Re: [gnome-db] libgnomedb future

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

2009/8/31 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27 gmail com>:
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> Hi folks,
>
> I was wondering what are the plans for libgnomedb. Currently there are many 3.9x
> releases, but the last one doesn't build with libgda4 due to API changes before
> the libgda 4 final release.
>
> The webpage currently states:
>
> "Starting with the upcoming 4.2 serie, GNOME-DB's production will be the Libgda
> library which is mainly a database and data abstraction layer, and will include
> a GTK+ based UI extension (much of what the Libgnomedb was), and some graphical
> tools (making Mergeant irrelevant):"
>
> Does this mean libgnomedb and mergeant will be deprecated starting with libgda
> 4.2? That is what Rodrigo suggested to me, although he wasn't completely sure.

Yes, he is right: from 4.2, there will only be one Libgda source
archive containing Libgda, the UI extension replacing Libgnomedb and
the GdaBrowser replacing (more or less) Mergeant. This is already in
place with release 4.1.1.

>
> If that's correct, is there a rough timeline for 4.2?

Most if not all of the new features are currently implemented in
version 4.1.1, and only the GdaBrowser needs a bit more work because
it can only for now be used to browse a database's structure. So, I
think you can reasonably expect a few more 4.1.x versions with a 4.2
by the end of the year.

Regards,

Vivien