publishing binary that references it in nexus.   Are you sure it's not an issue?

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> On Oct 6, 2016, at 10:36 PM, Seetharam Venkatesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> If it's a runtime dependency, you are fine. Apache only supports source 
> releases. We vote on source tar ball and not binary artifacts. 
> 
> Makes sense?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone,
> Venkatesh
> 
>> On Oct 6, 2016, at 12:40 PM, David Lotts <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, geotools is a runtime dependency.  No geotools source code is
>> distributed.
>> 
>> By that I mean: Geotools source code is not in our source code repository.
>> Only references: imports in our *.java files and dependencies entries in
>> our pom.xml.   Because of this maven will package geotools JARs (binaries)
>> in our shaded/uber JAR and WAR files that we distribute.
>> 
>> With option 1 or 2 as discussed, maven will exclude the geotools jars in
>> our JARs and WARs.  Users of Rya can follow some instructions that we
>> provide to add "-P indexing" (or similar) to their Maven build command
>> create their own jar/war containing the optional Rya features and geotools
>> binaries.
>> 
>> Your "you should be okay." mean which of these????
>> A. option 1 and option 2 will work around the issue and we should proceed
>> before we release,
>> - OR -
>> B.  We are already in compliance and this is not a blocker for release as
>> long as we are not redistributing geotools source code.
>> 
>> Hopeful for interpretation B, but expecting and happy with A.
>> 
>> david.
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Seetharam Venkatesh <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Quick question - geotools is a runtime dependency? Are you shipping the
>>> source code? If not, you should be okay.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone,
>>> Venkatesh
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 6, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Puja Valiyil <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> Talking with Aaron, it seems like there were two paths forward for
>>>> refactoring in order to create a release.  To refresh everyone's memory,
>>>> the issue was that the geo-indexing extensions to Rya pull in geotools,
>>>> which prohibits us from releasing Rya under an Apache 2 license.  There
>>> may
>>>> be some more particulars that I'm glossing over -- someone please chime
>>> in
>>>> if they feel it is key to the discussion.
>>>> The two paths forward we had were:
>>>> 1.  Make all of the indexing project and its downstream dependencies
>>>> optional and exclude them from a release
>>>> -- The indexing project includes several "optional" extensions to Rya
>>>> (advanced indexing strategies).  Prior to Rya becoming an apache project,
>>>> these indexing extensions were optional and there was a separate profile
>>>> for including them.  This option involves reverting back to that mindset.
>>>> The main argument against this is that these indexing
>>> strategies/extensions
>>>> are not in fact optional but are "core" to Rya and can't be excluded.
>>>> 
>>>> 2.  Refactor Rya to pull geoindexing into a separate project and exclude
>>>> that project from the release.
>>>> - We could refactor Rya to have geoindexing be its own project and add a
>>>> profile to include that in the build.  This would invovle moving the
>>> class
>>>> mvm.rya.indexing.GeoIndexer and packages mem.rya.indexing.accumulo.geo
>>> and
>>>> mvm.rya.indexing.mongodb.geo to a separate project and then
>>> removing/moving
>>>> references to geoindexing anywhere else.  Another option is to refactor
>>> the
>>>> GeoIndexer interface to remove the geotools dependency.
>>>> 
>>>> I think #1 is a good immediate path for a release and that #2 is a good
>>>> longer term path forward.  Since it's probably in our best interests as a
>>>> community to get an apache release sooner rather than later, I'd rather
>>> us
>>>> go with #1 since it would quicker.  I also think that most users of Rya
>>>> would be ok with excluding the indexing project since it is not core
>>>> functionality for Rya.  While #2 is a better long term plan, it involves
>>>> some pretty extensive refactoring that would be difficult to do well in a
>>>> timely manner.
>>>> 
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>> 

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