ofxhome.com going away

[Jack]

On 2022.01.26 12:39, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Dienstag, 25. Januar 2022 10:26:47 CET Thomas Baumgart via  
> KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> 
> > Jack,
> >
> > On Dienstag, 25. Januar 2022 08:35:38 CET Jack Burke via  
> KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > New KMyMoney user. I'm testing it out to a if I should start  
> using it, and while trying to figure out some of the bank account  
> configuration, I saw it connected to ofxhome.com to pull information.  
> So, of course I went there to look for data I was interested in. At  
> the top of the home page is a message about the site shutting down,  
> with a link to http://www.ofxhome.com/ofxforum/viewtopic.php?id=49843
> > >
> > > I tried searching this list and the user mailing list, and the  
> bug database, but didn't find any discussion of this (or I'm just not  
> doing a very good search) , so I thought I'd mention it here in case  
> it hasn't been noticed, since it looks important to KMyMoney.
> >
> > Thank you for the information. We are aware of the fact and a resp.  
> message was posted to the kde-finance-apps list early this year.
> >
> >  
> https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-finance-apps/2022-January/001142.html
> >
> > Unfortunately, we don't have a solution to the problem yet other  
> than discontinuing to use the service and rely on manual data entry  
> by the user. We are aware of the fact, that this is not the most  
> user-friendly solution but don't know of any alternative atm.
> 
> I have a patch sitting here that I can easily apply which will remove  
> the ofxhome UI parts and allows only manual data entry.
> I know that it is not really user friendly, but having the ofxhome  
> interface and service does not work is equally bad.
> 
> In case I don't get any massive objections to that move or we can  
> solve the issue in another way, I will add the aforementioned code  
> change at the end of the month to both the stable and master  
> branch.Thomas,
Thomas,

The download of ofx settings from ofxhome seems to still be working,  
although we clearly don't know for how much longer.  Even though that  
data is not being updated, I think it is better than nothing.  Where  
else can users find the information?  Is it possible for us to pull a  
copy of the current data, and just host it ourselves?  Perhaps we could  
also add a note somewhere early in the mapping process which warns the  
user it might be out of date, and suggesting where to post any  
questions if it fails to work for a particular institution?

Separately, is there a better place to discuss this, since it likely  
affects lots of other financial software?

Jack