On 2/02/2010, at 11:43 PM, Hans Bakker wrote: > Jacopo, > > what we need is a wiki page where people can announce activities and > plans. Not only from committers but also from contributors and perhaps > even users. > > I have proposed this before.
That's what we use the dev list for though right? What would a wiki page have achieved that simple discussions on the mailing list wouldn't have? > > In this case we tried to extend the existing ebay component but found > out that the xml interface could never support the required functions as > we needed them. Please also remember that not all required functions > were known from the start. As I mentioned earlier, it is my understanding that the SDK is just a tool for using the XML or SOAP interfaces, so I'm interested to know what wasn't possible via the XML interface? Regards Scott > > Regards, > Hans > > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 08:30 +0100, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: >> Hi Hans, >> >> first of all, thank you for contributing this big amount of code. >> >> On Feb 3, 2010, at 5:05 AM, Hans Bakker wrote: >> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> I am also not sure if we need 2 components. That can only be decided by >>> the users of the original Ebay component isn't it? I do not know the >>> user requirements of the original ebay component. >>> >> >> Having two components with potentially overlapping features for the same >> integration in the official trunk will cause maintenance problems and >> confusion; I guess we will all agree on this. >> I am not asking you to redo your job, it is too late, but... can we agree >> that from now on, before implementing a new feature in the trunk (or, even >> worst, before adding a new component) we have to study and understand what >> already exists and do our best to enhance the existing stuff? >> >>> Now we moved the new functionality to a separate component it is getting >>> more clear if the old component is still required or not. >>> >> >> This is a pain, but we will do this, I can't see another solution now, as >> soon as you have completed your work: instead of you studying the original >> ebay component we will have to study your new work and verify if the new >> component implements all the features covered by the old one and in the same >> way; if this will not be true... I don't know what we will do. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Jacopo >> >> >>> Let us first complete the new component and get it fully tested and then >>> restart this discussion. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Hans >>> >>> On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 19:46 -0800, Scott Gray wrote: >>>> Okay so once I saw this I took the 5 minutes necessary to look at eBay's >>>> services and start thinking that this commit is a bad idea. >>>> Please correct me if any of the following is wrong: >>>> - When you originally brought this up, you described the problem as one of >>>> XML vs. API but I think what you actually meant is eBay SDK vs. using XML >>>> directly? >>>> - You mentioned that the API (SDK) provides additional functionality but >>>> it appears to me that it simply abstracts the use of raw SOAP or XML when >>>> interacting with the actual API? >>>> >>>> Based on this I'm not sure that we should have separate components but >>>> that the XML based component should just be moved to using the SDK >>>> (assuming there are only advantages and no disadvantages in doing so). >>>> Doing anything else will just result in twice as much code to maintain >>>> with both components doing the same thing (or worse yet, similar things >>>> but with huge differences in implementation from the user's perspective). >>>> Converting the existing XML integration to use the SDK will ensure that we >>>> have a single solution in place and that no functionality in the existing >>>> component is lost. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> HotWax Media >>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com >>>> >>>> On 2/02/2010, at 7:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Author: hansbak >>>>> Date: Wed Feb 3 03:16:07 2010 >>>>> New Revision: 905876 >>>>> >>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=905876&view=rev >>>>> Log: >>>>> move the java api functions from the existing ebay component to the new >>>>> ebaystore component: no functional changes >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates >>> >> > -- > Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates >
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