[ldm-users] user-stories for the LDM replacement

[Gerry Creager]

Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Daryl Herzmann wrote:
> 
>> I'll bite on this with my 2 cents!
>>
>> I was sort of surprised by this announcement and very much concerned.
>> Without a doubt, LDM has been the most stable and most important piece of
>> middle ware software I use.  Outside of the IDD, it is a key part of my
>> content generation and distribution system.  It just works and it is
>> something I don't worry about failing, since it rarely/never does!
>>
>> After a cursory look over the pages, it is not clear to me what is going
>> to happen with LDM.  Is this 'replacement' going to be written in Java? Is
>> it going to maintain RPC compatibility with LDM?  Aren't there other
>> projects doing some of the things mentioned, like Thredds Data Server(?),
>> etc?
>>
>> Talking with other LDM users this weekend, they expressed similar
>> concerns. I would much rather see some of those features go into the LDM
>> codebase without such a drastic shift to different / unproven technology.
>>
>> This new project looks very cool, but lets not replace LDM :)
> 
> +1 here. The current LDM works great, and I'm not sure reinventing the 
> wheel here is going to help. Unless it is going to work with older LDM's,
> I'm quite content with how this generation of LDM works. And this from 
> someone who people call "Captain Upgrade" for being bleeding edge!

+1 here, too.  I use LDM too extensively and for too many 
(near-)production activities to want to migrate anytime soon.  Let me 
look at the wiki and comment further there but I have to express 
skepticism at this time that a replacement is A) needed, B) warranted or 
C) welcome.

gerry
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