<div dir="auto"><div>hi Even sorry missed your email. I ll rise this in the next psc. I m trying to get dwalder to let me have a contact at IBM to ask them for support.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">cheers</div><div dir="auto">Marco<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 23:21 Even Rouault, <<a href="mailto:even.rouault@spatialys.com">even.rouault@spatialys.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi PSC,<br>
<br>
any thoughts regarding this ? My call to users on qgis-user list resulted in <br>
ZERO user asking to keep the DB2 provider.<br>
<br>
Other data points:<br>
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+db2" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+db2</a> results in ZERO match<br>
compared to<br>
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+oracle" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+oracle</a> in 20, or<br>
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+sql+server" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=qgis+sql+server</a> in 26<br>
<br>
Do you see this provider as a strategic asset for the project ? I'm perhaps <br>
missing context, but the only visible thing is that it seems to be a regular <br>
maintenance burden for the regular QGIS contributors: see<br>
<a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commits/master/src/providers/db2" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commits/master/src/providers/db2</a><br>
<br>
If IBM doesn't want/can't support in a convincing way ($$$$$) its inclusion in <br>
QGIS core, then we should strongly "encourage" them (with a firm deadline) to <br>
move it as a plugin, which is definitely the place where such a thing, with an <br>
extremely limited user base, should be.<br>
<br>
I've exactly the same thoughts regarding HANA...<br>
<br>
Even<br>
<br>
> Hi PSC,<br>
> <br>
> In <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/204" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/204</a> , I propose<br>
> to remove the DB2 provider. Nyall suggested we publish a news item asking<br>
> for users feedback.<br>
> <br>
> Here's my suggestion for a feed item:<br>
> "The QGIS project considers removing the DB2 provider in a future version.<br>
> If you have critical need for this provider in your usage of QGIS, please<br>
> add your feedback to<br>
> <a href="https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/204" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/issues/204</a>"<br>
> <br>
> Cheers,<br>
> <br>
> Even<br>
<br>
<br>
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