OpenNCIP, Koha, and diverged SIP code
I'm curious about the divergence of the SIP code between the Koha and OpenNCIP code bases. For example, in http://openncip.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openncip/src/SIPServer.pm?view=lo... one can see that a bug fix was applied 2008-03-11 to the OpenNCIP code that doesn't appear in the latest Koha version of the code at http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=history;f=C4/SIP/SIPServer.p... - and it looks like a lot of changes have not flowed back from Koha to the OpenNCIP project. I should also point out that on 2008-03-19 attribution statements were added to the OpenNCIP code recognizing the copyright, identifying the author of the code, and posting the GPL header. These are not present in the Koha versions of the files, which were added to Koha's repository before the OpenNCIP code was so modified. IANAL, but the providence of the OpenNCIP code should probably be recognized somewhere in the Koha codebase. Are there plans to bring these repositories back into sync? There is, of course, no obligation to do so, but it would be nice to be able to track a single project for bug fixes and features rather than multiple projects. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm curious about the divergence of the SIP code between the Koha and OpenNCIP code bases. [...] IANAL, but the providence of the OpenNCIP code should probably be recognized somewhere in the Koha codebase.
Are there plans to bring these repositories back into sync? [...]
Seems like a good idea. Why does Koha have its own copy of the OpenNCIP code in the first place? Anyone know? Is OpenNCIP producing regular releases? Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef). LMS developer and supporter for a small, friendly worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237 _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm curious about the divergence of the SIP code between the Koha and OpenNCIP code bases. [...] IANAL, but the providence of the OpenNCIP code should probably be recognized somewhere in the Koha codebase.
Are there plans to bring these repositories back into sync? [...]
Seems like a good idea. Why does Koha have its own copy of the OpenNCIP code in the first place? Anyone know? Is OpenNCIP producing regular releases? Not that I'm aware of, I wonder if there's any interest in putting it up on CPAN...
Josh
Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef). LMS developer and supporter for a small, friendly worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237
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2009/2/3 Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm curious about the divergence of the SIP code between the Koha and OpenNCIP code bases. [...] IANAL, but the providence of the OpenNCIP code should probably be recognized somewhere in the Koha codebase.
Are there plans to bring these repositories back into sync? [...]
Seems like a good idea. Why does Koha have its own copy of the OpenNCIP code in the first place? Anyone know? Is OpenNCIP producing regular releases? Not that I'm aware of, I wonder if there's any interest in putting it up on CPAN...
There have been no releases from OpenNCIP yet. Getting it on CPAN would be a great next step, IMHO. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
2009/2/3 Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com>:
2009/2/3 Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>:
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm curious about the divergence of the SIP code between the Koha and OpenNCIP code bases. [...] IANAL, but the providence of the OpenNCIP code should probably be recognized somewhere in the Koha codebase.
Are there plans to bring these repositories back into sync? [...]
Seems like a good idea. Why does Koha have its own copy of the OpenNCIP code in the first place? Anyone know? Is OpenNCIP producing regular releases? Not that I'm aware of, I wonder if there's any interest in putting it up on CPAN...
There have been no releases from OpenNCIP yet. Getting it on CPAN would be a great next step, IMHO.
Mind you, the "right" next steps are probably to send a set of patches to the openncip.org mailing list to try to bring the repos back in sync, and to recognize the origins of the existing SIP code somewhere in the Koha codebase, if not in the headers of the files themselves as openncip.org chose to do. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
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