[Qgis-psc] Feed item regarding proposed removal of DB2 provider

[Even Rouault]

Hi PSC,

any thoughts regarding this ? My call to users on qgis-user list resulted in 
ZERO user asking to keep the DB2 provider.

Other data points:
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+db2 results in ZERO match
compared to
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+oracle in 20, or
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+sql+server in 26

Do you see this provider as a strategic asset for the project ? I'm perhaps 
missing context, but the only visible thing is that it seems to be a regular 
maintenance burden for the regular QGIS contributors: see
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commits/master/src/providers/db2

If IBM doesn't want/can't support in a convincing way ($$$$$) its inclusion in 
QGIS core, then we should strongly "encourage" them (with a firm deadline) to 
move it as a plugin, which is definitely the place where such a thing, with an 
extremely limited user base, should be.

I've exactly the same thoughts regarding HANA...

Even

> Hi PSC,
> 
> In https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/204 , I propose
> to remove the DB2 provider. Nyall suggested we publish a news item asking
> for users feedback.
> 
> Here's my suggestion for a feed item:
> "The QGIS project considers removing the DB2 provider in a future version.
> If you have critical need for this provider in your usage of QGIS, please
> add your feedback to
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/204"
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Even


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