rebar3 & hex.pm

[jtmoulia]

Hello --

rebar3 will be using hex.pm as its package manager. To simplify dep management for packages which depend on this library, it'd be great if websocket_client was migrated to rebar3 and published on hex.

Currently rebar3 is at beta-2, so it would make sense to migrate to rebar3 in a branch off master, and then merge back in once rebar3 hits a stable release. In the meantime, websocket_client could be published to hex. Example from a fork: sanmiguel@bfc6b87

I'd be happy to work on this, but I first want to check if people are interested.

[ypaq]

👍

[jeremyong]

If you supply a commit, I can create a branch for it!

[ypaq]

I think it would be advantageous to make it work with both forks and merge @sanmiguel's changes, e.g., create a hex package for @jeremyong's version (0.7.x) and for @sanmiguel's (1.1.x). There are severe issues with v0.7 but I understand there are behavior changes that come with 1.1.x. I have stopped using v0.7 and recommend to update to 1.1.x.

[sanmiguel]

I'd be happy to publish my fork to hex.pm (I actually tried this before, and it appears that I've left a residual presence unintentionally). It already supports rebar3 and has some fairly significant changes for stability and resilience. However, the behaviour interface has also been modified and extended and it's far less lightweight than the original fork (it's now backed by gen_fsm).

I wonder if at this point I should just rename mine, allowing both to coexist. @jeremyong do you have any thoughts on this?

[jeremyong]

I'm actually happy to point to someone else's fork if it is being more actively maintained and/or fixes issues with my current fork.

[sanmiguel]

I am and have been actively maintaining and semi-regularly extending my fork for a year or so now. I've also got more plans for future work (some of which are captured as enhancement issues).

I'd happily take up maintaining the hex package as well.

[sanmiguel]

I'm ready to publish my fork to hex.pm, @jeremyong you sure you're happy for me to do that?

[jeremyong]

Go for it

[ypaq]

👍

[sanmiguel]

Done!

https://hex.pm/packages/websocket_client

[jtmoulia]

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