Re: [gnome-db] Oracle Provider and How to Contribute

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 00:50, Steve Fosdick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently discovered mergeant and it's supporting libraries and so far
> I'm impressed.  I am keen to get it working with Oracle, the database we
> use at work, partly because it is so much better than SQL*Worksheet -
> faster as well as having extra functionailty.

> So, I've got a couple of bug reports logged against the oracle gda
> provider and have started to do some initial work to track down the one
> that is concerned with describing tables.
> 
yes, the problem is that I haven't been able to have an oracle
installation for a long time now, and apart from Tim's initial work on
the GNOME 2 port of the oracle provider, nobody has really been
maintainting the oracle provider. That's why it is a bit out of date,
although it basically works.

So, any work you put on it would be really appreciated.

> My next question then is what is the best way to contribute without
> stepping on anyone else's toes?
> 
the best thing is to say what you intend to work on here on this list,
so that other developers know about it. For the oracle provider, as I
said, you won't step on anyone else's toes, since nobody is maintaining
it.

cheers