Re: [gnome-db] V3 vs V4

[Phil Longstaff <plongstaff rogers com>]

Vivien Malerba wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Phil Longstaff <plongstaff rogers com> wrote:
>> For the past few weeks, I've ported my code from V3 to V4.  My findings:
>>
>> 1) the sqlite provider for V4 seems to be in pretty good shape.  I've
>> found and fixed a number of memory leaks, but on the whole, I can use
>> it.  I have an operation to create an index which crashes, but I don't
>> know if the problem is mine or in libgda, and need to chase it down.
>>
>> 2) the mysql provider is missing a lot.  when I look for try to update
>> the meta_store, all of the mysql routines report that they are not
>> implemented.  in addition, when I inquire whether a table exists or not,
>> it returns that it does not, so when I try to create it, it fails
>> because it already exists.  In addition, as I reported in a previous
>> posting, I need a mechanism to return the correct string dbms type based
>> upon string length.
> 
> This provider still needs some work...
> 
>> 3) I haven't tried the postgresql provider yet.
>>
> 
> This provider is as stable and correct as the Sqlite one.
> 
>> I need to make a decision soon whether to stick with V4 or revert back
>> to V3, or possibly switch to a different db backend provider.  What is
>> the future of GDA-3 vs GDA-4?  What is the expected timing for GDA-4?
>> Will there by any more GDA-3 releases while V4 is being worked on?  I
>> understand that this is a volunteer project, but can you say anything
>> about what I, a volunteer on another project, can expect?
> 
> I don't expect to make any more release of the V3. The V4 is now
> almost API stable (I just want to introduce an api for the two phase
> commits). I'll make some other releases before it is actually stable,
> though.
> I envision a stable V4 release of Libgda around the end of the summer
> (just to be n the safe side). That stable release will have database
> providers for at least SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL (and maybe Oracle
> if I have the time).
> 
> Also I would like to propose libgda (and maybe libgnomedb) as part of
> the Gnome platform for the next Gnome release (it will be for the
> 2.26).

2.26 will be sometime in early 2009?

Phil