[vtk-developers] Heads up: libharu is unmaintained

[Elvis Stansvik]

2017-05-15 16:16 GMT+02:00 David Lonie <david.lonie at kitware.com>:
> Thanks Elvis, I do appreciate the warning!
>
> For some background, we noticed that it was unmaintained before we
> decided to use it. Since libharu covers most of the functionality we
> need with a few minor changes, and it has proven to be mature enough
> to be stable and reliable, we decided to go ahead and use it anyway.
> Plus, licensing is always a headache -- libharu is BSD compatible,
> while PoDoFo is not (LGPL), so that played a major role in the
> decision as well :-)

Ah, that makes sense. Good good.

Elvis

>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Elvis Stansvik
> <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was trying out a Git master build today, in preparation for moving
>> to VTK 8, and noticed that VTK now depends on (and bundles) the
>> libharu PDF library, for the PDF exporter.
>>
>> I also happened to notice that it's currently unmaintained. From their
>> website [1]:
>>
>> "Looking for a new maintainer!
>>
>> The project seems to be in more or less good shape (as in `it still
>> compiles and works`), but it hasn't been actively maintained and/or
>> developed for a few years and badly needs a new maintainer. If you
>> think you can do it and have some spare time to spend on it (not too
>> much), don't hesitate to introduce yourself on the mailing list:
>> libharu at googlegroups.com (you might want to subscribe to it first)."
>>
>> So perhaps it'll resolve itself with that call for help, but just
>> thought as a heads up, in case you weren't aware and don't want to add
>> new stuff depending on unmaintained libraries.
>>
>> Not a big deal really, and I guess the appeal of libharu is that it's
>> very small. Alternatives like PoDoFo [2] are actively maintained, but
>> bigger of course.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Elvis
>>
>> [1] http://libharu.org/
>> [2] http://podofo.sourceforge.net/
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