Re: [gnome-db] Libgda 3.99.1 released

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

I haven't reviewed the new API completely yet, or created libgdamm for
it yet, but I just wanted to say that I like the changes that I've seen
so far both in the API and the implementation.

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 22:37 +0100, Vivien Malerba wrote:
> After a long time, I'm pleased to announce the first version of Libgda
> which will lead to a V4. This version is a major rework of the
> library's internals to correct the conception errors that were made
> with previous versions; it also aims at having a smaller yet more
> powerfull and easier to understand API, and to close some long
> standing bugs.
> 
> A non detailled list of changes is:
>  - Easier to understand and to use API, with less strange path usage
>  - Reduce the size of the library (almost half the size and half the symbols)
>  - Easier connection opening (removal of the GdaClient object)
>  - Merge of the GdaQuery and GdaCommand into only one object to
> represent statements
>  - New adaptative SQL parser (can be adaptated to each DBMS's SQL syntax)
>  - New database based dictionary which can handle namespaces
>  - Rework of the database adaptators (providers) for easier
> maintenance and more features
>  - Sample "skeleton" database adaptators to make it easy to write a
> database adaptator for a new
>    database type
>  - Updated documentation
> 
> A few warnings however:
>  - This is still an early version which probably has a lot of bugs and
> as such it should not be used
>    in a production environment.
>  - Most of the database adaptators (providers) need to be re-written,
> particularly MySQL (which is
>    currently being done) and Oracle
>  - Libgnomedb has not yet been updated and won't compile with this version
> 
> 
> Tarballs are available at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libgda/3.99/
> 
> To install this new version, you'll need glib, libxml2, and
> optionnally libxslt; this version can be installed side by side with
> the V3 version.
> 
> You can find more information at the projects' homepage
> (http://www.gnome-db.org), or you can ask any question/propose
> anything you want in the GNOME-DB mailing list, which is available at
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list.
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