Re: [gnome-db] libgda 3.0.4 and system sqlite

["Gustavo R. Montesino" <grmontesino gmail com>]

Em Seg, 2008-10-06 às 18:00 +0200, Johannes Schmid escreveu:
> Hi!
> 
> > Now, if it's for Anjuta (as I understand from
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgda3/+bug/145361), then
> > it's useless as Anjuta (latest version) uses a preversion of Libgda V4
> > (3.99.4 should be Ok). The V4 can be built using a system installed
> > SQlite or an embedded version.
> 
> I think way back when I filed this bug it was actually about an early
>  symbol-db version of anjuta which still used libgda3. Anyway, I think
>  this bug in Ubuntu could be harmful for some application so I don't
>  understand why they did not fix it yet. The easy solution would simply
>  to use the embedded sqlite code for the time being.

Using embedded copies is bad as it puts even more burden on the
distribution security teams, as they have to apply security patches on
each place there is an embedded copy. Even worse, the embedded copies
may go unnoticed, keeping an open, published security vulnerability on
production systems.

Besides that, the application using the embedded copy doesn't get the
benefits from the feature updates of the embedded library. Multiple
copies of the code also have costs of hard disk and bandwidth on the
mirror network and on the user PCs.

I have also heard concerns that databases created with an embedded,
modified version of sqlite might have compatibilities problems to be
opened with other applications (be it with the "stock" sqlite or other
embedded copy, modified in yet another way...), even though I don't
believe to much in this possibility.

Regards,

-- 
Gustavo R. Montesino
http://grmontesino.blogspot.com