Possible deprecation on othanc-object-storage plugin

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Hi there,

I’ve spent a some time trying to build the Google cloud storage version of the cloud storage plugin, following this instructions. In the process I’ve notice two problems:

  • In the docs the use of vcpkg is recommended, to install the google-cloud-cpp library but the required version of the library to make the plugin works is not specified. And the plugin doesn’t work with the latest version of the library (2.1.0).

  • Through trial and error, I realized that the version of google-cloud-cpp supported by the plugin is 0.21.0, released on 04/2020, and I managed to successfully build the plugin. But according to the changelog of google-cloud-cpp, after 2023-07-01 they will drop all support to v1.42.0 and earlier versions.

After that I tried to adapt the plugin to use the version 2.1.0 of google-cloud-cpp but I got stuck on this error:

/usr/bin/ld: CMakeFiles/OrthancGoogleCloudStorage.dir/GoogleStoragePlugin.cpp.o: in function GoogleStoragePluginFactory::CreateStoragePlugin(OrthancPlugins::OrthancConfiguration const&)': GoogleStoragePlugin.cpp:(.text+0x7de): undefined reference to google::cloud::v2_1_0::Status::~Status()’

I tried to solve it, but my C++ skills aren’t enough to solve it.

There are future plans to update this dependency before his deprecation?

Best regards.

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Hi,

I know I’ll have to update it some day but this is not currently in the short-term roadmap.

Since you’re spending money on Google when using this plugin, feel free to spend money on the plugin developers too if you want a new feature :wink:

Best regards,

Alain

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Hi Alain,

Thanks for the quick reply. What would be the cost of developing this improvement? and how long would it take to develop?.

I need this information send it to my superiors and evaluate the possibility of fund the develop effort.

Best regards

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Hi Alain,

Depending on the costs, our company is interested in contributing, paying for the development on your side or updating the plugin (hopefully with your help/guidance).

Best regards,
Rafik

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Hi Rafik,

Good to know !

I’ve created this page on Open-Collective such that any company interested can contribute.

Best regards,

Alain.