handsontable version 7.1.0

[StevenLShafer]

I appreciate your making this amazing tool available in R. I am having some of the scrolling issues reported with handsontable version 6.1 (e.g., handsontable/handsontable#5910). It appears that this was fixed in 7.0.2. Version 7.1 has now been released. Do you have any timetable for when you will be update to handsontable version 7.1?

Thanks,

Steve Shafer

[StevenLShafer]

I have used trshafer's update, which advances rhandsontable to version 7.1.0 of handsontable.js. In my implementation (see stanpumpr.io) it appears to be stable. It also addresses the serious formatting issues with the 6.x.x version of handsontable.js in the current development release. Also, I want to give a shout out to trshafer, a developer at Google, who kindly provided this update for his dad.

[jrowen]

With v7 of handsontable, they moved to a less permissive licensing model (i.e. it is only free for non-commercial use). At this time, it's not clear how we can support the new paid licensing model with the existing rhandsontable project.

Over the coming months, we'll work to update to the latest v6 version of handsontable, and we would be very interested in hearing ideas from the community on a viable support model.

[StevenLShafer]

Thomas (trshafer) mentioned that to me. My use is strictly non-commercial. Perhaps you will need stop development at 6.x.x, and provide a link to the more restrictive version for those with non-commercial use.

Unfortunately, their new license will likely eventually kill the project. The reason is that it is a huge barrier to further development. Instead, one or more people (maybe you?) will develop a fully open source version that is better. I think that is exactly why R eventually buried S+.

[trshafer]

Hey @jrowen, does #318 make sense for supporting 7.x? I added support for the license key parameter of handsontable.

[jrowen]

Wouldn't this require commercial use cases to always have a license? Implementing such a change could lead to a lot of challenges for existing commercial users. Instead, might it make sense to freeze this project on v6, and then, if desired, others can create a new project built around the new handsontable licensing model?

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On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 8:45 PM Thomas Shafer ***@***.***> wrote: Hey @jrowen <https://github.com/jrowen>, does #318 <#318> make sense for supporting 0.7.x? I added support for the license key parameter of handsontable. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#317?email_source=notifications&email_token=AALVRLXDYFSKYGWTSNF5BELP7PJFHA5CNFSM4H2ZK2CKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGODZ4R6AI#issuecomment-511254273>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AALVRLRFCAZVQDJDL2VD3JTP7PJFHANCNFSM4H2ZK2CA> .

[jrowen]

I also believe the R use case is also quite different than the typical web use case, so maybe it would be possible to convince the handsontable authors to allow a more permissive license when the library is used for analytical work (e.g. R and Python).

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On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 10:18 PM Jonathan Owen ***@***.***> wrote: Wouldn't this require commercial use cases to always have a license? Implementing such a change could lead to a lot of challenges for existing commercial users. Instead, might it make sense to freeze this project on v6, and then, if desired, others can create a new project built around the new handsontable licensing model? On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 8:45 PM Thomas Shafer ***@***.***> wrote: > Hey @jrowen <https://github.com/jrowen>, does #318 > <#318> make sense for > supporting 0.7.x? I added support for the license key parameter of > handsontable. > > — > You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#317?email_source=notifications&email_token=AALVRLXDYFSKYGWTSNF5BELP7PJFHA5CNFSM4H2ZK2CKYY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGODZ4R6AI#issuecomment-511254273>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AALVRLRFCAZVQDJDL2VD3JTP7PJFHANCNFSM4H2ZK2CA> > . >

[trshafer]

@jrowen and @StevenLShafer, I have posted on the handsontable repository for their guidance: handsontable/handsontable#6110.

[timelyportfolio]

@jrowen @StevenLShafer @trshafer I am actively using the newest version with paid license for a project. This becomes a little bit of a sticky situation, but development continues on my forked and heavily modified version.