Is the package still being developed?
larry77 opened this issue · 3 comments
Hello,
I understand this package is mostly a one-person's effort, but I would like to know if it is still being actively supported/developed.
If I had funds, I would really donate to this package. The readSDMX function saved my life more than once when I had some sdmx xml file caught wildly on the net.
My nightmare is an evolution of sdmx which is no longer handled by readSDMX in the future.
Any thoughts on this?
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@larry77 Thanks for your message and for using rsdmx.
At that time, I perform corrective and adaptive maintenance over rsdmx, in this sence it is supported and developed but at minimal involvement, done on spare time only (and when I have spare time actually...). Considering I don't have only rsdmx package on my radar, I can't dedicate more time, unless I get a support request as freelance service. rsdmx is obvsiouly open to contributions and pull requests, in which case I try to find time to review code and integrate it if it is ready for integration. I do the same in all my other R packages.
Although rsdmx is widely used, in organizations (both national and international) where SDMX is an approved standard, the project doesn't have sponsors that fund directly or indirectly (through projects/use case implementations) new features or core enhancements that require substantial effort to implement. Indeed they are many perspectives for rsdmx, eg. support of new formats like SDMX-JSON, alternate parsing methods, core modelling aspects (eg. moving from S4 to R6 model), new API endpoints, etc; but all this is in stand-by until getting the opportunity to get it supported, implement and release it.