+1 Thanks Jacopo for detailing the current status and problems as it makes it a lot easier to make a decision.
Thanks Sharan On 2016-09-23 10:44 (+0200), Jacopo Cappellato <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > my proposal is to remove the "oagis" specialpurpose component from the > trunk and record the event in our Attic page [*]. > If we will do this, the consequence will be that the component will no more > be available in future releases: if you are using it, or plan to use it, > speak up now! :-) > Otherwise, its source code and interesting concepts will be always > available in our source repository and interested parties could easily > retrieve its sources following the instructions in our Attic page. > The main motivation for this proposal is because of the tricky license of > the XML schema files under specialpurpose/oagis/dtd/ > These files are an old and unmaintained version and we could not upgrade > them because since their inclusion in OFBiz the newer versions have been > re-licensed under an incompatible license. Even in they current license, > they require special handling and mention in our LICENSE file and, > considering the complexity of the subject, and the fact that the component > has never attracted much attention (based on the questions or contributions > received in the years), I think it would be safer if we remove it from the > trunk. > > Kind regards, > > Jacopo > > [*] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Attic >
