Is ORM a Dead Project?

[Peter Harrison <pe...@team.orcon.net.nz>]

A number of months ago I attempted to contribute some code that provided 
a way to map a List to the properties of a single Node to the ORM 
project. This only works for arrays of primitives of course, but was 
quite useful to me, and others I noted were asking for similar 
functionality.

I have tried to follow the process of issue tracker submission and 
attaching my code but I note that the OCM project has had no commits 
whatsoever since... well as long as I have been watching since at least 
September last year.

I'm using Jackrabbit in anger (aka - not just playing, we are doing 
serious projects) but I am concerned that the code base of OCM has been 
abandoned. This doesn't bode well for the rest of the codebase. I'm 
happy to contribute and help, but there has been no replies to my 
queries about progress on commiting my contributions.

Perhaps my code is junk or I'm taking the wrong approach, or there is a 
better way, but I'm not really getting the impression I'm welcome. I 
realise people are busy, but this is wasting the opportunity to involve 
experienced developers who are keen to help. I'm not beating up on 
anyone - I just would like to get more involved in this great project.

Thanks,
Peter

AW: Is OCM a Dead Project?

[Thomas Auinger <th...@byteconsult.de>]

Hello,

we skipped OCM right from the start due to its limited functionality and went with Jcrom instead. 

While that had been abandoned somebody else has picked up the project meanwhile and version 2.1 has been released in June 2013.

We made a few improvements ourselves but in general I am quite happy with the value it offers.

Viele Grüße
Thomas Auinger
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Ulrich Scheidegger [mailto:willscheidegger@mac.com] 
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. April 2014 06:19
An: users@jackrabbit.apache.org
Betreff: Re: Is OCM a Dead Project?

Hi Peter

Interest in OCM has not been very high. We have written a module for the Magnolia CMS to make use of OCM and therefore would also like to see OCM live. But I have not heard of too many others using it.

So, I cannot tell you anything about the status of OCM other than letting you know that we're using it as well.

-will

On 23.04.2014, at 05:56, Peter Harrison <pe...@team.orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> A number of months ago I attempted to contribute some code that provided a way to map a List to the properties of a single Node to the ORM project. This only works for arrays of primitives of course, but was quite useful to me, and others I noted were asking for similar functionality.
> 
> I have tried to follow the process of issue tracker submission and attaching my code but I note that the OCM project has had no commits whatsoever since... well as long as I have been watching since at least September last year.
> 
> I'm using Jackrabbit in anger (aka - not just playing, we are doing serious projects) but I am concerned that the code base of OCM has been abandoned. This doesn't bode well for the rest of the codebase. I'm happy to contribute and help, but there has been no replies to my queries about progress on commiting my contributions.
> 
> Perhaps my code is junk or I'm taking the wrong approach, or there is a better way, but I'm not really getting the impression I'm welcome. I realise people are busy, but this is wasting the opportunity to involve experienced developers who are keen to help. I'm not beating up on anyone - I just would like to get more involved in this great project.
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter

Re: Is OCM a Dead Project?

[Ulrich Scheidegger <wi...@mac.com>]

Hi Peter

Interest in OCM has not been very high. We have written a module for the Magnolia CMS to make use of OCM and therefore would also like to see OCM live. But I have not heard of too many others using it.

So, I cannot tell you anything about the status of OCM other than letting you know that we're using it as well.

-will

On 23.04.2014, at 05:56, Peter Harrison <pe...@team.orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> A number of months ago I attempted to contribute some code that provided a way to map a List to the properties of a single Node to the ORM project. This only works for arrays of primitives of course, but was quite useful to me, and others I noted were asking for similar functionality.
> 
> I have tried to follow the process of issue tracker submission and attaching my code but I note that the OCM project has had no commits whatsoever since... well as long as I have been watching since at least September last year.
> 
> I'm using Jackrabbit in anger (aka - not just playing, we are doing serious projects) but I am concerned that the code base of OCM has been abandoned. This doesn't bode well for the rest of the codebase. I'm happy to contribute and help, but there has been no replies to my queries about progress on commiting my contributions.
> 
> Perhaps my code is junk or I'm taking the wrong approach, or there is a better way, but I'm not really getting the impression I'm welcome. I realise people are busy, but this is wasting the opportunity to involve experienced developers who are keen to help. I'm not beating up on anyone - I just would like to get more involved in this great project.
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter

Re: Is ORM a Dead Project?

[Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>]

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Peter Harrison
<pe...@team.orcon.net.nz> wrote:
>...I am concerned that the code base of OCM has been abandoned...

I'm not a Jackrabbit committer but it's pretty clear that the OCM
module is not popular and hasn't seen much action, previous
discussions such as http://markmail.org/message/wmqggzrxwxearmyh
explain why.

The recently introduced Sling Models [1] provide an interesting
alternative IMO, but they require the underlying OSGi and Sling
machinery - which brings many other benefits but it depends on your
environment and goals of course.

-Bertrand

[1] http://sling.apache.org/documentation/bundles/models.html