Re: libgda vs. gnucash [was Re: GnuCash page on GO site]

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 10:26 -0600, Linas Vepstas wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 04:32:39PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya was heard to remark:
> > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 09:24 -0600, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 05:35:32PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya was heard to remark:
> > > > On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 10:24 -0600, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > >  [gnucash has]
> > > > > -- an object query system. libgda does not.
> > > > > -- a uuid system. libgda does not.
> > > > > -- an object persistance infrastructure. libgda does not. 
> > > > > -- a multi-user object caching and cache-coherence system. libgda does not.
> > > > > -- a data-set partitioning system. libgda does not.
> > > > 
> > > > We are making progress though. since now we know what you need from
> > > > libgda. 
> > > 
> > > Are you sure you want to implement these features? It wasn't clear
> > > to me if these were within or outside of your project scope.
> > > 
> > it depends, some might make sense in libgda, others, like all data
> > dictionary management stuff might make sense in libmergeant (part of
> > mergeant), where a lot of code for that purpose is already available.
> > Others might go directly to libgnomedb (as I said, most things in
> > libmergenat will probably be moved to libgnomedb sooner or later)
> 
> I couldn't find the libmergeant documentation.
> 
it's in mergeant/doc

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