Fwd: Re: Workflow Integration Roadmap

Hello,
If you don't know Bonita, I would suggest you to have a look at 
http://bonita.debian-sf.objectweb.org/index.html
It could interest you.
Regards.


>From: Felix Maeder <[email protected]>
>
>Andreas Hartmann wrote:
>>>>yesterday I was looking for a usable and simple workflow
>>>>engine again, but I didn't find something better than
>>>>the previous results.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I must say that from a cursory glance I quite liked werkflow
>>>http://werkflow.werken.com. It sounds quite industrial strength which
>>>would make it a good fit for us.
>>>
>>>What was wrong with it?
>>
>>- "There has been no official build as of yet."
>>- "Nighly builds have been temporarily suspended."
>>- It is based on Petri nets, which is quite low-level
>>   for expressing complex conditions
>>I can give it a try, but I would still suggest to put
>>an interface and an adapter between the workflow engine
>>and the rest of lenya. How much time shall I invest
>>until I give up?
>I wouldn't try to use an "off the shelf" solution by all means. We agreed 
>that we want to do that, but only if it makes sense, e.g. if the solution 
>is stable and maintained, meets our needs, and is not too much of an 
>effort to integrate. My concern is that integrating one of the existing - 
>not yet very convincing - workflow engines is more of an effort than 
>building something ourselves. I suggest to follow the path that Andreas 
>described.
>
>
>-Felix