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A Dimarts, 26 d'octubre de 2010, Mantavya Gajjar va escriure:
> Thanks for the quality improvement. I have forward this merge proposal to r
> & d team. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharoon Thomas <sharoonthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:10:40
> To: <mga@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Fabien Pinckaers<fp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Varun Kumar<varun.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <openerp-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <openerp-community-leaders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Openerp Expert
> Framework<openerp-expert-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re:
> [Openerp-community] [Fwd: Re: Injustice, plagiarism and insult of
> community work]
> 
> Hello Fabien and Mantavya Ji,
> 
> I would like to thank you for merging poweremail into the openobject addons
> 6.0 [1] and for fixing the copyright issues [2].
> 
> I support the idea of splitting the module into multiple feature based
> smaller modules. However, in the forking process, you have missed some of
> the features like [3] and also the quality improvements in the refactoring
> effort [4] we made. We could propose the changes as merge proposals or
> patches.
> 
> [1]
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openerp/openobject-addons/trunk/files/head:/em
> ail_template/ [2]
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openerp/openobject-addons/trunk/revision/3164.
> 125.11 [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/openobject-addons/+bug/656897
> [4] https://code.launchpad.net/~sharoonthomas/poweremail/refactoring
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Sharoon Thomas
> 
> <sharoonthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> > Hello Sir,
> > 
> > Thanks for this interesting long fabricated mail.
> > 
> > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Mantavya Gajjar <mga@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hello to All and Sharoon,
> >> 
> >> I am Mantavya Gajjar - (mga), Director Tiny ERP India,
> >> 
> >> Sorry for my Late Reply, but I just came to know about this email
> >> chaining from some of the employees.
> > 
> > I would prefer to believe it, but its very very bad that even senior most
> > employees of Tiny don't participate in the community mailing
> > lists.Clearly shows why there is a disconnect between Open ERP and the
> > community * [I would recommend you to join atleast the framework-expert
> > list.]*
> > 
> >> I had posted a bug that doesn't mean that I am aware about the complete
> >> product.
> >> 
> >> For the bug post, https://bugs.launchpad.net/poweremail/+bug/428568, I
> >> have seen some of the template screen somewhere on the blog and I see
> >> some of the notation like ${ } from the screen I did not know that you
> >> have used mako template.
> >> 
> >> I have a sense that if you use features of the mako template then its
> >> not easy to change the behaviour of parsing the same, and that is the
> >> reason, that after your reply I did not post any comment on the same
> >> bug. Actually I should not post the bug but I post because at that time
> >> I was crazy about the new development I did and that as the Server
> >> Action. (In that if you look at the Email & SMS Action features i use
> >> the notation [[ ]] same like OpenERP report to parse the object /
> >> fields). the Intention behind this post was to keep the same notation
> >> [[ ]] instead of the ${}. at that time I didn't know that this post will
> >> prove me liar.
> > 
> > Wrong argument about mako, but I prefer to believe you on the rest.
> > 
> >> Regarding the Powermail - after listening "India Director has to lie" I
> >> try to check the poweremail module and try to check the code.
> >> (
> >> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openerp-commiter/poweremail/poweremailtrunk
> >> /annotate/head:/poweremail_core.py<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Eopener
> >> p-commiter/poweremail/poweremailtrunk/annotate/head:/poweremail_core.py>
> >> ) at the first look it seems more or less the Axelor Webmail module.
> >> which manage Inbox, of emails, provide the templates for emailing.
> > 
> > I want to believe that you never checked poweremail before. Axelor
> > webmail module (If its the open one in the standard repos) is just not
> > even a quarter of poweremail -it just downloads mail and as far as i see
> > does not have powerful templating or such reception with read/unread
> > status etc.
> > 
> >> Regarding the Fetchmail: As I have already informed to Fabien during his
> >> trip to Indian, that why I have invented the fetchmail module.
> >> 
> >> - To replace the mail_gateway module which was tightly coupled with the
> >> crm module (even after migration from email_gateway.py script to
> >> mail_gateway module)
> >> 
> >> - From the beginning I have already Invented the smtpclient module in
> >> the trunk-extra-addons, and it is alternative of the tools.send_email()
> >> (I think this module I have developed before the Sharon's Training @
> >> Indian Office, I think Sharon I have shown you this module during the
> >> Training).
> > 
> > Yes, you did show the module, but it never worked and that's where I got
> > my first dose of inspiration for poweremail. If you remember we had an
> > argument then about the 'lockin' disadvantage of having such a system.
> > 
> >> - Before 1.5 months Tiny ERP Indian office have started the recruitment,
> >> and due to that we are getting lots of CV's I want some system where i
> >> can redirect this all emails to our Internal Interview Module (which is
> >> already running in our system), for that I required some system like CRM
> >> Mail Gate. but I was not able to use the same as its strict with CRM
> >> module. so one of the biggest reason was to develop a Fetchmail was
> >> this
> >> 
> >> So, finally I started to work on that and come with the very simple
> >> module by taking the email_gateway module code I prepare a generic and
> >> very simple system which can be used in any module (yes of course need
> >> to write 2 method in the model which we want to integrate).
> > 
> > If you had used poweremail the job would have been done in 5 minutes.
> > After 1.5 months you still dont have a working solution... lol... (also
> > keen to know what discouraged you from using axelor's webmail)
> > 
> > But what surprises me more is that you have Open ERP 6.0 in production
> > internally before 1.5 months!! as far as I can see  the fetch mail module
> > was written for 6.0. Anyway, INTERESTING fabrications!
> > 
> >> If you compare these 2 modules there are no similarities in between
> >> them.
> > 
> > I am writing the similarities below with the proof of my claim for the
> > duplication
> > 
> >> Fetchmail: only work for the fetching emails and integrate with the
> >> OpenERP Model
> >> 
> >> PowerEmail: works like a mail client.
> >> 
> >> I think you angry because of
> >> "http://openlabs.co.in/blog/post/presentation-community-meeting/"; here
> >> you wrote that
> >> 
> >> "The good news is the commitment from Fabien Pinckaers (CEO of Open ERP)
> >> and the Antoine (CTO of Open ERP) that Poweremail is going to be
> >> integrated to the trunk of Open ERP." and certainly Fetchmail was
> >> published in the addons branch. but that is again not a relation of
> >> fetchmail with the poweremail module.
> > 
> > My company site says as you have quoted "good news ..". If I was angry I
> > would have written "Bad news"? I dont understand what you try to explain
> > here!
> > 
> >> Also, I have reviewed Axelor Webmail for so many times( At Indian
> >> office), also gives the solution for some problems, do you think that I
> >> need to copy and paste from the Powermail module ??
> > 
> > I have personally taken my training from you and I completely understand
> > your skills in programming and knowledge. There's no question about it. I
> > respect your knowledge and skills but replicating functionality is no
> > excuse for it.
> > 
> >> Working with the sms & email applications is interesting things for me.
> >> http://sites.google.com/site/mantavyagajjar2/massmailing-java
> >> http://sites.google.com/site/mantavyagajjar2/massmailingapplication
> >> http://sites.google.com/site/mantavyagajjar2/smsapplication
> >> 
> >> - and that's why I put 2 module on the trunk extra addons (smsclient,
> >> and smtpclient as smsclient nobody is using so there is no enhancements
> >> smtpclient used by the 2 major projects webmail and direct marketing
> >> project - dm)
> >> 
> >> you have no rights to blame anyone before knowing the complete truth,
> >> how come you say that its 90% same in the code and 99% same in logic?
> > 
> > As mentioned my reasons for the above claim are below:
> > 
> > Reason 1: HTML2TEXT in poweremail is in separate file, in your module in
> > the same file
> > 
> > Reason 2: 9/13 fields already exist in poweremail core accounts
> > (obviously the views have similar structure)
> > [Format: fetchmail_field:poweremail_field]
> > 1.name:name
> > 2.active:
> > 3.state:state (with three equivalent states)
> > 4.server:iserver
> > 5.port:iport
> > 6.type:iserver_type
> > 7.is_ssl:isssl
> > 8.user:username
> > 9.password:password
> > 10.action_id:
> > 11.object_id:
> > 12.priority:
> > 13.user_id:user
> > 
> > Reason 3:
> > 
> > Constraint of check_duplicate in fetchmail: Called_constraint_unique in
> > poweremail
> > 
> > Reason 4: Method similarity [4/5 methods are same]
> >
> >_process_email :
> > set_draft : done in workflow
> > decode_header : decode_header_text
> > button_fetch_mail : send_receive
> > fetch_mail : get_mails (Almost the same in code as well with same kind of
> > if else logic)
> > 
> > When a model, view and methods are same in functionality, I prefer to
> > call it a duplicate. Now tell me why I cant make the above claim. (Sorry
> > if its a rounded percentage.. lol)
> > If you call 'apple' an 'Apple', python may be case sensitive and make a
> > difference but doesnt make it new code.
> > 
> >> I would like to request any community member to check out the code of
> >> both the modules. I would not like to enter in a huge discussion.
> > 
> > I have made it easy for the community member who wants to check.
> > 
> >> We appreciate your contribution in the community, but you should
> >> respects others too.
> > 
> > With all due respect to you as an Individual, I should say that I am
> > convinced that you will neither accept the fact that you copied, nor do I
> > expect you to. Open ERP SA claims to support all community work. Can you
> > give the name of the community modules which you have contributed to
> > officially and incorporated to the official base? Do you want to say that
> > till today there are no valid contributions from the community?
> > 
> > I know you hate this name 'Tryton', please download its client (from
> > www.tryton.org) and have a look at the 'About section'. That will show
> > you the 'respect' an opensource project should have for its
> > contributors. To get what you have made today all what you needed was to
> > add 4 fields to poweremail, but i want to believe you never knew about
> > 'poweremail'.
> > 
> > Everything about your reply is so contradictory, and despite the nice
> > laugh this mail gave me at the end of tiring day (thankful to you for
> > that), I would like to stop this mail trail. I am convinced that you
> > will never accept the truth and I have no time to keep proving your
> > false statements false.
> > 
> > Remember that what Open ERP SA is today is not what your copyright claims
> > it to be, its what your partners and the community makes it to be. The
> > day is not far when the competition you try to deny (Tryton) will be
> > much ahead in popularity as well, it already crossed to be a better
> > framework than Open ERP when you guys were busy trying to have SQL
> > Alchemy inside Open ERP ORM. I have a humble request: Please dont insult
> > Tryton then by adding it to your manipulated
> > http://evaluation-matrix.com/
> > 
> > Apologies if I have been a bit out of topic, but I guess it is necessary
> > for you to understand because you seem to be too disconnected from the
> > real world (from the fact that you are not on any such mailing lists or
> > communication channels and never even knew about a popular community
> > module's functionality after a presentation was conducted in you head
> > quarters).
> > 
> >> Regards,
> >> Mantavya Gajjar
> >> Director
> >> Tiny ERP Private Limited
> >> 
> >> On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 15:44 +0100, Sharoon Thomas wrote:
> >> > Hello Fabien,
> >> > 
> >> > Thanks for this update as well.
> >> > 
> >> > Its very unfortunate that your India Director has to lie that 'still I
> >> > did not check the poweremail module.'
> >> > 
> >> > Here is a bug he has reported
> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/poweremail/+bug/428568
> >> > 
> >> > I am not sure you can report a bug/feature of the above nature without
> >> > testing and using poweremail.
> >> > 
> >> > I do not want to take these allegations personally but i think it is
> >> > important to justify your intentions. You can look at the same bug and
> >> > you will note that the person has tried to put it as a hidden bug
> >> > (security vulnerability). I made it a public bug because I don't see
> >> > anything so private in it.
> >> > 
> >> >  I leave it to Open ERP SA to decide why he had to do it and the truth
> >> > 
> >> > of these claims.
> >> > 
> >> > I leave it to the programmers and techies who work everyday on these
> >> > very programs to further decide the originality of code too. Anyway,
> >> > copying has never been new to OpenERP. Just taking references to Tree
> >> > view buttons, the wizard to google map lookup idea etc. [This is not
> >> > for a second set of arguments to begin!]
> >> > 
> >> > Atleast Fabien, its great relief to know that you are not aware of
> >> > these.
> >> > 
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > NB: I have remarked a copy of the mail to the same groups that were
> >> > addressed these questions to ensure that there are no broken
> >> > conversations in the archives.
> >> > 
> >> > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Fabien Pinckaers <fp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > 
> >> > wrote:
> >> >         Hello,
> >> >         
> >> >         I asked the developer if he took some code from poweremail
> >> >         without
> >> >         putting the copyright. Check his answer bellow.
> >> >         
> >> >         So, it's not injustice, plagiarism, or insult of your work.
> >> 
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >> 
> >> >         Hello Fabien,
> >> >         
> >> >         Yes I confirm that I did not took a single line or character
> >> >         from the
> >> >         power email, not even for the reference, still I did not check
> >> >         the
> >> >         poweremail module.
> >> >         
> >> >         I have just convert the old fetchmail module which was written
> >> >         by the
> >> >         hmo's team and that purely converted (with major change to
> >> >         make it very
> >> >         simple user-friendly email object) from email_gateway.py
> >> >         script of crm
> >> >         module.
> >> >         
> >> >         Changes I have applied
> >> >         * Use the same code of fetching email - the one which was
> >> >         exist
> >> >         * Make it very simple user-friendly email object
> >> >         
> >> >          - body = mail.get('body', '')
> >> >         
> >> >         * Integrate with ServerAction - Auto Reply
> >> >         
> >> >         Aim was to have a very simple module, easy to configure and
> >> >         use the
> >> >         maximum what we already have in the server addons and
> >> >         framework
> >> >         
> >> >         Regards,
> >> >         M Gajjar
> >> >         
> >> >         
> >> >         
> >> >         
> >> >         --
> >> >         Fabien Pinckaers
> >> >         CEO OpenERP
> >> >         Chaussée de Namur 40
> >> >         B-1367 Grand-Rosière
> >> >         Belgium
> >> >         Phone: +32.81.81.37.00
> >> >         Fax: +32.81.73.35.01
> >> >         Web: http://openerp.com
> >> > 
> >> > --
> >> > Sharoon Thomas
> >> > Business Analyst & Open Source ERP Consultant
> >> > CEO @ http://openlabs.co.in
> >> >
> >> >_______________________________________________
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> >> --
> >> Mantavya Gajjar <mga@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Tiny ERP Private Limited
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > --
> > Sharoon Thomas
> > Business Analyst & Open Source ERP Consultant
> > CEO @ http://openlabs.co.in


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