I echo Stanton's comments. The last time I tried to use the patch I was still having trouble figuring out how to get everything up and running. I can try to find some time to take a look again. Sorry to be so slow on this.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Stanton Sievers <ssiev...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi René, > > I'm sorry that this has been your experience. Please don't interpret the > slow-moving process as a lack of appreciation for the work you've done. It > is very much appreciated, I promise you. > > Given the state of the patch and the conversation on the review, I think we > need to just get this committed so that work can continue in smaller, more > manageable chunks. > > For my own part, I'll aim to play around with things over the upcoming long > weekend here in the states. > > Thanks, > -Stanton > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 8:28 AM, René Peinl > <rene.pe...@hof-university.de>wrote: > >> Dear Shindig Community, >> >> I’d like to bring our contribution regarding a proper database backend for >> Apache Shindig to your attention. >> >> As some of you might know, we already posted an initial patch over a year >> ago. It turned out, that it was not feasible to include this in Shindig due >> to licensing issues that we were not aware of before. >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-1911 >> >> A few months later we asked via the mailing list, whether you would be >> still >> interested in getting a patch which circumvents these issues and I received >> positive feedback from you. >> >> 4 months ago, we posted a new version of the patch which sorted out the >> licensing issues and had some other significant enhancements regarding >> multi-threading, multiple concurrent connections and things like that, that >> make it ready for larger installations with multiple db servers. >> >> https://reviews.apache.org/r/9773/ >> >> Initially, Ryan Baxter gave us some good hints regarding minor issues with >> documentation and installation. We’ve sorted them out, but during the last >> three months there were no visible efforts from the Shindig-side to really >> bring this patch into the main code. We are still committed to support and >> further enhance it, so if there are reasonable issues, please let us know. >> >> >> >> I’d like to communicate my frustration and disappointment about the >> procedure. I don’t know the reasons for the way this issue is handled and >> I’m sure you all have important things to do, but I can’t imagine how any >> open source project can work that simply ignores contributions worth >> several >> person months of work. >> >> Please give this patch a fair chance. >> >> Regards >> >> René >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Prof. Dr. René Peinl >> >> Teaching area: architecture of Web applications >> >> Hof University >> >> Alfons-Goppel-Platz 1 >> >> 95028 Hof >> >> Germany >> >> >> >> Tel: +49 9281 409-4820 >> >> mailto: <mailto:rene.pe...@hof-university.de> >> rene.pe...@hof-university.de >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
