[Chandler-dev] [Last call] Re: Amazon plugin end of life

[Grant Baillie]

I will be removing this project from our source tree on Monday  
morning, and probably from the Python cheeseshop unless someone pipes  
up before then.

--Grant

On 28 Feb, 2008, at 01:55, Jared Rhine wrote:
> I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this email from Amazon (to an OSAF  
> administrative email) indicates that the existing Amazon plugin for  
> Chandler Desktop will stop working at the end of March.
>
> The plugin can only be made to work again by porting it to the  
> Amazon ECS 4.0 API, which is on no one's radar or work plan.   
> Volunteers are of course welcome.
>
> Without a scheduled fix, the plugin should probably be removed from  
> OSAF svn trunk and from the Cheeseshop.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Amazon Web Services <no-reply-aws at amazon.com>
>> Date: February 28, 2008 1:42:26 AM PST
>> Subject: Amazon ECS 3.0: Important Migration Reminder
>>
>> Greetings,
>> We are writing to remind you that the Amazon E-Commerce Web Service  
>> 3.0 will be deprecated on March 31st, 2008. Our monitoring  
>> indicates that your Subscription Id was passed into calls to Amazon  
>> E-Commerce Service 3.0 between February 17th and 24th, 2008. After  
>> March 31st, 2008, we will no longer accept Amazon ECS 3.0 requests.  
>> Please upgrade to the Amazon Associates Web Service (previously  
>> called Amazon E-Commerce Web Service 4.0) by then to ensure that  
>> you or your customers are not affected by the deprecation (if you  
>> migrated your application after February 24th, 2008, you will be  
>> unaffected). Please also note that none of the links you generate  
>> from Associates Central are affected by the deprecation. Any links,  
>> widgets or banner ads that you may have on your site will continue  
>> to function after March 31st.
>>
>>
>> The Amazon ECS 3.0 deprecation was announced a year ago in February  
>> 2007, and has had complete feature and data parity with the Amazon  
>> Associates Web Service 4.0 since June 2006 (Version: 2006-06-28).  
>> We will re-invest the existing maintenance effort saved by  
>> discontinuing Amazon ECS 3.0 into Amazon Associates Web Service 4.0  
>> to allow for the introduction of more features and capabilities.
>>
>> In preparation of the March 31st shutdown, the Amazon ECS 3.0 web  
>> service will be unavailable between:
>>
>> 	• 10am and 2pm PST on March 4th, 2008; and
>> 	• 10am and 4pm PST on March 11th and 18th, 2008
>> Please refer to the migration guide for assistance in mapping  
>> Amazon ECS 3.0 calls to their Amazon Associates Web Service 4.0  
>> equivalents. Please use the Amazon Associates Web Service forum to  
>> ask technical questions and share answers with your fellow  
>> developers.
>>
>>
>> We thank you for being part of Amazon's developer community and  
>> look forward to your continued support.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> The Amazon Web Services Team
>>
>> Please do not reply directly to this e-mail. If you have any  
>> questions or comments regarding this notification, please contact  
>> us at webservices at amazon.com
>>
>> Amazon Web Services LLC is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.  
>> Amazon.com is a registered trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. This  
>> message produced and distributed by Amazon Web Services, LLC, 1200  
>> 12th Ave South, Seattle, WA 98144.
>>
>
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