Hello Jason, On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:54:07 Jason A. Kates wrote: > At this point I would suggest that it doesn't make sense for Bacula to > maintain support for sqlite with the next major release of Bacula. > > As you know scripts shipped with Bacula exist to move from sqlite to an > enterprise DB: > bacula-sqlite_2_mysqldump.sh > sqlite2pgsql > > With Bacula being as stable and enterprise ready as it is, I don't > think that it makes sense to attempt to support a database that isn't up > to the same level.
Yes, I agree with you completely, and in the next version of Bacula, SQLite will probably be "officially" deprecated, which means that we will announce that it will no longer be supported. Normally, that means that we no longer fix bugs, unless someone submits patches, and we wait a year or two before actually removing the code. We like to do it slowly over time so that users that are using it have plenty of time to switch. Thanks for mentioning the scripts -- that should help encouraging users to make the switch. I am one of those who needs to switch :-( At an installation I have been maintaining for MercyShips Switzerland for the last 9 years with Bacula, it is still using SQLite3 -- I switched from SQLite2 to 3 a year or so ago. Best regards, Kern > -Jason > > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 09:52 +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 December 2010 08:42:50 Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > > > On Sunday 28 November 2010, Kern Sibbald elucidated thus: > > > > On Sunday 28 November 2010 15:01:07 Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > Does this help? It arrived this morning from my inbox > > > > > > > > I see quite a few dumps like this one -- basically SQLite3 has a > > > > number of problems and will seg fault on various systems. I have > > > > stopped using it even for testing -- it just isn't stable. > > > > > > I'm curious if you have any reproduceable test cases. SQLite3 has > > > quite an extensive test suite; it's considered to be a gold standard by > > > some. I'm sure the author would appreciate bug reports. Or is SQLite3 > > > just not a good fit for Bacula? > > > > > > j > > > > SQLite3 is very good as an embedded database, which was very nice for us > > in the early 2000's when MySQL and PostgreSQL did not have packages for > > the development systems we were using -- we built them from source and it > > was a bit painful. Today MySQL and PostgreSQL are available in package > > form on all the development and production enviornments we find. > > They take slightly more time to initially setup than SQLite, but they > > don't crash as SQLite does from time to time. > > > > I am devoting all my time to developing new features some of which are > > for paying customers and there are deadlines, so unfortunately, I just > > don't have the time to report such problems. > > > > This is one of many areas where the community can help replace the work I > > used to do, by finding SQLite problems and reporting them ... > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kern > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----- What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another > > costly upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? > > Time to move off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are > > easier to build, use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign > > up for the Lotus Notes Migration Kit to learn more. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-devel mailing list > > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What happens now with your Lotus Notes apps - do you make another costly upgrade, or settle for being marooned without product support? Time to move off Lotus Notes and onto the cloud with Force.com, apps are easier to build, use, and manage than apps on traditional platforms. Sign up for the Lotus Notes Migration Kit to learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/salesforce-d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
