Re: [gnome-db] [mergeant] Status ?

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 09:19 +0100, Vivien wrote:
> > Vivien wrote:
> >
> >>>Next number will be 1.0.0 :-)
> >>
> >> There is still quite a lot of work before 1.0.0!
> >>
> >
> > Is there a roadmap ?
> > I found
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-db-list/2003-June/msg00067.html
> > but can't understand purpose of libmergeant vs. libgnomedb
> 
> Libgnomedb provides widgets on top of libgda; libmergeant uses libgnomedb
> and also provides widgets (form, grid, etc) but they are more powerfull,
> and the big drawback is that they require a data dictionnary and they
> consume more memory. Depending on what an application has to do, it may be
> wiser to use libgnomedb's widgets or libmergeant's widgets.
> 
> For instance the libgnomedb's form widget works with a GdaDataModel and
> lets the programmer display data contained within the data model. AFAIK,
> it does not allow direct editing of the displayed data,
>
it is going to allow it for 1.2.

> At one point in the future, it is possible that these two libraries merge,
> but for now they are separate.
> 
I think the long term plan would be to have only one library for all.

cheers