No development Omlox Hub instance available for testing

[dvcorreia]

It appears that Flowcate has stopped providing trial license keys for DeepHub. As an external maintainer, I don't have access to a license key for testing, which means I'm essentially developing in the dark, without being able to validate changes against a reference Hub implementation.

I'm not aware of any other Omlox Hub implementations that might offer free trials or developer access. Another option would be to explore partnerships with Hub providers who might sponsor development access in exchange for acknowledgment or something similar.

Setting up a reference Hub implementation that maintainers can use for testing and even in CI would be perfect.

[cfradewavecom]

I am not aware of the conditions that Flowcate now restricts its testing keys but they have a procedure to request one. It may be as simple as just asking for one.

We will look into options for this. Thanks for creating this issue.

[cfradewavecom]

@ruipsantos is there feedback related to this issue?

[dvcorreia]

@wraromer do you know if @flowcate would be open to sponsor the project with licenses for maintainers? for CI would also be great!

[wraromer]

@dvcorreia Could you please specify more precisely what "the project" exactly is? What should be achieved? How long will the project last?

[dvcorreia]

@dvcorreia Could you please specify more precisely what "the project" exactly is? What should be achieved? How long will the project last?

The project is the work in this repository, https://github.com/wavecomtech/omlox-client-go, which includes a Go library for the Omlox Hub and complementary command line tool. The current objective is to have a 100% coverage of the Omlox Hub API while adjusting it be as idiomatic and user friendly as possible.

I'm not affiliated with @wavecomtech, so my main motivation as an external contributor is to make it sustainable, with contributors across the ecosystem, so that over time I can step back knowing it will stay healthy. I'm still not sure if the project is useful or if it will be adopted, but I don't want it to be abandoned either, so for now I'm the only code maintainer.

The project should last as long as the Omlox Hub is around or until there's no one to maintain this repo. In order to maintain it effectively, being able to test changes against a reference implementation of the Omlox Hub would be great help.

[wraromer]

We can offer a 365 day trial license for development, testing and maintenance of this "omlox-client-go" github project. It must not be used for other purposes than these development and maintenance efforts.
For legal reasons, the person receiving the trial license key must agree to the terms and conditions, especially concerning the warranties and liabilities etc.

[dvcorreia]

That's fantastic! I'm not sure how we can manage the license and who would be the person receiving it.
I would say that, to ensure the license is used exclusively for advancing the project and under its terms, we need to constraint it to CI for end-to-end tests. Otherwise, I'm not sure how we would be able to assert these.

@cfradewavecom @ruipsantos I would ask to raise this internally and come back with a proposal on how we can handle this.