Duplication of RestWS / join efforts?

Assigning to @ChinggizKhan for a response, but also want to point out that if a merger is desired by both parties, RestWS would need to be at a full, stable release well before DrupalCon Munich in order to be QA'ed and deployed on drupal.org.

Once entity_json goes live on drupal.org D7, there's not much point in "mergering" unless there's a very clear advantage in doing so. What I'm saying is, @fago and @ChinggizKhan need to hurry up and make a decision on this.

So, originally @mirzu and I looked across D.o for other modules that could do this, and in our searches we never came up with another module. Clearly, we missed RestWS. Personally, I have no problem helping that module get to a full-stable release to be QA'd before Munich, and can take a look at it more closely this weekend.

Advantages

• One less module doing similar things on D.o
• Several heads are better than one
• Although I havent fulled looked at the code, it seems to be simpler to pull any JSON object
• Can be used for the whole of D.o to be accessed via JSON

Disadvantages

• More hooks for Drupal to go through.
• Will change the API previously used for project_issue drastically
• Will require much more work to get this QA'd then Entity JSON (as this was for the most part just pulled out of project_issues)

Personally, I can help either way--- I think this is a question better suited for @dww, @senpai, or more of the D.o support team as they will really be the ones directly affected by the choice.

Cool, thanks. I just opened #1710850: Deploy RestWS for D7 project issue JSON to see if anyone else on the infra team cares, but I lean towards joining forces with RestWS and abandoning entity_json as the best long-term solution to this. Let's see what infra has to say and then we can move forward on merging/collaborating.

Thanks all,
-Derek

Need this to stay active in the Entity JSON issue queue, since as of right now, entity_json is what's going to go live for the D7 Upgrade.

OK, now we can postpone it pending the successful outcome of #1719742: RestWS needs an official stable release as part of the Drupal.org D7 Upgrade Initiative

Stable release of restws is now available,
reopening.

So what to do with this module? abandon?

http://drupal.org/node/1710850#comment-6354222

I personally like this module's approach, so please don't abandon. RestWS is well-reviewed and stable, but this module's code is simpler and more understandable.

Edit: Moved relevant parts to #1710850-4: Deploy RestWS for D7 project issue JSON.

I am closing this issue, but leaving Entity JSON as a full project

Reasons:

• RestWS has been selected for D.o usage
• This module's simplicity is still desired
• Any more issues can be brought up in the issue queue, like any other module