Contribute back to Huginn? about active_workflow

[vidas]

We are definitely open to contributing upstream.

REST(ish) API feature, for example, can be quite easily ported to Huginn.

Remote Agent API is very different though. It assumes a simplified Agent model.
If ported to Huginn as is, remote agents would become third-class citizens.
Remote agents have no Liquid templating, no File support, can't be
"long-running" agents. They talk to other agents exclusively through messages
(which is not the case with Huginn). Some of these features will come back
but in a very different and incompatible way. ActiveWorkflow can afford to have
breaking changes at this stage, but I don't think this would be an
appropriate solution for Huginn.

Why not create a Huginn issue to discuss how and what could be done with
regards to remote agents? We should definitely strive to have at least some
compatibility where possible.

[vidas]

Hi Andrew—thank you for the positive feedback! It's very kind of you.

To answer your question: we wanted to focus on business use and to have the
liberty to introduce breaking changes in order to carry out our vision. Thus,
ActiveWorkflow is incompatible with Huginn, supports a smaller segment of agents
and leans towards API-based usage as you correctly observed. We are currently in
the process of rewriting some core parts and we plan to publish a roadmap for
ActiveWorkflow at the beginning of next year.

With that said, we whole-heartedly believe Huginn is a stellar choice for the
majority of users out there, as are some other popular OSS projects in the space
of automation. We merely hope to satisfy a niche and to do it well. :-)

Thank you again for your kind comments and of course for your work which has
been valuable and inspirational to us and many others in the community. If it's OK
I will close this issue as it's not directly related to any development issues,
but please feel free to email me directly if you would like a more in-depth
explanation.

[cantino]

Thanks @vidas. That's of course completely fine with our open source license. You can do whatever you'd like with the code. That said, are you open to contributing some of the API improvements upstream?

[virtadpt]

Like the Remote Agents code, perhaps? Please?