Target ActiveFedora 9 about hydra-works HOT 8 CLOSED

Per the committers call, 👍 for targeting ActiveFedora 8 (with clear interfaces).

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To be clear, that would mean this is not intended to support AF7+Fedora3? If so, then 👍

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Wait, so to get works goodness, you'll need to run Fedora 4? If that's the case, I got exactly the opposite impression in the Sufia Futures discussion on Friday -- that we should not make F4 adoption a requirement to make use of the new works goodness. Am I misunderstanding?

In related news, Hydra Tech calls are now on my calendar. ;)

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@mjgiarlo We're just talking about a reference implementation. Not the only implementation. It sounds like you're signing up to take on creating a Fedora 3 version?

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Not personally signing anything, no. ;) Just reflecting the sense I got from the room. If we build works on top of F4 work, I think there will be numerous folks in the room who will not be able to adopt works until F3 support is built in (and maybe we're saying it's on them to do that?).

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I think this issue is going to come up with increasing frequency, and touches on the needs of smaller shops that have less capability to migrate to Fedora 4. So I agree that we should target AF8/F4, but backporting to AF7/F3 seems like a very good thing to do to help the broader community. And I hope that those of us getting F4 setup first will have the bandwidth to do some outreach and find ways to smooth the path for everyone.

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So I'm hearing, target AF8, which implies Fedor4 now, then backport to AF7 with Fedora3. The conceptual modeling isn't hard to maneuver between the two, but we are talking about a pretty divergent set of dependencies. I don't have much experience in this area, but I'm just trying to keep the work focused.

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I can be down with this. Initial reference implementation will be targeted at AF8/F4, and once complete and vetted, we can come up with a plan for backporting it.

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