OpenNCIP, Koha, and diverged SIP code

[Dan Scott]

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=log
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.pm;h=b872e77d1366780888e671f20819c0a969db2fab;hb=HEAD
- 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.

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[MJ Ray-2]

Dan Scott <denials@...> 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?

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[Joshua Ferraro-3]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@...> wrote:

> Dan Scott <denials@...> 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

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[Dan Scott]

2009/2/3 Joshua Ferraro <jmf@...>:

> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@...> wrote:
>> Dan Scott <denials@...> 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.

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[Dan Scott]

2009/2/3 Dan Scott <denials@...>:

> 2009/2/3 Joshua Ferraro <jmf@...>:
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@...> wrote:
>>> Dan Scott <denials@...> 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.

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